Basel to Munich bus

Buses from Basel to Munich start at €15.58 and take 4h 50m at their fastest.

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Skyline Tower, München, im Bau, Zustand 2009-08-29

The Buses from Basel to Munich starts at €15.58 and takes 4h 50m door to door, run by 1 operator over 305 km, with around 6 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.

Checked September 8, 2026Priced for September 22, 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 4h 50mDoor to door
  • 4h 6mMoving
  • €15.58From
  • 8.2 kgCO2
Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on September 22, 2026

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

Cheapest€15.58
  1. FlixBus FB105109:154h 11m13:26Basel Meret OppenheimMunchen ZOB Hackerbrucke

Door to door 4h 55mCO2 8.2 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee

Carriers

Bus operators

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.
OperatorFromFastestTypical speedFlexibilityOn board
FlixBus€15.584h 46m72 km/hChangeablePower outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi
  • FlixBus

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Rooms within reach of Munchen Hauptbahnhof

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Booking window

When to book Basel to Munich

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

  1. €17.7890 days
  2. €15.0360 days
  3. €16.1345 days
  4. €16.6830 days
  5. €17.7821 days
  6. €15.5814 days
  7. €18.337 days
  8. €29.333 days
  9. €28.231 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €15.03.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 95 percent. The most expensive point is €29.33, 3 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.
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. €21.08Sun
  2. €19.98Mon
  3. €17.78Tue
  4. €18.88Wed
  5. €23.83Thu
  6. €21.63Fri
  7. €26.58Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

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

Basel

Bus
  • Basel Meret Oppenheim
  • Dornach Bahnhof

Munich

Bus
  • Munchen ZOB Hackerbrucke
  • Central bus station Munich
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.

How far it really runs
The route covers 305 km against 305 km in a straight line, a detour of 2 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
First and last departure
The first service of the day leaves Basel at 06:22 and the last at 19:52, across 6 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
The alternatives

Buses against the other ways to make this journey

The same corridor, door to door, with every mode that runs it.

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
Train2h 52m2h 8m44m€36.6410.1 kg6
Flight3h 59m49m3h 10m€33.1877.5 kg12
Coach4h 50m4h 6m44m€15.588.2 kg6

Questions about Basel to Munich

The questions people actually ask about this trip, 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 the Coach from Basel to Munich take?

The Coach from Basel to Munich takes 4h 50m door to door, of which 4h 6m is spent moving. The route runs 305 km. The difference between the two times is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end, which every time on this page includes.

How much does the Coach from Basel to Munich cost?

The Coach from Basel to Munich starts at €15.58 for one passenger, checked on September 22, 2026. A typical fare is €16.96. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.

Who runs the Coach from Basel to Munich?

1 operators run the Coach from Basel to Munich: FlixBus. Between them they file around 6 departures a day. The operator table on this page compares them on fare, journey time, cruising speed, fare conditions and what is provided on board.

Which terminal does the Coach from Basel to Munich use?

The Coach from Basel to Munich leaves from Basel Meret Oppenheim and arrives at Munchen ZOB Hackerbrucke. Allow about 44m for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one. That time is already inside every door to door figure quoted on this page.

Is the Coach the best way from Basel to Munich?

Traveling from Basel to Munich by Train costs €36.64 and takes 2h 52m door to door, against 4h 50m by Coach. Which is better depends on whether the money or the hours matter more on this trip. The comparison table on this page shows every mode side by side.

When should I book the Coach from Basel to Munich?

Fares for the Coach from Basel to Munich bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €15.03. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 95 percent, measured on September 22, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Coach from Basel to Munich produce?

The Coach from Basel to Munich produces about 8.2 kg of CO2 per passenger over 305 km, which works out at roughly 27 grams per passenger kilometer. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveler, not for the vehicle.

What is provided on board the Coach from Basel to Munich?

Operators on the Coach from Basel to Munich publish Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 4h 50m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.

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 modeled number pass for a filed one.

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

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Basel to Munich on September 8, 2026: 305 km of route against 305 km in a straight line, 6 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €15.58, and 4h 50m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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