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Warsaw to Basel

Compare trains, buses, flights and ferries from Warsaw to Basel. From €90.41, fastest 5h, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

Warsaw to Basel runs about 9 times a day, with the first departure around 06:35 and the last around 18:26. One passenger pays between €90.41 and €95.13, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 5h over 1,124 km, on services run by 2 operators across 1 mode.

Checked September 24, 2026Priced for October 12, 2026One passenger, all fees included

What one seat costs

The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 2 operators and 1 way of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.

Typical fares · Priced for October 12, 2026

€90.41 to €95.13

  • 264%Moves across the booking window

When it runs, leaving Warsaw

Typical first and last departure on this corridor.

  • 06:35First departure
  • 18:26Last departure
  • 9Services per day
  • 89%Run direct

Fares by date

What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.

Typical fares

  1. about €266.82Fri25
  2. about €209.00Sat26
  3. about €213.72Sun27
  4. about €142.92Mon28
  5. about €138.20Tue29
  6. about €146.46Wed30
  7. about €173.01Thu1
  8. about €136.43Fri2
  9. about €129.94Sat3
  10. about €130.53Sun4
  11. about €108.70Mon5
  12. about €102.21Tue6
  13. about €109.29Wed7
  14. about €135.25Thu8
  15. about €118.04Fri9
  16. about €111.65Sat10
  17. about €107.52Sun11
  18. about €90.41Mon12
  19. about €92.74Tue13
  20. about €93.95Wed14
  21. about €115.78Thu15

Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.

The flight gets you into Basel. These two partners take it from there, and the bed is theirs to book.

A hotel room

A room in Basel for the night the flight gets in

Sort by distance from Basel SBB and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.

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Booking window

When to book Warsaw to Basel

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

  1. €97.4990 days
  2. €73.3060 days
  3. €82.2945 days
  4. €95.1330 days
  5. €115.7821 days
  6. €135.2514 days
  7. €173.017 days
  8. €213.723 days
  9. €266.821 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €73.30.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 264 percent. The most expensive point is €266.82, 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.
€266.82€73.30137142130456090

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

This corridor, specifically

Facts that apply to Warsaw to Basel and to no other route on the site.

Clocks

Both ends keep the same time, so the arrival is the departure plus the journey.

The shape of it

1,124 km

1,091 km as the crow flies, 3% further by the route services take. The bearing runs south-west.

Who lives at each end

1,702,139177,595

Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.

The route

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The journey

What the journey looks like

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

Direct or connecting
73% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 27% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 1,124 km against 1,091 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 Wrocław, Prague, Stuttgart. The gap between arriving and leaving is 77 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 12 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.

The fare from BSL into Basel is set by whoever drives it.

A taxi stand outside an airport terminal

A car waiting when you land in Basel

Settled in advance, so the ride into Basel costs what it said it would rather than what the cab stand says.

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Who runs this route

The flight gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.

Left luggage lockers

Baggage storage near Basel SBB

Most of the points near Basel SBB open before the first train and close after the last one.

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Questions about Warsaw to Basel

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 Warsaw to Basel?

The fastest journey from Warsaw to Basel takes 5h door to door, of which 1h 52m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 5h 6m, 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 Warsaw to Basel?

The cheapest fare from Warsaw to Basel is €90.41, as of September 24, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €146.46. 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 Warsaw to Basel?

The cheapest way from Warsaw to Basel is by flight, at €90.41 for one passenger on October 12, 2026. That journey takes 5h 2m 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 Warsaw to Basel?

Fares from Warsaw to Basel bottom out around 60 days before departure, at €73.30. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 264 percent, measured on September 24, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.

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

Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Warsaw to Basel, at €102.21. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of September 24, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.

Which month is cheapest for Warsaw to Basel?

February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Warsaw to Basel, at €75.66 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 Warsaw to Basel?

2 operators sell services from Warsaw to Basel across 1 mode: EasyJet (DS), 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 Warsaw to Basel?

73 percent of the services we sell from Warsaw to Basel are direct. The rest connect at Wrocław, Prague, Stuttgart, with about 77 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 Warsaw to Basel use?

Services from Warsaw to Basel by flight leave from Warsaw Chopin Airport WAW and arrive at EuroAirport Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg BSL. 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 Warsaw to Basel?

0 of the 2 operators we sell from Warsaw to Basel 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

Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance on this page are real and come from open data. Where a corridor has a filed timetable the departure times are real too, and ferry fares are the prices the operators publish themselves.

Observed service A carrier record names this operator on this pair, carried through unchanged.

Prices come from the supplier wherever we hold a live quote. Elsewhere we show an indicative price built from the real distance, the real operator and a fare curve over lead time, day of the week and season. Those are labeled Estimated fare and cannot be booked.

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

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Warsaw to Basel on September 24, 2026: 1124 km of route against 1091 km in a straight line, 11 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €90.41, and 5h door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

Being on the water gives Basel a set of days out that do not start at a station.

A guided tour group

Day trips out of Basel and across Switzerland

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

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The two ends, compared

Warsaw reaches 287 places in 71 countries on services we hold, over distances from 44 to 9,907 km. Basel reaches 222 places in 41 countries, from 53 to 5,915 km.

Other ways to make this journey

Leaving Warsaw

  • 287Places you can leave for
  • 71Countries
  • 76Operators

Arriving in Basel

Leaving Basel

  • 222Places you can leave for
  • 41Countries
  • 55Operators

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