Basel to Montpellier bus: 1 a day, fastest 10h15

1 a dayfastest 10h15FlixBus🇨🇭 Switzerland → 🇫🇷 France

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BaselBernLausanneGenevaAnnecySaint-Martin-d'HèresMontpellier· 525 km as the crow flies

05:15 → 15:30
FlixBus N872
Basel SBB (Meret Oppenheim-Street) → Montpellier (Sabines) · via Bern, Lausanne, Geneva, Annecy…
10h155 stops
Runs: DailyThe night the clocks change (Sun 25 Oct: 04:15 → 14:30)Book on FlixBus ↗

Local times at each stop. Times from official open data: FlixBus (file of 11 Oct 2026). Checked Sun 18 Oct 2026; they cover 18 Oct to 14 Nov 2026. Timetables change, so check with the operator before you travel. Contains FlixBus timetable data (FlixMobility, transport.data.gouv.fr), ODbL 1.0. How we build this.

Bus, train or plane

Fastest door to door: the plane (4h05). The bus takes 6h56 longer.

Bus · fastest direct11h01

To Basel SBB (Meret Oppenheim-Street)14 min
At the stop before departure15 min
FlixBus N87210h15
From Montpellier (Sabines)17 min

Plane · nonstop BSL to MPL4h05

To EuroAirport Basel–Mulhouse–Freiburg (BSL)20 min
Check-in & security1h30
Flight BSL to MPL1h25
Landing to exit20 min
From MPL30 min

City centre to city centre. Getting to stops, stations and airports: typical public-transport times (estimates). Bus: be at the stop 15 min before. Plane: check-in and security 1h30 before, then getting out after landing; flight time typical for the distance.

Train instead?

No direct train from Basel to Montpellier in pickthetrain's timetables: the bus is the no-change way.

Where Basel goes by direct train ↗

Flying instead?

1 airline fly Basel to Montpellier nonstop. Book on the airline's own site:

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Quick answers

Is there a direct bus from Basel to Montpellier?

Yes. 1 a day on average, with FlixBus, no change of bus (18 Oct to 14 Nov 2026).

How long is the bus from Basel to Montpellier?

The fastest takes 10h15; the slowest 10h15, for 525 km as the crow flies.

Is there a night bus from Basel to Montpellier?

Not an overnight one: every bus here travels by day or evening.

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