Basel to Chisinau

Compare trains, buses, flights and ferries from Basel to Chisinau. From €140.59, fastest 5h 40m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

Traveling from Basel to Chisinau costs €140.59 at the cheapest and takes 5h 40m door to door at the fastest, across 1 mode and 1 operator. The route covers 1,650 km. Cheapest is by Flight, fastest is by Flight.

Checked September 9, 2026Priced for September 28, 2026One passenger, all fees included

At a glance

Distance
1,650 km
Fastest
5h 40m
Average
5h 50m
Services per day
5
Cheapest
€140.59
CO2 per passenger
405.9 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 September 28, 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
Flight5h 40m2h 30m3h 10m€177.14405.9 kg4
  • 5h 40mFastest, by Flight
  • €177.14Cheapest, by Flight
  • 405.9 kgLowest CO2, by Flight
  • 1,650 kmDistance traveled
Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on September 28, 2026

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

Cheapest€140.59
  1. DB Fernverkehr DB447707:302h 9m09:39Basel SBBMunchen Hauptbahnhof
  2. FlyOne FO149710:342h 8m12:42Munich MUCChisinau RMO

Changes at Munich, with 55 minutes between services and a walk of about 14 minutes.

Door to door 7h 9mCO2 339.5 kgChanges 1Fixed, no changes

Fastest€168.88
  1. Wizz Air WA336506:442h 30m09:14Basel BSLChisinau RMO

Door to door 5h 40mCO2 405.9 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 modeled until our booking connectors are live.

Today's real departures
OperatorServiceDepartsArrivesTakes
DB Fernverkehr AG6 changesICE 37208:1604:1144h 6m
Schweizerische Bundesbahnen SBB4 changesIC312:0705:4441h 49m
Schweizerische Bundesbahnen SBB6 changesIC312:3305:4441h 23m
Schweizerische Bundesbahnen SBB7 changesIR3712:4305:4441h 14m
Schweizerische Bundesbahnen SBB7 changesIR3712:4305:4441h 13m
DB Fernverkehr AG3 changesECE 412:4605:4465h 9m

Prices over the next three weeks

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

Cheapest fare by mode and day for Basel to Chisinau
Cheapest fare by mode and day for Basel to ChisinauThuSep 10FriSep 11SatSep 12SunSep 13MonSep 14TueSep 15WedSep 16ThuSep 17FriSep 18SatSep 19SunSep 20MonSep 21TueSep 22WedSep 23
Train€417.24€430.44€319.34€261.59€257.19€240.69€223.64€232.44€255.54€249.49€228.59€223.64€155.44€173.59
Flight€393.08€316.97€375.97€258.56€220.80€219.62€220.80€261.51€200.15€205.46€190.71€179.50€177.14€190.71

Cheapest day: 2026-09-28 · €140.59

Arriving in September changes what you want from a room in Chisinau. It is not a thing we sell, so here is who does.

A hotel room

Rooms within reach of Chișinău railway station

Hotels and apartments near downtown, most of them with free cancellation, on a map that shows what is walkable.

Partner links. We do not sell accommodation. We earn a commission when a booking completes, and it never changes what you pay.

Booking window

When to book Basel to Chisinau

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

  1. €134.5490 days
  2. €135.6460 days
  3. €147.0545 days
  4. €164.2430 days
  5. €151.5921 days
  6. €173.5914 days
  7. €220.807 days
  8. €319.343 days
  9. €393.081 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 90 days ahead, at €134.54.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 192 percent. The most expensive point is €393.08, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 90 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
€393.08€135.641371421304560

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. €190.71Sun
  2. €179.50Mon
  3. €155.44Tue
  4. €173.59Wed
  5. €232.44Thu
  6. €200.15Fri
  7. €205.46Sat
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. €219.62Sep
  2. €147.64Oct
  3. €132.89Nov
  4. €138.20Dec
  5. €136.19Jan
  6. €108.14Feb

The route

BaselBaselChisinauChisinau
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
20% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 80% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 1,650 km against 1,602 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 Budapest, Bratislava, Munich, Vienna. The gap between arriving and leaving is 49 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 19 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 06:44 and the last at 07:30, across 4 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
Bus
  • Basel Meret Oppenheim
  • Dornach Bahnhof
Air
  • BSL
Ferry
  • Basel Schifflände
  • Basel St. Alban-Tal

Chisinau

Rail
  • Chișinău railway station
  • Chișinău III railway station
  • Visterniceni
Bus
  • Bardar
  • Bus 26
Air
  • RMO

RMO is not in Chisinau, and the drive in from it is the part of the trip nobody plans. We sell the flight and stop at the terminal door.

A taxi stand outside an airport terminal

Getting from RMO into Chisinau?

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

Partner links. We do not operate transfers. We earn a commission on a booking, and the fare is the same as going direct.

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.
OperatorFromFastestTypical speedFlexibilityOn board
Wizz Air€151.185h 40m740 km/hFixed fareNot published
  • Wizz Air
The price

What the fare is made of

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

The cheapest Train fare we sell on 2026-09-28, broken into its parts. Nothing is added after this.
PartAmountShare
Operator fare€126.0090%
Taxes€12.609%
Our service fee€1.991%
Total you pay€140.59100%

A day in Chisinau hauling a suitcase is a shorter day than it needs to be. We do not store bags.

Left luggage lockers

Somewhere to drop the bags in Chisinau?

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

Partner links. We do not run these networks. We earn a commission on a booking, and the price is the same as going direct.

Questions about Basel to Chisinau

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 it take to get from Basel to Chisinau?

The fastest journey from Basel to Chisinau takes 5h 40m door to door, of which 2h 30m is spent moving, on the Flight. Most services take around 5h 50m, 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 Chisinau?

The cheapest fare from Basel to Chisinau is €140.59, checked on September 28, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €206.64. 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 Chisinau?

The cheapest way from Basel to Chisinau is by Flight, at €177.14 for one passenger on September 28, 2026. That journey takes 5h 40m 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 Chisinau?

Fares from Basel to Chisinau bottom out around 90 days before departure, at €134.54. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 192 percent, measured on September 28, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.

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

Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Basel to Chisinau, at €155.44. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, checked on September 28, 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 Chisinau?

February is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Basel to Chisinau, at €108.14 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 service from Basel to Chisinau?

1 operators sell services from Basel to Chisinau across 1 modes: Wizz Air. 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 Chisinau?

20 percent of the services we sell from Basel to Chisinau are direct. The rest connect at Budapest, Bratislava, Munich, Vienna, with about 49 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 Chisinau use?

Services from Basel to Chisinau by Flight leave from Basel BSL and arrive at Chisinau RMO. 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 Chisinau?

0 of the 1 operators we sell from Basel to Chisinau 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 modeled 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 Chisinau on September 9, 2026: 1650 km of route against 1602 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €140.59, and 5h 40m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

Plenty of what is worth seeing sits outside Chisinau and elsewhere in Moldova. None of it is ours to sell.

A guided tour group

What to book in Chisinau before you go

The tickets worth having in advance, because the line at the door is usually the whole morning.

Partner links. We do not sell tours or tickets. We earn a commission on a booking, and it never changes the price.

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