There are 6 ways to get from Sacramento to Basel by plane, train, or subway
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Sacramento International Airport to Basel
best- Fly from Sacramento International Airport (SMF) to Basel (BSL)plane SMF - BSL
20h 10mCHF 474–807Train, BART to San Francisco International Airport, fly to Zurich Airport
cheapest- Take the train from Sacramento to Richmondtrain
- Take the subway from Richmond to San Francisco International Airportsubway
- Fly from San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane SFO - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
17h 30mCHF 251–583Train, BART to San Francisco International Airport, fly to Basel
- Take the train from Sacramento to Richmondtrain
- Take the subway from Richmond to San Francisco International Airportsubway
- Fly from San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to Basel (BSL)plane SFO - BSL
18h 11mCHF 431–1,139Fly Sacramento International Airport to Zurich Airport, train
- Fly from Sacramento International Airport (SMF) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane SMF - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
20h 24mCHF 354–1,251Train, BART to San Francisco International Airport, fly to Frankfurt
- Take the train from Sacramento to Richmondtrain
- Take the subway from Richmond to San Francisco International Airportsubway
- Fly from San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane SFO - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bftrain
18h 57mCHF 275–750Train, BART to San Francisco International Airport, fly to Stuttgart Airport
- Take the train from Sacramento to Richmondtrain
- Take the subway from Richmond to San Francisco International Airportsubway
- Fly from San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to Stuttgart Airport (STR)plane SFO - STR
- Take the train from Stuttgart Hbf to Karlsruhe Hbftrain
- Take the train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bftrain
20h 49mCHF 361–867
Sacramento International Airport (SMF) to Basel (BSL) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Sacramento to Basel is to train and BART and fly which costs SFr 250 - SFr 600 and takes 17h 30m.
The fastest way to get from Sacramento to Basel is to train and BART and fly which takes 17h 30m and costs SFr 250 - SFr 600.
The distance between Sacramento and Basel is 9203 km.
It takes approximately 20h 10m to get from Sacramento to Basel, including transfers.
Basel is 9h ahead of Sacramento. It is currently 6:25 PM in Sacramento and 3:25 AM in Basel.
There are 1268+ hotels available in Basel.
What companies run services between Sacramento, CA, USA and Basel, Switzerland?
Delta, KLM, and five other airlines fly from Sacramento International Airport (SMF) to Basel (BSL) 3 times a day.
- Website
- united.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Basel via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 57m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 280–1,200
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 240–900
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Zurich Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 55m
- When
- Wednesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 290–600
Flights from Sacramento International Airport to Zurich Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 340–1,300
Flights from Sacramento International Airport to Zurich Airport via Toronto, Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 18h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 340–1,300
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 230–850
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Stuttgart Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 12m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 290–1,100
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 55m
- When
- Wednesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 290–1,300
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 300–1,100
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Sacramento International Airport to Basel via Minneapolis, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 55m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- CHF 470–800
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 270–1,200
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Basel via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 57m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 280–1,200
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Zurich Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 55m
- When
- Wednesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 290–600
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 230–850
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Frankfurt via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 320–700
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 55m
- When
- Wednesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 290–1,300
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 300–1,300
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Sacramento International Airport to Basel via Minneapolis, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 40m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 370–1,400
Flights from Sacramento International Airport to Basel via Minneapolis, Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 50m
- When
- Monday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 360–1,400
Flights from Sacramento International Airport to Basel via Toronto, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 380–1,400
Flights from Sacramento International Airport to Basel via Toronto, Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 50m
- When
- Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 370–1,400
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Basel via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 10m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 270–1,000
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Basel via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 270–1,000
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Zurich Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 35m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 240–900
Flights from Sacramento International Airport to Zurich Airport via Minneapolis, Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 15m
- When
- Thursday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 330–1,200
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 290–1,100
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 290–1,100
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 240–900
Flights from Sacramento International Airport to Zurich Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 340–1,300
Flights from Sacramento International Airport to Zurich Airport via Toronto, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 370–1,500
Flights from Sacramento International Airport to Zurich Airport via Toronto, Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 18h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 340–1,300
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 230–850
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Stuttgart Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 12m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 290–1,100
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 300–1,100
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Sacramento International Airport to Basel via Minneapolis, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 40m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 370–1,400
Flights from Sacramento International Airport to Basel via Minneapolis, Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 50m
- When
- Monday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 360–1,400
Flights from Sacramento International Airport to Basel via Toronto, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 380–1,400
Flights from Sacramento International Airport to Basel via Toronto, Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 50m
- When
- Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 370–1,400
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Basel via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 10m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 270–1,000
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Basel via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 270–1,000
Flights from Sacramento International Airport to Zurich Airport via Minneapolis, Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 15m
- When
- Thursday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 330–1,200
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 290–1,100
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Sacramento International Airport to Basel via Minneapolis, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 40m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 370–1,400
Flights from Sacramento International Airport to Basel via Minneapolis, Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 50m
- When
- Monday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 360–1,400
Flights from Sacramento International Airport to Basel via Toronto, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 380–1,400
Flights from Sacramento International Airport to Basel via Toronto, Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 50m
- When
- Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 370–1,400
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Basel via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 10m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 270–1,000
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Basel via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 270–1,000
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Zurich Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 35m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 240–900
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 290–1,100
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Basel via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 250–1,100
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Zurich Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 240–360
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Frankfurt via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 2m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 220–310
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Stuttgart Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 45m
- When
- Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 270–1,200
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 240–900
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Frankfurt via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 260–550
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 22m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 300–1,100
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Sacramento International Airport to Basel via Toronto, Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 50m
- When
- Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 370–1,400
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Frankfurt via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 50m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 220–550
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 50m
- When
- Thursday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 230–800
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 50m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 240–370
Flights from Sacramento International Airport to Zurich Airport via Toronto, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 340–1,300
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 10m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 270–420
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Sacramento International Airport to Basel via Toronto, Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 45m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 380–1,400
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Sacramento to Richmond
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 20–23
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Phone
- +1-510-464-6000
- Website
- bart.gov
Subway from Richmond to San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 9–12
- Website
- https://www.bart.gov
- 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
- 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
Train from Stuttgart Hbf to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 12–27
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 23–55
- 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
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 8m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 28–95
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- CHF 28–45
- 1st Class
- CHF 55–95
- 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/
- 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 7821 9960770
- info@sweg.de
- Website
- sweg.de
Train from Stuttgart Hbf to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- sweg.de
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 27m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 26–40
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
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