There are 8 ways to get from Melbourne 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 Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Basel (BSL)plane MEL - BSL
25h 38mCHF 669–1,020Fly to Milano Malpensa Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP)plane MEL - MXP
- Take the train from Malpensa Aeroporto T1 to Luganotrain
- Take the train from Lugano to Basel SBBtrain
30h 52mCHF 429–1,243Fly to Zurich Airport, train
- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane MEL - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
26h 31mCHF 455–919Fly to Frankfurt, train
- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane MEL - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Basel Bad Bftrain
27h 49mCHF 451–956Fly to Geneva International Airport, train
- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Geneva International Airport (GVA)plane MEL - GVA
- Take the train from Genève-Aéroport to Renens VDtrain
- Take the train from Renens VD to Basel SBBtrain
29h 9mCHF 484–1,230Fly to Stuttgart Airport, train
- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Stuttgart Airport (STR)plane MEL - STR
- Take the train from Stuttgart Hbf to Karlsruhe Hbftrain
- Take the train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bftrain
30h 11mCHF 607–984Fly to Mulhouse
- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Mulhouse (MLH)plane MEL - MLH
37h 58mCHF 489–1,520Fly to Munich International Airport, train
- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Munich International Airport (MUC)plane MEL - MUC
- Take the train from Flughafen München to Pasingtrain
- Take the train from Pasing to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bftrain
31h 1mCHF 535–1,298
Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Basel (BSL) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Melbourne to Basel is to fly and train which costs SFr 450 - SFr 1000 and takes 27h 49m.
The fastest way to get from Melbourne to Basel is to fly which takes 25h 38m and costs SFr 650 - SFr 1100.
The distance between Melbourne and Basel is 16431 km.
It takes approximately 25h 38m to get from Melbourne to Basel, including transfers.
Basel is 10h behind Melbourne. It is currently 9:22 PM in Melbourne and 11:22 AM in Basel.
There are 1324+ hotels available in Basel.
What companies run services between Melbourne, VIC, Australia and Basel, Switzerland?
Emirates, Flydubai, and four other airlines fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Basel (BSL) twice daily.
- Website
- emirates.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Basel via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 600–1,800
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Zurich Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 500–1,600
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Frankfurt via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 480–1,400
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Geneva International Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 550–1,600
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 470–1,400
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Munich International Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 550–1,700
- Website
- qatarairways.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Zurich Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 500–950
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Frankfurt via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 480–900
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Geneva International Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 500–1,400
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Doha, Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 15m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 550–1,600
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 440–1,200
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Munich International Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 500–1,500
- Website
- virginaustralia.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Zurich Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 500–950
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Frankfurt via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 480–900
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Geneva International Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 500–1,400
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 440–1,200
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Munich International Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 500–1,500
- Website
- thaiairways.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Zurich Airport via Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 550–1,200
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Frankfurt via Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 27h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 500–1,100
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Abu Dhabi, Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 390–1,100
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Doha, Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 600–1,200
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Munich International Airport via Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 600–1,400
- Website
- etihad.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Zurich Airport via Abu Dhabi
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 400–600
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Frankfurt via Abu Dhabi
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 370–550
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Geneva International Airport via Abu Dhabi
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 400–700
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Abu Dhabi
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 400–1,300
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Munich International Airport via Abu Dhabi
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 350–1,000
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Basel via Abu Dhabi, Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 370–1,100
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Abu Dhabi, Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 390–1,100
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Doha, Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 600–1,200
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Munich International Airport via Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 480–1,700
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Mulhouse via Guangzhou Baiyun, Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 10m
- When
- Saturday and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 470–1,900
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Mulhouse via Dubai, Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 40h 20m
- When
- Wednesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 700–2,200
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Mulhouse via Doha, Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 46h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 650–1,900
- Website
- airindia.in
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Zurich Airport via Delhi
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 40m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 330–850
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Frankfurt via Delhi
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 420–800
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Delhi
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 390–750
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Basel via Abu Dhabi, Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 370–1,100
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Abu Dhabi, Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 390–1,100
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Frankfurt via Abu Dhabi
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 370–550
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Munich International Airport via Abu Dhabi
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 350–1,000
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 600–1,900
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Doha, Sarajevo
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 50m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 550–1,600
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Mulhouse via Dubai, Chisinau
- Ave. Duration
- 43h 15m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- CHF 700–2,200
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Mulhouse via Dubai, Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 43h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 700–2,200
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Basel via Abu Dhabi, Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 20m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 370–1,100
- Website
- srilankan.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Frankfurt via Colombo
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 40m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- CHF 440–1,200
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Doha, Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 15m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 550–1,600
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 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 Lugano to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 53m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–120
- 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)
- 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 45–90
- 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 Pasing to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 43m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–85
- 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)
- 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 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)
Train from Flughafen München to Pasing
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 7
- 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
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
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
- Phone
- +39 02 7249 4494
- [email protected]
- 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
- [email protected]
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
Train from Lugano to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 53m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–100
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
- 1st Class
- CHF 65–100
- 2nd Class
- CHF 50–70
- Phone
- +49 (0) 7531 915109
- [email protected]
- 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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