There are 7 ways to get from Basel to Kathmandu 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 from Basel
best- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Tribhuvan International Airport (KTM)plane BSL - KTM
15h 9m$344–1,205Drive 9,015.2 km
- Drive from Basel to Kathmanducar 9,015.2 km
5d 1h$1,818–2,626Train to Zurich Airport, fly
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Tribhuvan International Airport (KTM)plane ZRH - KTM
15h 23m$430–1,019Train, train to Geneva International Airport, fly
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Renens VDtrain
- Take the train from Renens VD to Genève-Aéroporttrain
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Tribhuvan International Airport (KTM)plane GVA - KTM
18h 6m$509–812Train, train to Stuttgart Airport, fly
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbftrain
- Fly from Stuttgart Airport (STR) to Tribhuvan International Airport (KTM)plane STR - KTM
17h 21m$537–1,103Train, train to Milano Malpensa Airport, fly
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Luganotrain
- Take the train from Lugano to Malpensa Aeroporto T1train
- Fly from Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP) to Tribhuvan International Airport (KTM)plane MXP - KTM
19h 3m$428–830Fly from Mulhouse
- Fly from Mulhouse (MLH) to Tribhuvan International Airport (KTM)plane MLH - KTM
20h 9m$414–1,405
Basel (BSL) to Tribhuvan International Airport (KTM) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Basel to Kathmandu is to train and fly which costs $430 - $1,100 and takes 15h 23m.
The fastest way to get from Basel to Kathmandu is to fly which takes 15h 9m and costs $340 - $1,200.
The distance between Basel and Kathmandu is 6911 km. The road distance is 9015.2 km.
It takes approximately 15h 9m to get from Basel to Kathmandu, including transfers.
Kathmandu is 4h 45m ahead of Basel. It is currently 5:53 AM in Basel and 10:38 AM in Kathmandu.
Yes, the driving distance between Basel to Kathmandu is 9015 km. It takes approximately 5 days 1h to drive from Basel to Kathmandu.
There are 1679+ hotels available in Kathmandu.
What companies run services between Basel, Switzerland and Kathmandu, Nepal?
Turkish Airlines, Flydubai, and two other airlines fly from Basel (BSL) to Tribhuvan International Airport (KTM) 3 times a day.
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Basel to Tribhuvan International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $340–1,200
Flights from Zurich Airport to Tribhuvan International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $290–1,000
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Tribhuvan International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $330–1,100
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Tribhuvan International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $340–1,200
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Tribhuvan International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $270–900
Flights from Mulhouse to Tribhuvan International Airport via Belgrade, Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 25m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $410–1,400
Flights from Mulhouse to Tribhuvan International Airport via Skopje, Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $410–1,400
Flights from Mulhouse to Tribhuvan International Airport via Nis, Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 25m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $410–1,400
Flights from Mulhouse to Tribhuvan International Airport via Podgorica, Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 45m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $410–1,400
- Website
- emirates.com
Flights from Basel to Tribhuvan International Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $490–1,100
Flights from Zurich Airport to Tribhuvan International Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $320–1,100
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Tribhuvan International Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $370–1,200
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Tribhuvan International Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $300–1,000
Flights from Mulhouse to Tribhuvan International Airport via Tirana, Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 50m
- When
- Monday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $600–1,400
Flights from Mulhouse to Tribhuvan International Airport via Chisinau, Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 5m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $600–1,400
Flights from Mulhouse to Tribhuvan International Airport via Belgrade, Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 5m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,400
- Website
- flydubai.com
Flights from Basel to Tribhuvan International Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $490–1,100
Flights from Mulhouse to Tribhuvan International Airport via Tirana, Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 50m
- When
- Monday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $600–1,400
Flights from Mulhouse to Tribhuvan International Airport via Chisinau, Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 5m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $600–1,400
Flights from Mulhouse to Tribhuvan International Airport via Belgrade, Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 5m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,400
- Website
- qatarairways.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Tribhuvan International Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $390–900
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Tribhuvan International Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $370–1,100
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Tribhuvan International Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $300–900
- Website
- airindia.in
Flights from Zurich Airport to Tribhuvan International Airport via Delhi
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–850
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Tribhuvan International Airport via Delhi
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210–600
- Website
- goindigo.in
Flights from Basel to Tribhuvan International Airport via Istanbul, Delhi
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $340–1,200
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Tribhuvan International Airport via Istanbul, Delhi
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $330–1,100
- Website
- etihad.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Tribhuvan International Airport via Abu Dhabi
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–700
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Tribhuvan International Airport via Abu Dhabi
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $280–800
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Tribhuvan International Airport via Delhi
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $280–850
- Website
- jazeeraairways.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Tribhuvan International Airport via Kuwait
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $200–550
Train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- $35–60
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Basel SBB to Renens VD
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 16m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $70–120
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Renens VD to Genève-Aéroport
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- $26–45
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Basel SBB to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $100–180
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Basel SBB to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $35–85
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $15–35
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
Train from Basel SBB to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 58m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $50–75
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- [email protected]
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
Train from Basel SBB to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $50–110
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
- 1st Class
- $70–110
- 2nd Class
- $50–70
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Basel SBB to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $40–170
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 36m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- $16–70
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
- Phone
- +49 711 400 534 44
- [email protected]
- Website
- Arverio Baden-Württemberg
Train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $15–29
- Schedules at
- Arverio Baden-Württemberg
- 2nd Class Ticket
- $15–19
- 1st Class Ticket
- $20–29
- Phone
- +49 711 400 534 44
- [email protected]
- Website
- Arverio Baden-Württemberg GmbH
Train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $15–22
- Schedules at
- Arverio Baden-Württemberg GmbH
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $17–26
- Website
- TGV inOui
- Phone
- +49 (0) 7531 915109
- [email protected]
- Website
- SBB GmbH
Train from Basel SBB to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 21m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $22–28
- Schedules at
- SBB GmbH
- Phone
- +39 02 7249 4494
- [email protected]
- Website
- Trenord
Train from Lugano to Malpensa Aeroporto T1
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $6–9
- Website
- Trenord
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