There are 8 ways to get from Shanghai to Basel by plane, car, or train
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Fly Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Basel
best- Fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Basel (BSL)plane PVG - BSL
18h 47mCHF 378–1,110Fly Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Zurich Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane PVG - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
16h 26mCHF 276–521Drive 10,780.1 km
- Drive from Shanghai Station to Baselcar 10,780.1 km
5d 1hCHF 1,711–2,471Fly Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Basel
- Fly from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport (SHA) to Basel (BSL)plane SHA - BSL
19h 45mCHF 283–1,304Fly 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 Mannheim, Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bftrain
17h 59mCHF 327–796Fly 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 19mCHF 379–926Fly 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 5mCHF 368–1,053Fly Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Munich International Airport, train
- Fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Munich International Airport (MUC)plane PVG - MUC
- Take the train from Flughafen München to Pasingtrain
- Take the train from Pasing to Basel Bad Bftrain
21h 18mCHF 426–882
Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Basel (BSL) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Shanghai to Basel is to fly and train which costs SFr 270 - SFr 550 and takes 16h 26m.
The fastest way to get from Shanghai to Basel is to fly and train which takes 16h 26m and costs SFr 270 - SFr 550.
The distance between Shanghai and Basel is 9126 km. The road distance is 10780.1 km.
It takes approximately 18h 47m to get from Shanghai to Basel, including transfers.
Basel is 6h behind Shanghai. It is currently 6:35 PM in Shanghai and 12:35 PM in Basel.
Yes, the driving distance between Shanghai to Basel is 10780 km. It takes approximately 5 days 1h to drive from Shanghai to Basel.
There are 558+ hotels available in Basel.
What companies run services between Shanghai, China and Basel, Switzerland?
Lufthansa, Air Dolomiti, and four other airlines fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Basel (BSL) every 4 hours.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Basel via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 52m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 220–1,600
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 250–1,400
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Basel via Beijing Capital, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 250–1,800
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Zurich Airport via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 42m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 270–1,200
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 270–1,200
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 290–1,300
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Frankfurt via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 310–1,300
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 170–1,300
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 5m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 160–1,200
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 200–1,400
- Website
- airchina.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Basel via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 320–1,400
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 270–1,200
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Zurich Airport via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 35m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 270–1,200
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 290–1,300
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Frankfurt via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 310–1,300
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 160–1,200
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 200–1,400
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Basel via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 12m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 230–1,700
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Basel via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 17h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 300–2,700
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Basel via Venice
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 35m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 250–1,100
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Basel via Xi An, Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 55m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 280–1,300
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Basel via Beijing Capital, Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 52m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- CHF 270–1,500
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Basel via Beijing Capital, Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 10m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 270–1,500
- Website
- en.ceair.com
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Basel via Xi An, Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 17h
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- CHF 290–1,600
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 280–600
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 290–1,200
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 190–850
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 420–800
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 250–1,100
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Basel via Beijing Capital, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 25m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 250–1,800
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Munich International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 17m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 270–1,000
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Basel via Xi An, Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 17h
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- CHF 290–1,600
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 290–450
- 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 28–85
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Genève-Aéroport to Renens VD
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 19–60
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Renens VD to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–160
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Lugano to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 53m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–240
- 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 12–30
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–110
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Pasing to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–210
- 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 7–17
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 25–60
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 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 50–85
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- 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 56m
- 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
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Flughafen München to Pasing
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 11–16
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
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