There are 5 ways to get from Cairo 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 Cairo International Airport (CAI) to Basel (BSL)plane CAI - BSL
9h 34mCHF 134–285Fly to Zurich Airport, train
- Fly from Cairo International Airport (CAI) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane CAI - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
9h 3mCHF 190–314Fly to Stuttgart Airport, train
- Fly from Cairo International Airport (CAI) to Stuttgart Airport (STR)plane CAI - STR
- Take the train from Stuttgart Hbf to Karlsruhe Hbftrain
- Take the train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bftrain
10h 52mCHF 172–1,019Fly to Geneva International Airport, train
- Fly from Cairo International Airport (CAI) to Geneva International Airport (GVA)plane CAI - GVA
- Take the train from Genève-Aéroport to Renens VDtrain
- Take the train from Renens VD to Basel SBBtrain
11h 41mCHF 219–395Fly to Frankfurt, train
- Fly from Cairo International Airport (CAI) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane CAI - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Basel Bad Bftrain
10h 40mCHF 206–381
Cairo International Airport (CAI) to Basel (BSL) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Cairo to Basel is to fly which costs SFr 130 - SFr 290 and takes 9h 34m.
The fastest way to get from Cairo to Basel is to fly and train which takes 9h 3m and costs SFr 190 - SFr 320.
The distance between Cairo and Basel is 2857 km.
It takes approximately 9h 34m to get from Cairo to Basel, including transfers.
Basel is 1h behind Cairo. It is currently 7:05 AM in Cairo and 6:05 AM in Basel.
There are 1324+ hotels available in Basel.
What companies run services between Cairo, Egypt and Basel, Switzerland?
Egyptair, Lufthansa, and five other airlines fly from Cairo International Airport (CAI) to Basel (BSL) twice daily.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Cairo International Airport to Basel via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 22m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 160–700
Flights from Cairo International Airport to Zurich Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 130–600
Flights from Cairo International Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 160–650
Flights from Cairo International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 120–550
Flights from Cairo International Airport to Frankfurt via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 120–550
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Cairo International Airport to Zurich Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 7m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 180–300
Flights from Cairo International Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 180–550
Flights from Cairo International Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 22m
- When
- Sunday, Monday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 180–550
Flights from Cairo International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 160–230
Flights from Cairo International Airport to Frankfurt via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 140–400
Flights from Cairo International Airport to Frankfurt via Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 140–400
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Cairo International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 150–600
Flights from Cairo International Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 190–360
Flights from Cairo International Airport to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 140–210
Flights from Cairo International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 52m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 140–320
- Website
- egyptair.com
Flights from Cairo International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 150–600
Flights from Cairo International Airport to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 140–210
Flights from Cairo International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 120–550
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Cairo International Airport to Basel via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 230–700
Flights from Cairo International Airport to Zurich Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 130–440
Flights from Cairo International Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 240–750
Flights from Cairo International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 140–210
Flights from Cairo International Airport to Frankfurt via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 120–400
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Cairo International Airport to Basel via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 120–470
Flights from Cairo International Airport to Basel via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 130–550
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Cairo International Airport to Basel via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 230–700
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Cairo International Airport to Stuttgart Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 110–240
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Cairo International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 110–430
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Cairo International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 120–240
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 Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–90
- 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)
- Phone
- +49 711 400 534 44
- [email protected]
- Website
- Arverio Baden-Württemberg
Train from Stuttgart Hbf to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 13–25
- Schedules at
- Arverio Baden-Württemberg
- 2nd Class Ticket
- CHF 13–16
- 1st Class Ticket
- CHF 17–25
- Phone
- +49 711 400 534 44
- [email protected]
- Website
- Arverio Baden-Württemberg GmbH
Train from Stuttgart Hbf to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 12–18
- Schedules at
- Arverio Baden-Württemberg GmbH
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Stuttgart Hbf to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 11–22
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 36m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 27–55
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Frankfurt to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–90
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Stuttgart Hbf to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 12
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 23m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 28
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–60
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 45
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
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