Basel to Kos

Compare trains, coaches, flights and ferries from Basel to Kos. From €163.53, fastest 6h 10m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

Travelling from Basel to Kos costs €163.53 at the cheapest and takes 6h 10m door to door at the fastest, across 1 mode and 3 operators. The route covers 2,061 km. Cheapest is by Flight, fastest is by Flight.

Checked 9 September 2026Priced for 29 September 2026One passenger, all fees included

At a glance

Distance
2,061 km
Fastest
6h 10m
Average
6h 23m
Services per day
13
Cheapest
€163.53
CO2 per passenger
507.0 kg
Door to door

Every way to make this journey

Journey times below are door to door, so they include getting to the terminal and away from it at the other end. Fares are the cheapest we currently sell on 29 September 2026.

Door to door means the whole journey, including reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end. Fares are the cheapest sold on each mode.
ModeDoor to doorMovingAt the endsFromCO2Per day
Flight6h 12m3h 2m3h 10m€198.38507.0 kg11
  • 6h 12mFastest, by Flight
  • €198.38Cheapest, by Flight
  • 507.0 kgLowest CO2, by Flight
  • 2,061 kmDistance travelled
Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on 29 September 2026

Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.

Cheapest€163.53
  1. FlixBus FB777207:305h 1m12:31Basel Meret OppenheimInnsbruck Hauptbahnhof
  2. Eurowings E338313:503h16:50Innsbruck INNKos KGS

Changes at Innsbruck, with 79 minutes between services and a walk of about 14 minutes.

Door to door 11h 17mCO2 450.1 kgChanges 1Fixed, no changes

Fastest€196.61
  1. TUIfly TU271106:413h 2m09:43Basel BSLKos KGS

Door to door 6h 12mCO2 507.0 kgChanges 0Fixed, no changes

Today's real departures

Live from the operators' own published timetables, through the open transit feeds they publish. Times and services are real. Fares are modelled until our booking connectors are live.

No live timetable for this journey yet.

Live from the operators' own published timetables, through the open transit feeds they publish. Times and services are real. Fares are modelled until our booking connectors are live.

Prices over the next three weeks

Live from our own engine, refreshed on every request. The cheapest days for each way of travelling are marked.

Cheapest day: 2026-09-29 · €163.53

The flight gets you into Kos. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.

A hotel room

A room in Kos for the night the flight gets in

Sort by distance from Akteon (Center) and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.

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Booking window

When to book Basel to Kos

The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.

  1. €157.0990 days
  2. €146.4660 days
  3. €167.1145 days
  4. €163.5730 days
  5. €186.5821 days
  6. €193.7814 days
  7. €214.687 days
  8. €327.593 days
  9. €352.731 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €146.46.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 141 percent. The dearest point is €352.73, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 60 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
€352.73€146.461371421304560

Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 60 days ahead. You are inside that window.

Day of the week

Which departure day costs least

Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.

  1. €216.33Sun
  2. €191.58Mon
  3. €186.08Tue
  4. €193.78Wed
  5. €266.82Thu
  6. €239.98Fri
  7. €270.36Sat
Across the year

How the fare moves month by month

The same journey priced on the fifteenth of each of the next six months.

  1. €242.18Sept
  2. €183.63Oct
  3. €155.90Nov
  4. €142.63Dec
  5. €154.89Jan
  6. €136.58Feb

The route

BaselBaselKosKos
The journey

What the journey actually looks like

Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.

Direct or connecting
69% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 31% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 2,061 km against 2,001 km in a straight line, a detour of 3 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Zürich, Bodrum, Innsbruck, Athens. The gap between arriving and leaving is 46 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 20 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Part of this journey is a self transfer between separate tickets, so leave more time than the minimum and expect to check in again.
First and last departure
The first service of the day leaves Basel at 06:16 and the last at 17:22, across 11 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.

Basel

Rail
  • Basel SBB
  • Liestal
  • Laufen
Coach
  • Basel Meret Oppenheim
  • Dornach Bahnhof
Air
  • BSL
Ferry
  • Basel Schifflände
  • Basel St. Alban-Tal

Kos

Coach
  • Akteon (Center)
  • Delfina Bus Terminal
Air
  • KGS
Ferry
  • Kos

The fare from KGS into Kos is the one price on this journey we cannot show you, because it is not ours.

