There are 7 ways to get from Riyadh to Basel by plane, car, car train, or train
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly to Basel
best- Fly from Riyadh (RUH) to Basel (BSL)RUH - BSL
11h 47mCHF 104–287Drive, car train
- Drive from Riyadh to Villach Hbf ARZ
- Take the car train from Villach Hbf ARZ to München Ost
- Drive from München Ost to Basel
2d 3hCHF 825–1,184Fly to Zurich Airport, train
- Fly from Riyadh (RUH) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)RUH - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBB
11h 31mCHF 154–361Fly to Stuttgart Airport, train
- Fly from Riyadh (RUH) to Stuttgart Airport (STR)RUH - STR
- Take the train from Stuttgart Hbf to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Take the train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bf
15h 17mCHF 142–384Fly to Frankfurt, train
- Fly from Riyadh (RUH) to Frankfurt (FRA)RUH - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Take the train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Basel SBB
13h 32mCHF 173–438Fly to Geneva International Airport, train
- Fly from Riyadh (RUH) to Geneva International Airport (GVA)RUH - GVA
- Take the train from Genève-Aéroport to Bern
- Take the train from Bern to Basel SBB
14h 28mCHF 175–443Drive 5,223.9 km
- Drive from Riyadh to Basel5,223.9 km
2d 4hCHF 831–1,200
Riyadh (RUH) to Basel (BSL) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Riyadh to Basel is to fly which costs SFr 100 - SFr 290 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 370.
The distance between Riyadh and Basel is 4298 km. The road distance is 5223.9 km.
It takes approximately 11h 47m to get from Riyadh to Basel, including transfers.
Basel is 2h behind Riyadh. It is currently 2:22 AM in Riyadh and 12:22 AM in Basel.
Yes, the driving distance between Riyadh to Basel is 5224 km. It takes approximately 2 days 4h to drive from Riyadh to Basel.
There are 1260+ hotels available in Basel.
What companies run services between Riyadh, Saudi Arabia and Basel, Switzerland?
Lufthansa, AJet, and four other airlines fly from Riyadh (RUH) to Basel (BSL) 5 times a day.
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Riyadh to Basel via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 160–500
Flights from Riyadh to Zurich Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 51m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 140–450
Flights from Riyadh to Stuttgart Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 130–550
Flights from Riyadh to Frankfurt via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 140–450
Flights from Riyadh to Geneva International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 140–460
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Riyadh to Basel via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 130–550
Flights from Riyadh to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 140–600
Flights from Riyadh to Zurich Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 120–490
Flights from Riyadh to Stuttgart Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- CHF 140–600
Flights from Riyadh to Stuttgart Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 150–600
Flights from Riyadh to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 120–480
Flights from Riyadh to Frankfurt via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 120–480
Flights from Riyadh to Geneva International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 120–550
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Riyadh to Zurich Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 12m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 110–370
Flights from Riyadh to Stuttgart Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 140–440
Flights from Riyadh to Frankfurt via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 120–350
Flights from Riyadh to Geneva International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 37m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 120–380
- Website
- saudia.com
Flights from Riyadh to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 110–370
Flights from Riyadh to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 110–370
Flights from Riyadh to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 120–380
- Website
- flypgs.com
Flights from Riyadh to Basel via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 110–450
- Website
- ajet.com
Flights from Riyadh to Basel via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 110–350
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Riyadh to Geneva International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–370
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- urlaubs-express.de
Car train from Villach Hbf ARZ to München Ost
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–110
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
- 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
- +49 711 400 534 44
- service@gabw-bahn.de
- Website
- go-ahead-bw.de
Train from Stuttgart Hbf to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 13–25
- Schedules at
- go-ahead-bw.de
- 2nd Class Ticket
- CHF 13–16
- 1st Class Ticket
- CHF 17–25
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Stuttgart Hbf to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 12–26
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 27–55
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 12–28
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 29–80
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 7821 9960770
- info@sweg.de
- Website
- sweg.de
Train from Stuttgart Hbf to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- sweg.de
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 8m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 28–95
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- CHF 28–45
- 1st Class
- CHF 55–95
Train from Frankfurt to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- 3 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 SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–130
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- CHF 35–55
- 1st Class
- CHF 75–130
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 26–40
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- konzern.oebb.at
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 54m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–60
- Website
- https://konzern.oebb.at/en/
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