There are 5 ways to get from Riyadh to Basel by plane or train
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Fly to Basel
best- Fly from Riyadh (RUH) to Basel (BSL)plane RUH - BSL
11h 47mCHF 99–298Fly to Zurich Airport, train
- Fly from Riyadh (RUH) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane RUH - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
11h 31mCHF 154–382Fly to Mulhouse
- Fly from Riyadh (RUH) to Mulhouse (MLH)plane RUH - MLH
18h 37mCHF 164–488Fly to Frankfurt, train
- Fly from Riyadh (RUH) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane RUH - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bftrain
13h 18mCHF 158–449Fly to Geneva International Airport, train
- Fly from Riyadh (RUH) to Geneva International Airport (GVA)plane RUH - GVA
- Take the train from Genève-Aéroport to Berntrain
- Take the train from Bern to Basel SBBtrain
14h 28mCHF 145–474
Riyadh (RUH) to Basel (BSL) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Riyadh to Basel is to fly which costs SFr 95 - SFr 300 and takes 11h 47m.
The fastest way to get from Riyadh to Basel is to fly and train which takes 11h 31m and costs SFr 150 - SFr 390.
The distance between Riyadh and Basel is 4298 km.
It takes approximately 11h 47m to get from Riyadh to Basel, including transfers.
Basel is 2h behind Riyadh. It is currently 2:24 PM in Riyadh and 12:24 PM in Basel.
There are 1268+ hotels available in Basel.
What companies run services between Riyadh, Saudi Arabia and Basel, Switzerland?
Lufthansa, Turkish Airlines, and three other airlines fly from Riyadh (RUH) to Basel (BSL) 5 times a day.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Riyadh to Basel via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 130–550
Flights from Riyadh to Zurich Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 12m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 120–470
Flights from Riyadh to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 110–460
Flights from Riyadh to Frankfurt via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 110–460
Flights from Riyadh to Geneva International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 130–500
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Riyadh to Basel via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 140–600
- Website
- saudia.com
Flights from Riyadh to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 120–390
Flights from Riyadh to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 120–380
Flights from Riyadh to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 120–410
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Riyadh to Geneva International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 21m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 120–410
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Riyadh to Basel via Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 10m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 140–430
Flights from Riyadh to Basel via Krakow
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 140–430
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Riyadh to Mulhouse via Istanbul, Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 160–700
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Riyadh to Mulhouse via Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 18h
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 160–480
- Website
- flynas.com
Flights from Riyadh to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 120–380
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Zürich HB to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 14m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 19–40
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Genève-Aéroport to Bern
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–65
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Bern to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 23–45
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Frankfurt to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 9–27
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 26–70
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Frankfurt to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 12–35
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- CHF 12–18
- 1st Class
- CHF 21–35
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–130
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- CHF 35–55
- 1st Class
- CHF 70–130
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 34m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–60
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- info@flixbus.de
- Website
- flixtrain.de
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 26m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 17–25
- Website
- https://www.flixtrain.com/
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