There are 5 ways to get from Riyadh to Basel by plane 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)plane RUH - BSL
11h 49mCHF 95–288Fly 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 39mCHF 154–362Fly to Geneva International Airport, train
- Fly from Riyadh (RUH) to Geneva International Airport (GVA)plane RUH - GVA
- Take the train from Genève-Aéroport to Renens VDtrain
- Take the train from Renens VD to Basel SBBtrain
14h 8mCHF 135–445Fly to Frankfurt, train
- Fly from Riyadh (RUH) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane RUH - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Basel Bad Bftrain
13h 39mCHF 108–464Fly to Milano Malpensa Airport, train
- Fly from Riyadh (RUH) to Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP)plane RUH - MXP
- Take the train from Malpensa Aeroporto T1 to Luganotrain
- Take the train from Lugano to Basel SBBtrain
15h 29mCHF 125–411
Riyadh (RUH) to Basel (BSL) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Riyadh to Basel is to fly which costs SFr 90 - SFr 290 and takes 11h 49m.
The fastest way to get from Riyadh to Basel is to fly and train which takes 11h 39m and costs SFr 150 - SFr 370.
The distance between Riyadh and Basel is 4299 km.
It takes approximately 11h 49m to get from Riyadh to Basel, including transfers.
Basel is 2h behind Riyadh. It is currently 9:12 PM in Riyadh and 7:12 PM in Basel.
There are 1263+ hotels available in Basel.
What companies run services between Riyadh, Saudi Arabia and Basel, Switzerland?
Lufthansa, Flynas, and two other airlines fly from Riyadh (RUH) to Basel (BSL) twice daily.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Riyadh to Basel via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 120–600
Flights from Riyadh to Zurich Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 12m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–500
Flights from Riyadh to Geneva International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 110–550
Flights from Riyadh to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–480
Flights from Riyadh to Frankfurt via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–480
Flights from Riyadh to Milano Malpensa Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 12m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 95–460
- 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 120–370
Flights from Riyadh to Milano Malpensa Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–310
- Website
- saudia.com
Flights from Riyadh to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 110–350
Flights from Riyadh to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 120–370
Flights from Riyadh to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 110–330
Flights from Riyadh to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–310
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Riyadh to Basel via Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 10m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 140–400
Flights from Riyadh to Basel via Nice
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 55m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 140–420
- Website
- flynas.com
Flights from Riyadh to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 120–350
Flights from Riyadh to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–300
- Website
- rj.com
Flights from Riyadh to Milano Malpensa Airport via Amman
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 37m
- When
- Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 110–330
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Zürich HB to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 19–40
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Genève-Aéroport to Renens VD
- Ave. Duration
- 42 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 13–26
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Renens VD to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–65
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Frankfurt to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 39m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–180
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Lugano to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 53m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–100
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Frankfurt to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 41m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 27–75
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +39 02 7249 4494
- my-link@trenord.it
- Website
- trenord.it
Train from Malpensa Aeroporto T1 to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 5–7
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- ufficiogruppi@trenitalia.it
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Lugano to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 53m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–95
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- CHF 65–95
- 2nd Class
- CHF 50–70
- Phone
- +49 (0) 7531 915109
- info@sbb-deutschland.de
- Website
- sbb-deutschland.de
Train from Lugano to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 56m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 18–23
- Schedules at
- sbb-deutschland.de
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