There are 7 ways to get from Basel to Mérida by train or plane
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Mérida International Airport
best- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Mérida International Airport (MID)plane ZRH - MID
18h 35m$7,813–23,287Fly Basel to Cancún International Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Cancún International Airport (CUN)plane BSL - CUN
- Take the train from Estación Tren Maya Cancún Aeropuerto to Estación Tren Maya Mérida Teyatrain
21h 23m$5,975–19,509Train to Frankfurt, fly to Mérida International Airport
- Take the train from Basel Bad Bf to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Mérida International Airport (MID)plane FRA - MID
19h 21m$7,716–27,262Train, train to Milano Malpensa Airport, fly to Mérida International Airport
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Luganotrain
- Take the train from Lugano to Malpensa Aeroporto T1train
- Fly from Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP) to Mérida International Airport (MID)plane MXP - MID
24h 36m$6,667–25,020Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Cancún International Airport, train
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Cancún International Airport (CUN)plane ZRH - CUN
- Take the train from Estación Tren Maya Cancún Aeropuerto to Estación Tren Maya Mérida Teyatrain
20h 41m$9,088–21,537Fly Basel to Mérida International Airport
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Mérida International Airport (MID)plane BSL - MID
20h 26m$7,700–26,259Train to Frankfurt, fly to Cancún International Airport, train
- Take the train from Basel Bad Bf to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Cancún International Airport (CUN)plane FRA - CUN
- Take the train from Estación Tren Maya Cancún Aeropuerto to Estación Tren Maya Mérida Teyatrain
22h 13m$8,991–24,512
Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Mérida International Airport (MID) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Basel to Mérida is to fly and train which costs $6000 - $20000 and takes 21h 23m.
The fastest way to get from Basel to Mérida is to train and fly which takes 18h 35m and costs $7500 - $24000.
The distance between Basel and Mérida is 9008 km.
It takes approximately 18h 35m to get from Basel to Mérida, including transfers.
Mérida is 7h behind Basel. It is currently 12:07 AM in Basel and 5:07 PM in Mérida.
There are 876+ hotels available in Mérida.
What companies run services between Basel, Switzerland and Mérida, Mexico?
Lufthansa, Viva Aerobus, and two other airlines fly from Basel (BSL) to Mérida International Airport (MID) 4 times a week.
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Mérida International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $6,500–24,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Mérida International Airport via Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $8,000–29,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Mérida International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 26h
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $6,500–25,000
Flights from Basel to Cancún International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $5,500–21,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Cancún International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $4,900–18,000
- Website
- vivaaerobus.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Mérida International Airport via Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 57m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $7,000–22,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Mérida International Airport via Frankfurt, Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 42m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $7,000–26,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Mérida International Airport via Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 27m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $7,500–27,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Mérida International Airport via Mexico City
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $8,500–31,000
Flights from Basel to Mérida International Airport via Frankfurt, Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 2m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $8,500–32,000
Flights from Basel to Mérida International Airport via London Gatwick, Orlando
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 32m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $7,500–26,000
- Website
- aeromexico.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Mérida International Airport via Mexico City
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $8,500–31,000
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Mérida International Airport via Mexico City
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 35m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $7,000–26,000
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Basel to Cancún International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 5m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $5,500–16,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Cancún International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $6,000–14,000
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Mérida International Airport via Mexico City
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $8,500–31,000
Flights from Basel to Cancún International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 11m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $5,500–21,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Cancún International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $4,900–18,000
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Mérida International Airport via Mexico City
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 19m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $8,500–31,000
Flights from Basel to Cancún International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $5,500–21,000
Flights from Basel to Cancún International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $5,500–21,000
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Basel to Cancún International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $8,000–12,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Cancún International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 45m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $4,700–18,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Cancún International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $6,500–11,000
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Mérida International Airport via Mexico City
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $8,500–31,000
Flights from Basel to Cancún International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $5,500–21,000
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Mérida International Airport via Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $8,000–29,000
- Website
- airtransat.com
Flights from Basel to Cancún International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $7,500–22,000
- Website
- virginatlantic.com
Flights from Basel to Cancún International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 11m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $5,500–21,000
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Mérida International Airport via Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 9m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $6,000–22,000
- Website
- flyedelweiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Cancún International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 45m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $4,700–18,000
- Website
- airbus.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Cancún International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $6,500–11,000
Train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- $600–950
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Basel SBB to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $1,700–2,700
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- $600–950
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Basel Bad Bf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 43m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $1,000–2,100
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Basel Bad Bf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 43m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $1,000–2,100
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +52 559 771 1000
- Website
- Booking Tren Maya
Train from Estación Tren Maya Cancún Aeropuerto to Estación Tren Maya Mérida Teya
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 37m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $370–3,300
- Website
- Booking Tren Maya
- Special Tourist (INAPAM)
- $370–850
- Local Tourist
- $460–1,100
- National Tourist
- $700–1,600
- International Tourist
- $900–2,100
- National Premier
- $1,100–2,500
- International Premier
- $1,500–3,300
Train from Estación Tren Maya Cancún Aeropuerto to Estación Tren Maya Mérida Teya
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 37m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $370–3,300
- Website
- Booking Tren Maya
- Special Tourist (INAPAM)
- $370–850
- Local Tourist
- $460–1,100
- National Tourist
- $700–1,600
- International Tourist
- $900–2,100
- National Premier
- $1,100–2,500
- International Premier
- $1,500–3,300
Train from Estación Tren Maya Cancún Aeropuerto to Estación Tren Maya Mérida Teya
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 37m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $370–3,300
- Website
- Booking Tren Maya
- Special Tourist (INAPAM)
- $370–850
- Local Tourist
- $460–1,100
- National Tourist
- $700–1,600
- International Tourist
- $900–2,100
- National Premier
- $1,100–2,500
- International Premier
- $1,500–3,300
- 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
- $410–550
- 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
- $120–160
- Website
- Trenord
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