There are 8 ways to get from Cape Town to Scotland by plane or train
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Fly to Edinburgh Airport
best- Fly from Cape Town International Airport (CPT) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane CPT - EDI
14h 59m£312–574Fly to Glasgow Airport
cheapest- Fly from Cape Town International Airport (CPT) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)plane CPT - GLA
14h 38m£215–669Fly to Aberdeen Airport
- Fly from Cape Town International Airport (CPT) to Aberdeen Airport (ABZ)plane CPT - ABZ
15h 2m£306–971Fly to Dundee Riverside Airport
- Fly from Cape Town International Airport (CPT) to Dundee Riverside Airport (DND)plane CPT - DND
18h 38m£314–1,117Fly to Inverness Dalcross Airport
- Fly from Cape Town International Airport (CPT) to Inverness Dalcross Airport (INV)plane CPT - INV
16h 36m£296–922Fly to Newcastle, train
- Fly from Cape Town International Airport (CPT) to Newcastle (NCL)plane CPT - NCL
- Take the train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
16h 50m£314–1,013Fly to Durham Tees Valley Airport, train
- Fly from Cape Town International Airport (CPT) to Durham Tees Valley Airport (MME)plane CPT - MME
- Take the train from Darlington to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
18h 38m£622–2,143Fly to Leeds Bradford International Airport, train
- Fly from Cape Town International Airport (CPT) to Leeds Bradford International Airport (LBA)plane CPT - LBA
- Take the train from Leeds to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
21h 23m£350–1,087
Cape Town International Airport (CPT) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Cape Town to Scotland is to fly which costs £310 - £600 and takes 14h 59m.
The fastest way to get from Cape Town to Scotland is to fly which takes 14h 38m and costs £210 - £700.
The distance between Cape Town and Scotland is 6402 miles.
It takes approximately 14h 59m to get from Cape Town to Scotland, including transfers.
Scotland is 1h behind Cape Town. It is currently 4:33 PM in Cape Town and 3:33 PM in Scotland.
There are 1541+ hotels available in Scotland.
What companies run services between Cape Town, South Africa and Scotland?
KLM, British Airways, and four other airlines fly from Cape Town International Airport (CPT) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI) 4 times a day.
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £230–800
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Sunday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £240–800
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Aberdeen Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £330–1,200
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Inverness Dalcross Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 17m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £320–1,100
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Newcastle via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £260–900
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Durham Tees Valley Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £550–2,000
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Leeds Bradford International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £270–950
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 40m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £220–850
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Glasgow Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 17m
- When
- Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £220–850
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Aberdeen Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £310–1,200
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Dundee Riverside Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Sunday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £280–1,100
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Dundee Riverside Airport via Johannesburg, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 51m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £300–1,200
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Dundee Riverside Airport via Frankfurt, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £340–1,200
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Inverness Dalcross Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £300–1,200
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Newcastle via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 57m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £240–950
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £230–800
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Newcastle via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £260–900
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Durham Tees Valley Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £550–2,000
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Leeds Bradford International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £270–950
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Glasgow Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £200–650
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 35m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £230–800
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Aberdeen Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 20m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £290–950
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Inverness Dalcross Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 55m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £280–900
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Leeds Bradford International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 20m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £260–900
- Website
- flyedelweiss.com
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 35m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £230–800
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 15m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £240–800
- Website
- loganair.co.uk
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Dundee Riverside Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £300–1,100
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Dundee Riverside Airport via Frankfurt, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £340–1,200
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £270–800
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 10m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- £250–900
- Website
- virginatlantic.com
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Durham Tees Valley Airport via London Heathrow, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £600–2,100
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £40–60
- Website
- London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER)
Train from Darlington to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 56m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £55–80
- Website
- London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER)
Train from Leeds to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 47m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £75–110
- Website
- London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER)
- Phone
- +44 3447 369 123
- [email protected]
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £65–95
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Darlington to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £85–120
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Leeds to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £120–170
- Website
- Cross Country
- Phone
- +44 345 600 1671
- [email protected]
- Website
- TransPennine Express
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 46m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £40–75
- Website
- TransPennine Express
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- [email protected]
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £40–65
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
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