There are 5 ways to get from Edinburgh to São Tomé by train or plane
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Train to Manchester Airport, fly
best- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Manchester Airporttrain
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Sao Tome (TMS)plane MAN - TMS
24h 7m$664–2,292Train to Glasgow Airport, fly
cheapest- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Streettrain
- Fly from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Sao Tome (TMS)plane GLA - TMS
25h 8m$565–2,158Train to Newcastle, fly
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastletrain
- Fly from Newcastle (NCL) to Sao Tome (TMS)plane NCL - TMS
18h 5m$706–2,533Fly from Edinburgh Airport
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Sao Tome (TMS)plane EDI - TMS
15h 8m$613–2,213Train to Aberdeen Airport, fly
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Aberdeentrain
- Fly from Aberdeen Airport (ABZ) to Sao Tome (TMS)plane ABZ - TMS
27h 16m$911–3,249
Manchester Airport (MAN) to Sao Tome (TMS) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Edinburgh to São Tomé is to train and fly which costs $550 - $2,200 and takes 25h 8m.
The fastest way to get from Edinburgh to São Tomé is to fly which takes 15h 8m and costs $600 - $2,300.
The distance between Edinburgh and São Tomé is 6328 km.
It takes approximately 24h 7m to get from Edinburgh to São Tomé, including transfers.
São Tomé is 1h behind Edinburgh. It is currently 9:41 AM in Edinburgh and 8:41 AM in São Tomé.
There are 101+ hotels available in São Tomé.
What companies run services between Edinburgh, Scotland and São Tomé, São Tomé and Príncipe?
easyJet, TAP Portugal, and two other airlines fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Sao Tome (TMS) twice a week.
- Website
- flytap.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Sao Tome via Lisboa
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 22m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $650–2,500
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Sao Tome via London Heathrow, Accra
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 55m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,600
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Sao Tome via Amsterdam Schiphol, Accra
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,200
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Sao Tome via Lisboa
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 30m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $650–2,500
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Sao Tome via Manchester Airport, Lisboa
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 55m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $950–3,500
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Sao Tome via Amsterdam Schiphol, Accra
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $850–3,100
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Sao Tome via London Heathrow, Accra
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $900–3,800
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Sao Tome via London Luton, Lisboa
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 20m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $950–3,500
- Website
- stpairways.st
Flights from Manchester Airport to Sao Tome via Lisboa
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 30m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,100
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Sao Tome via Bristol, Lisboa
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 45m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,100
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Sao Tome via Porto, Lisboa
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,100
Flights from Newcastle to Sao Tome via Lisboa
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 30m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $650–2,400
Flights from Newcastle to Sao Tome via Dublin, Lisboa
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 5m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $650–2,400
Flights from Newcastle to Sao Tome via Bristol, Lisboa
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 45m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $650–2,400
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Sao Tome via Lisboa
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 35m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,200
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Sao Tome via London Luton, Lisboa
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 30m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $850–3,100
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Sao Tome via Birmingham, Lisboa
- Ave. Duration
- 24h
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $850–3,100
- Phone
- +44 345 600 1671
- [email protected]
- Website
- TransPennine Express
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 31m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $110–200
- Website
- TransPennine Express
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 44m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $60–110
- Website
- TransPennine Express
- Phone
- +44 (0)344 811 0141
- Website
- ScotRail
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Street
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- $28–55
- Website
- ScotRail
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 29m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $75–140
- Website
- ScotRail
- Phone
- 0800 031 8542
- [email protected].
- Website
- Lumo
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Street
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $11–21
- Website
- Lumo
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- [email protected]
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Street
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- $20–35
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $50–85
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 6m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $55–90
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $55–80
- Website
- London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER)
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 32m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $60–85
- Website
- London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER)
- Phone
- +44 3447 369 123
- [email protected]
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $90–130
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $95–140
- Website
- Cross Country
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