There are 5 ways to get from Edinburgh to Kota Kinabalu by train, plane, car, or bus
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Train to Glasgow Airport, fly to Kota Kinabalu Airport
best- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Streettrain
- Fly from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Kota Kinabalu Airport (BKI)plane GLA - BKI
24h 2mRM 1,593–5,759Train to Manchester Airport, fly to Kota Kinabalu Airport
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Manchester Airporttrain
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Kota Kinabalu Airport (BKI)plane MAN - BKI
23h 17mRM 2,785–3,916Fly Edinburgh Airport to Kota Kinabalu Airport
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Kota Kinabalu Airport (BKI)plane EDI - BKI
25h 53mRM 1,672–4,377Train to Dundee Riverside Airport, fly to Kota Kinabalu Airport
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Dundeetrain
- Fly from Dundee Riverside Airport (DND) to Kota Kinabalu Airport (BKI)plane DND - BKI
29h 39mRM 2,516–6,283Fly Edinburgh Airport to Brunei International Airport, drive, bus
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Brunei International Airport (BWN)plane EDI - BWN
- Drive from Brunei International Airport (BWN) to Limbangcar
- Take the bus from Limbang to Kota Kinabalubus
31h 11mRM 1,904–6,151
Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Kota Kinabalu Airport (BKI) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Edinburgh to Kota Kinabalu is to fly which costs RM 1600 - RM 4400 and takes 25h 53m.
The fastest way to get from Edinburgh to Kota Kinabalu is to train and fly which takes 23h 17m and costs RM 2700 - RM 4000.
The distance between Edinburgh and Kota Kinabalu is 11373 km.
It takes approximately 24h 2m to get from Edinburgh to Kota Kinabalu, including transfers.
Kota Kinabalu is 7h ahead of Edinburgh. It is currently 5:15 AM in Edinburgh and 12:15 PM in Kota Kinabalu.
There are 1180+ hotels available in Kota Kinabalu.
What companies run services between Edinburgh, Scotland and Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia?
Ryanair, Singapore Airlines, and nine other airlines fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Kota Kinabalu Airport (BKI) once daily.
- Website
- flyroyalbrunei.com
Flights from Dundee Riverside Airport to Kota Kinabalu Airport via London Heathrow, Brunei International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 45m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- RM 2,400–6,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Brunei International Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 36h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- RM 2,500–6,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Brunei International Airport via Doha, Tan Son Nhat
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- RM 2,700–7,500
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Brunei International Airport via Helsinki, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 50m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- RM 2,100–7,500
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Brunei International Airport via Copenhagen, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- RM 1,800–6,000
- Website
- thaiairways.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Brunei International Airport via Oslo, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 50m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- RM 3,000–7,500
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Brunei International Airport via Stockholm, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 55m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- RM 3,000–7,500
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Brunei International Airport via Copenhagen, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 24h
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- RM 1,800–7,500
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Brunei International Airport via Helsinki, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 50m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- RM 2,100–7,500
- Website
- csair.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Kota Kinabalu Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Guangzhou Baiyun
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- RM 1,500–5,500
Flights from Dundee Riverside Airport to Kota Kinabalu Airport via London Heathrow, Guangzhou Baiyun
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 2m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- RM 2,100–7,500
- Website
- singaporeair.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Kota Kinabalu Airport via Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- RM 1,900–15,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Kota Kinabalu Airport via Copenhagen, Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 7m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- RM 1,900–15,000
- Website
- emirates.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Kota Kinabalu Airport via Dubai, Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- RM 2,200–6,500
- Website
- airasia.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Kota Kinabalu Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- RM 2,000–6,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Kota Kinabalu Airport via Copenhagen, Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 15m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- RM 1,900–15,000
- Website
- malaysiaairlines.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Kota Kinabalu Airport via Dubai, Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- RM 2,200–6,500
- Website
- en.ceair.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Kota Kinabalu Airport via Stockholm, Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 10m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- RM 1,600–4,300
- Website
- xiamenair.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Kota Kinabalu Airport via Beijing Capital, Fuzhou
- Ave. Duration
- 41h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- RM 1,700–5,000
- Website
- ch.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Kota Kinabalu Airport via Stockholm, Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 15m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- RM 1,600–4,300
- Phone
- +44 (0)344 811 0141
- Website
- scotrail.co.uk
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Street
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- RM 110–210
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Dundee
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- RM 140–260
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
- Phone
- 0800 031 8542
- [email protected].
- Website
- lumo.co.uk
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Street
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- RM 50–95
- Website
- https://www.lumo.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- [email protected]
- Website
- sleeper.scot
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Street
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- RM 75–130
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Dundee
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 42m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- RM 95–160
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Phone
- +44 345 600 1671
- [email protected]
- Website
- tpexpress.co.uk
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 31m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- RM 460–800
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 (0)3457 225 333
- [email protected]
- Website
- lner.co.uk
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Dundee
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- RM 110–160
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 3447 369 123
- [email protected]
- Website
- crosscountrytrains.co.uk
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Dundee
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- RM 170–250
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- 088-751722
- [email protected]
- Website
- sipitangexpress.com.my
Bus from Limbang to Kota Kinabalu
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- RM 40–80
- Schedules at
- busonlineticket.com
- Book at
- busonlineticket.com
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