A taxi rank outside an airport terminal

A car waiting when you land in Kos

A price agreed before you fly, a driver at arrivals, and a car big enough for the bags.

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Carriers

Who runs this route

Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.

Every operator we sell on this corridor. Speed is the carrier's own typical cruising speed, not the average over this route.
OperatorFromFastest
Corendon Airlines Europe€175.966h 11m
EasyJet (DS)€167.116h 10m
TUIfly€167.116h 11m
The price

What the fare is made of

Every part of the total, so the number at checkout is the number here.

The cheapest Coach fare we sell on 2026-09-29, broken into its parts. Nothing is added after this.
PartAmountShare
Operator fare€145.5089%
Taxes€14.559%
Supplier fees€1.491%
Our service fee€1.991%
Total you pay€163.53100%

Kos is small enough to see in an afternoon, which is easier without the luggage. Storing it is not our business.

Left luggage lockers

Where to leave your bags in Kos

Priced by the bag and by the day, booked before you get there, and insured while it sits.

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Questions about Basel to Kos

The questions people actually ask about this journey, answered from the same prices and times the page above is built on rather than written once and left to go stale.

How long does it take to get from Basel to Kos?

The fastest journey from Basel to Kos takes 6h 10m door to door, of which 3h 2m is spent moving, on the Flight. Most services take around 6h 23m, because that average includes slower stopping services and journeys with a connection. Times include reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.

How much does it cost to travel from Basel to Kos?

The cheapest fare from Basel to Kos is €163.53, checked on 29 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €276.85. Both figures are the total for one passenger, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so nothing is added at checkout.

What is the cheapest way to get from Basel to Kos?

The cheapest way from Basel to Kos is by Flight, at €198.38 for one passenger on 29 September 2026. That journey takes 6h 12m door to door. Cheaper is rarely faster on this corridor, and the comparison table on this page shows what each mode costs against what it saves.

When should I book Basel to Kos?

Fares from Basel to Kos bottom out around 60 days before departure, at €146.46. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 141 percent, measured on 29 September 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.

Which day of the week is cheapest for Basel to Kos?

Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Basel to Kos, at €186.08. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, checked on 29 September 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.

Which month is cheapest for Basel to Kos?

February is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Basel to Kos, at €136.58 for one passenger. Each month is priced on its fifteenth, so the comparison is like for like rather than a mix of weekends and midweek departures.

Who runs services from Basel to Kos?

3 operators sell services from Basel to Kos across 1 modes: Corendon Airlines Europe, EasyJet (DS), TUIfly. Journey times, fares and fare conditions differ between them, and the operator table on this page compares all of them on speed, flexibility and what is provided on board.

Is there a direct service from Basel to Kos?

69 percent of the services we sell from Basel to Kos are direct. The rest connect at Zürich, Bodrum, Innsbruck, Athens, with about 46 minutes between the two services. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is rebooked at no charge.

Which station or terminal do services from Basel to Kos use?

Services from Basel to Kos by Flight leave from Basel BSL and arrive at Kos KGS. Allow about 3h 10m in total for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one, which is already included in every door to door time on this page.

Can I change or refund a ticket from Basel to Kos?

0 of the 3 operators we sell from Basel to Kos allow a change or a refund. A change on a changeable fare costs €5.00. The operator table on this page names which is which, and the condition is shown again before you pay.

Where these numbers come from

Observed service A carrier record shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.

Schedules, seat counts and fares are generated by our own model until the supplier contracts are signed. Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance are real. We would rather say that on every page than let a modelled number pass for a filed one.

Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon, Distances

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Basel to Kos on 9 September 2026: 2061 km of route against 2001 km in a straight line, 13 services a day, 3 operators, a cheapest fare of €163.53, and 6h 10m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

The journey is the easy half to plan. The days in Kos are the half people leave until last.

A guided tour group

Day trips out of Kos and across Greece

Day trips that leave Kos in the morning and cover a good part of Greece by evening.

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