There are 6 ways to get from Glasgow to Kenya 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 Glasgow Airport to Nairobi
best- Fly from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Nairobi (NBO)plane GLA - NBO
14h 4m$436–757Bus to Edinburgh Airport, fly to Nairobi
cheapest- Take the bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Terminalbus
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Nairobi (NBO)plane EDI - NBO
15h 13m$271–964Fly Glasgow Airport to Kisumu International Airport
- Fly from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Kisumu International Airport (KIS)plane GLA - KIS
15h 19m$290–1,025Fly Glasgow Airport to Mombasa
- Fly from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Mombasa (MBA)plane GLA - MBA
15h 33m$425–731Bus to Edinburgh Airport, fly to Mombasa
- Take the bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Terminalbus
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Mombasa (MBA)plane EDI - MBA
21h 12m$410–1,338Train, train to Newcastle, fly to Nairobi
- Take the train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastletrain
- Fly from Newcastle (NCL) to Nairobi (NBO)plane NCL - NBO
17h 34m$342–1,257
Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Nairobi (NBO) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Glasgow to Kenya is to fly which costs $430 - $800 and takes 14h 4m.
The fastest way to get from Glasgow to Kenya is to fly which takes 14h 4m and costs $430 - $800.
The distance between Glasgow and Kenya is 7410 km.
It takes approximately 14h 4m to get from Glasgow to Kenya, including transfers.
Kenya is 2h ahead of Glasgow. It is currently 1:26 PM in Glasgow and 3:26 PM in Kenya.
There are 11783+ hotels available in Kenya.
What companies run services between Glasgow, Scotland and Kenya?
British Airways, KLM, and two other airlines fly from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Nairobi (NBO) 3 times a day.
- Website
- kenya-airways.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Nairobi via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $360–1,000
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Nairobi via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $360–1,000
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Nairobi via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $360–1,000
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Nairobi via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 5m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $360–1,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Nairobi via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 50m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $380–1,100
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Nairobi via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $380–1,100
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Kisumu International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 42m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $370–1,000
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Kisumu International Airport via London Heathrow, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $370–1,000
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Kisumu International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 17h
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $370–1,000
Flights from Newcastle to Nairobi via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $420–1,200
Flights from Newcastle to Nairobi via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $420–1,200
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Nairobi via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $250–1,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Nairobi via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $260–1,100
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Kisumu International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 42m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $370–1,000
Flights from Newcastle to Nairobi via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $290–1,200
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Nairobi via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 35m
- When
- Tuesday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $260–950
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Nairobi via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $270–1,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Nairobi via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $370–1,100
Flights from Newcastle to Nairobi via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $300–1,100
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Nairobi via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $250–950
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Nairobi via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $260–950
Flights from Newcastle to Nairobi via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $290–1,100
Flights from Newcastle to Nairobi via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $290–1,100
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Nairobi via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $290–1,100
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Mombasa via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 15m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $400–700
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Mombasa via Frankfurt, Addis Ababa
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 35m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $440–1,300
- Website
- neosair.it
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Mombasa via Verona
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 5m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,300
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Mombasa via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 18h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,400
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Mombasa via Verona
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 40m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,400
- Website
- qatarairways.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Nairobi via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $370–1,100
- Website
- flyaircairo.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Mombasa via Hurghada
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 50m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $390–1,100
Flights from Newcastle to Nairobi via Hurghada
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $300–1,100
- Website
- flysafarilink.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Kisumu International Airport via London Heathrow, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 40m
- When
- Wednesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $270–1,000
- Website
- airbus.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Mombasa via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 15m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $400–700
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Mombasa via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $380–1,300
- Phone
- +44 (0)344 811 0141
- Website
- ScotRail
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $24–40
- 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
- $10–18
- Website
- Lumo
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $55–80
- 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
- $70–110
- 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
- $45–80
- 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
- $35–55
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
- 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
- $10–19
- Website
- Scottish Citylink Coaches Ltd
- Single
- $10–19
Bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- $10–19
- Website
- Scottish Citylink Coaches Ltd
- Single
- $10–19
- 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
- $9–14
- Website
- Ember
Bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- $9–14
- Website
- Ember
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