Basel hotel prices by month

January and February are the cheapest months for a 4-star in Basel, at €174 a night for 2, and June the dearest, at €270.

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A tea table on the terrace, with the Rhine beyond the railing and Basel’s towers behind
The Rhine from the terrace of the Grand Hotel Les Trois Rois

Basel hotel prices month by month

High summer isn’t the peak it is elsewhere: July and August, at €211 and €207, cost less than May.

Month4-star
November 2026€214
December 2026€216
January 2027€174
February 2027€174
March 2027€208
April 2027€209
May 2027€251
June 2027€270
July 2027€211
August 2027€207
September 2027€238

10 hotels at 4 stars, the same ones every month. September runs to the 22nd: for later nights, ask the hotel.

Cheapest nights of the week in Basel

In most months the day matters little. December is different: a Friday or Saturday costs €242 against €213 from Sunday to Thursday.

HotelsSunday to ThursdayFriday and Saturday
4-star€216€220

The cheapest and dearest weeks in Basel

Around Art Basel, 17 to 20 June1, single nights all but vanish: from 13 to 19 June only 2 to 4 of these 10 hotels offer one, so book as soon as you have your dates.

WeekA typical night
4-star, cheapest: 2 to 8 January€172
4-star, cheapest: 13 to 19 January€172
4-star, dearest: 30 November to 6 December 2026€299
4-star, dearest: 7 to 13 December 2026€283

The guide’s hotel in Basel

Before you pick your dates

Are these prices in francs?

No, in euros. Hotels in Basel charge in Swiss francs, so your bill moves with the rate.

When would you go?

I’d take August: €207, summer at a price well under June’s.

What the figure includes

A typical night is the middle hotel: half cost more, half less. Each price is the lowest any seller showed for one night for 2 adults, with taxes and fees as that seller lists them. Ask whether the city tax is on top, which room it buys and whether you can cancel. Prices from Google Hotels, 27 October 2026.

Written and checked by Lumina, independently of the hotels it names. Lumina sells no rooms: every link leads to its source.

Where we read it
  1. 1 Art Basel’s site, 31 October 2026

This guide is written with Lumina, the marketing system for hotels.