There are 6 ways to get from Glasgow to Darwin by plane, bus, or train
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly from Glasgow Airport
best- Fly from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Darwin International Airport (DRW)plane GLA - DRW
25h 58m$742–2,554Bus to Edinburgh Airport, fly
- Take the bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Terminalbus
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Darwin International Airport (DRW)plane EDI - DRW
29h 7m$749–1,964Train to Aberdeen Airport, fly
- Take the train from Glasgow Queen Street to Aberdeentrain
- Fly from Aberdeen Airport (ABZ) to Darwin International Airport (DRW)plane ABZ - DRW
29h 17m$1,158–3,841Train, train to Newcastle, fly
- Take the train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastletrain
- Fly from Newcastle (NCL) to Darwin International Airport (DRW)plane NCL - DRW
31h 18m$1,107–3,471Train, train to Manchester Airport, fly
- Take the train from Glasgow Central to Lancastertrain
- Take the train from Lancaster to Manchester Airporttrain
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Darwin International Airport (DRW)plane MAN - DRW
25h 53m$915–4,391Train, train to Inverness Dalcross Airport, fly
- Take the train from Glasgow Queen Street to Perthtrain
- Take the train from Perth to Invernesstrain
- Fly from Inverness Dalcross Airport (INV) to Darwin International Airport (DRW)plane INV - DRW
30h 56m$1,140–3,973
Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Darwin International Airport (DRW) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Glasgow to Darwin is to bus and fly which costs $750 - $2,000 and takes 29h 7m.
The fastest way to get from Glasgow to Darwin is to train and fly which takes 25h 53m and costs $900 - $4,400.
The distance between Glasgow and Darwin is 13878 km.
It takes approximately 25h 58m to get from Glasgow to Darwin, including transfers.
Darwin is 8h 30m ahead of Glasgow. It is currently 5:08 PM in Glasgow and 1:38 AM in Darwin.
There are 501+ hotels available in Darwin.
What companies run services between Glasgow, Scotland and Darwin, NT, Australia?
KLM, Qantas, and two other airlines fly from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Darwin International Airport (DRW) twice daily.
- Website
- singaporeair.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Darwin International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $700–4,000
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Darwin International Airport via Dubai, Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $900–2,800
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Darwin International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,000–6,000
Flights from Newcastle to Darwin International Airport via Dubai, Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,200
Flights from Newcastle to Darwin International Airport via Copenhagen, Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 55m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $800–4,500
Flights from Manchester Airport to Darwin International Airport via Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $750–4,100
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Darwin International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 30m
- When
- Saturday, Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–6,000
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Darwin International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 5m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,500
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Darwin International Airport via Dubai, Ngurah Rai
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $950–2,900
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Darwin International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 40m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,600
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Darwin International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 50m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,700
- Website
- qantas.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Darwin International Airport via Dubai, Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 20m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $900–2,800
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Darwin International Airport via Dubai, Ngurah Rai
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $950–2,900
Flights from Newcastle to Darwin International Airport via Dubai, Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 45m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,200
- Website
- emirates.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Darwin International Airport via Dubai, Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 20m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $900–2,800
Flights from Newcastle to Darwin International Airport via Dubai, Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 45m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,200
- Website
- finnair.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Darwin International Airport via Helsinki, Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 45m
- When
- Friday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $700–1,900
- Website
- jetstar.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Darwin International Airport via Dubai, Ngurah Rai
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $950–2,900
- Phone
- +44 (0)344 811 0141
- Website
- ScotRail
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $110–190
- Website
- ScotRail
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $35–60
- Website
- ScotRail
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to Perth
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $45–75
- Website
- ScotRail
Train from Perth to Inverness
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 23m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $85–140
- Website
- ScotRail
- Phone
- 0345 528 0409
- [email protected]
- Website
- Lumo
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- $15–26
- Website
- Lumo
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $75–110
- Website
- London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER)
Train from Perth to Inverness
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $75–110
- 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
- $100–160
- Website
- Cross Country
- Phone
- +44 345 600 1671
- [email protected]
- Website
- TransPennine Express
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 44m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $65–120
- Website
- TransPennine Express
Train from Glasgow Central to Lancaster
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $95–160
- Website
- TransPennine Express
Train from Lancaster to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $35–60
- Website
- TransPennine Express
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $50–75
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
Train from Perth to Inverness
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 52m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- $50–70
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 528 0253
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
Train from Glasgow Central to Lancaster
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 3m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $110–180
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
- Phone
- +44 800 200 6060
- [email protected]
- Website
- Northern Trains Limited
Train from Lancaster to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $35–75
- Website
- Northern Trains Limited
- Phone
- 0141 352 4444
- [email protected]
- Website
- Scottish Citylink Coaches Ltd
Bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- $14–28
- Website
- Scottish Citylink Coaches Ltd
- Single
- $14–28
- Phone
- +44 (0)131 510 4007
- [email protected]
- Website
- Ember
Bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- $13–19
- Website
- Ember
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