--- title: "Baghdad to Basra | Mixroutes" description: How to get from Baghdad to Basra by train, bus, plane and car. Real timetables, honest prices. url: "https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/baghdad-to-basra" markdown: "https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/baghdad-to-basra.md" image: "https://www.mixroutes.com/og.png" --- # How to get from Baghdad to Basra [Plan it for your day](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Baghdad&to=Basra) [Basra to Baghdad](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/basra-to-baghdad) **Quickest listed:** 6h 4m\ by car, door to door; trains not read\ **Lowest listed:** $43\ by car; trains not read\ **Distance:** 451 km\ as the crow flies\ **Departures:** –\ timetables not read\ ## 3 ways to travel 451 km apart. Times are the timetables for Sat 7 Nov, planned from 08:00; every price says whether it is live, the operator's fare or our estimate. We add nothing to any fare. Trains and buses couldn't be loaded when this page was made, so this is not the full list and none of it is called best, fastest or cheapest. [The planner](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Baghdad&to=Basra) reads the timetables again for your day. - [**Drive** 6h 4m$43–60 Estimated 538 km · fuel only](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Baghdad&to=Basra) - [**Fly** 10h 7m$470–680 Estimated NJF → KWI · non-stop · typical times](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Baghdad&to=Basra) - [**Taxi** 6h 4m$860–1,180 Estimated one-way cab](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Baghdad&to=Basra) Data: [Roads © OpenStreetMap contributors, routed by OSRM](https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright) · [Typical flight routes from OpenFlights (ODbL), a 2014 snapshot](https://openflights.org/data) · [Places from GeoNames, CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) · [Places © OpenStreetMap contributors](https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright) · [All credits and licences](https://www.mixroutes.com/credits) ## Before you go Borders, permits, official travel advice and disaster alerts for the places on this route, as their sources publish them. Entry rules are shown for a passport from Iraq; the planner lets you pick yours. - **Visa likely needed for Kuwait** · Iraq passport (assumed) [Check rules](https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/kuwait/entry-requirements) - **Do not travel to Iraq** [US](https://travel.state.gov/content/tsg_aem/us/en/home/international-travel/travel-advisories/destination.irq.html) [UK](https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/iraq/warnings-and-insurance) - **Reconsider travel to Kuwait** [US](https://travel.state.gov/content/tsg_aem/us/en/home/international-travel/travel-advisories/destination.kwt.html) Travel advice: UK FCDO (Open Government Licence v3.0), US State Department. Visa rules: [Passport Index data](https://github.com/imorte/passport-index-data) (MIT, 17 Feb 2026); always check the official entry rules. ## Departures today No train or bus is listed because the timetables couldn't be loaded when this page was made, not because none runs. [See today's departures in the planner](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Baghdad&to=Basra). ## Questions people ask How long is the flight from Baghdad to Basra? About 1h 16m in the air (NJF → KWI); about 10h 7m door to door once you add the ride to the airport, check-in and the cab at the other end. Typical fares run $470–680; live prices are on Flights70. How far is Basra from Baghdad by road? About 538 km, roughly 6h 4m of driving in normal traffic. Fuel alone costs around $43–60; tolls and parking are extra. ## In Basra Port city in southern Iraq Basra or Basrah is a port city in southern Iraq. It is the capital of the eponymous Basra Governorate, as well as the third largest city in Iraq overall, behind Baghdad and Mosul. Located near the Iran–Iraq border, the city is situated along the banks of the Shatt al-Arab that empties into the Persian Gulf. It is consistently one of the hottest cities on the planet, with summer temperatures regularly exceeding 50 °C (122 °F). [The Basra guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/places/basra) Worth your time - Basra Museum Opened in September 2016 in the former Lakeside Palace of Saddam Hussein. - Badr Shakir al-Sayyab statue Basra was the home of one of the Arab world's most celebrated poets, Badr Shakir al-Sayyab (1926-1964). - Sinbad Island A tourist landmark, named after Sinbad the Sailor, who embarked on his legendary journeys from Basra. - Corniche al-Basra A street which runs on the shore of the Shatt al-Arab, from the Lion of Babylon square to the four palaces. 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