There are 7 ways to get from Shanghai to Basel by plane, car, 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 Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Basel
best- Fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Basel (BSL)plane PVG - BSL
18h 52mCHF 230–612Drive 10,771.9 km
- Drive from Shanghai Station to Baselcar 10,771.9 km
5dCHF 2,044–2,952Fly Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Zurich Airport, train
- Fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane PVG - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
16h 46mCHF 286–481Fly Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Basel
- Fly from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport (SHA) to Basel (BSL)plane SHA - BSL
21h 15mCHF 244–755Fly Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Frankfurt, train
- Fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane PVG - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Basel Bad Bftrain
18h 3mCHF 322–508Fly Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Geneva International Airport, train
- Fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Geneva International Airport (GVA)plane PVG - GVA
- Take the train from Genève-Aéroport to Renens VDtrain
- Take the train from Renens VD to Basel SBBtrain
19h 59mCHF 405–722Fly Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport, train
- Fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP)plane PVG - MXP
- Take the train from Malpensa Aeroporto T1 to Luganotrain
- Take the train from Lugano to Basel SBBtrain
21h 34mCHF 300–785
Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Basel (BSL) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Shanghai to Basel is to fly and train which costs SFr 280 - SFr 490 and takes 16h 46m.
The fastest way to get from Shanghai to Basel is to fly and train which takes 16h 46m and costs SFr 280 - SFr 490.
The distance between Shanghai and Basel is 9126 km. The road distance is 10771.9 km.
It takes approximately 18h 52m to get from Shanghai to Basel, including transfers.
Basel is 7h behind Shanghai. It is currently 1:07 AM in Shanghai and 6:07 PM in Basel.
Yes, the driving distance between Shanghai to Basel is 10772 km. It takes approximately 5 days 0h to drive from Shanghai to Basel.
There are 1314+ hotels available in Basel.
What companies run services between Shanghai, China and Basel, Switzerland?
Lufthansa, Austrian Airlines, and five other airlines fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Basel (BSL) 3 times a day.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Basel via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 260–950
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 220–950
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 180–850
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Zurich Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 230–850
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Basel via Beijing Capital, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 240–750
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Basel via Beijing Daxing, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 240–750
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Basel via Urumqi, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 55m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 250–800
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 210–750
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Frankfurt via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 210–800
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 250–900
- Website
- airchina.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Basel via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 260–950
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 260–950
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 180–850
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Zurich Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 230–850
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Basel via Beijing Capital, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 240–750
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Basel via Beijing Daxing, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 240–750
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Basel via Urumqi, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 55m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 250–800
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 210–750
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Frankfurt via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 210–800
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 250–900
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 160–500
- Website
- en.ceair.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 270–490
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 340–490
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 200–550
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 170–480
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 350–490
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Basel via Urumqi, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 55m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 250–800
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 230–800
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 18h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 200–700
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Basel via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 45m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 250–750
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Basel via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 260–800
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Basel via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 270–800
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Basel via Beijing Capital, Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 270–900
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 220–600
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Basel via Beijing Capital, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 240–750
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Basel via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 20m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- CHF 270–800
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 35m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 250–650
Train from Zürich HB to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 26–45
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Genève-Aéroport to Renens VD
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 18–29
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Renens VD to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–85
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Lugano to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 53m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–120
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Frankfurt to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–100
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +39 02 7249 4494
- my-link@trenord.it
- Website
- Trenord
Train from Malpensa Aeroporto T1 to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 5–7
- Website
- Trenord
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- ufficiogruppi@trenitalia.it
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
Train from Lugano to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–95
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
- 1st Class
- CHF 65–95
- 2nd Class
- CHF 50–70
- Phone
- +49 (0) 7531 915109
- info@sbb-deutschland.de
- Website
- SBB GmbH
Train from Lugano to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 56m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 18–23
- Schedules at
- SBB GmbH
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