There are 7 ways to get from Hong Kong to Edinburgh by plane or train
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Fly Hong Kong International Airport to Edinburgh Airport
best- Fly from Hong Kong International Airport (HKG) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane HKG - EDI
19h 43m£323–615Train to Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport
cheapest- Take the train from West Kowloon Station to Guangzhou Easttrain
- Fly from Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport (CAN) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane CAN - EDI
20h 12m£200–621Fly Shenzhen Bao'An International Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Fly from Shenzhen Bao'An International Airport (SZX) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane SZX - EDI
19h 57m£213–674Fly Hong Kong International Airport to Glasgow Airport, train
- Fly from Hong Kong International Airport (HKG) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)plane HKG - GLA
- Take the train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
20h 40m£313–740Fly Hong Kong International Airport to Manchester Airport, train
- Fly from Hong Kong International Airport (HKG) to Manchester Airport (MAN)plane HKG - MAN
- Take the train from Manchester Airport to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
21h 42m£358–665Train to Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport, fly to Glasgow Airport, train
- Take the train from West Kowloon Station to Guangzhou Easttrain
- Fly from Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport (CAN) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)plane CAN - GLA
- Take the train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
21h 30m£200–646Fly Shenzhen Bao'An International Airport to Glasgow Airport, train
- Fly from Shenzhen Bao'An International Airport (SZX) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)plane SZX - GLA
- Take the train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
20h 30m£213–699
Hong Kong International Airport (HKG) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Hong Kong to Edinburgh is to train and fly which costs £200 - £650 and takes 20h 12m.
The fastest way to get from Hong Kong to Edinburgh is to fly which takes 19h 43m and costs £320 - £650.
The distance between Hong Kong and Edinburgh is 5974 miles.
It takes approximately 19h 43m to get from Hong Kong to Edinburgh, including transfers.
Edinburgh is 8h behind Hong Kong. It is currently 9:35 AM in Hong Kong and 1:35 AM in Edinburgh.
There are 2796+ hotels available in Edinburgh.
What companies run services between Hong Kong and Edinburgh, Scotland?
Cathay Pacific, British Airways, and four other airlines fly from Hong Kong International Airport (HKG) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI) 4 times a day.
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Hong Kong International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £200–600
Flights from Shenzhen Bao'An International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £200–650
Flights from Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 30m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £180–600
Flights from Hong Kong International Airport to Glasgow Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 56m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £200–750
Flights from Hong Kong International Airport to Manchester Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £190–600
Flights from Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport to Glasgow Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £180–600
Flights from Shenzhen Bao'An International Airport to Glasgow Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £200–650
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Shenzhen Bao'An International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 40m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £250–850
Flights from Shenzhen Bao'An International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 5m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £250–850
Flights from Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £180–600
Flights from Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £180–600
Flights from Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport to Glasgow Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 30m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £180–600
Flights from Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 35m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £190–650
Flights from Shenzhen Bao'An International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 45m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £240–800
Flights from Shenzhen Bao'An International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 50m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £260–850
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Hong Kong International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £220–800
Flights from Hong Kong International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 22h
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £230–850
Flights from Shenzhen Bao'An International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £210–700
Flights from Hong Kong International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £230–850
Flights from Hong Kong International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 19h
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £230–750
Flights from Hong Kong International Airport to Manchester Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £230–750
Flights from Hong Kong International Airport to Manchester Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 15m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £230–850
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Hong Kong International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £210–800
Flights from Shenzhen Bao'An International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 55m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £240–800
Flights from Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £190–650
Flights from Hong Kong International Airport to Manchester Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £210–750
Flights from Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £180–600
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Hong Kong International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £200–750
Flights from Hong Kong International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £200–750
Flights from Hong Kong International Airport to Manchester Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £200–750
Flights from Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £180–600
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Hong Kong International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 35m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £240–750
Flights from Hong Kong International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 15m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £240–750
Flights from Hong Kong International Airport to Manchester Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £210–750
- Website
- cathaypacific.com
Flights from Hong Kong International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 15m
- When
- Monday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £230–750
Flights from Hong Kong International Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £220–700
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £190–850
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Shenzhen Bao'An International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 45m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £230–800
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Shenzhen Bao'An International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 35m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £240–800
- Website
- hainanairlines.com
Flights from Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 20m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £190–650
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Shenzhen Bao'An International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 35m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £260–850
Train from West Kowloon Station to Guangzhou East
- 2nd Class Seat
- £9–10
- 1st Class Seat
- £14–16
- Business Class Seat
- £20–30
Train from West Kowloon Station to Guangzhou East
- 2nd Class Seat
- £9–10
- 1st Class Seat
- £14–16
- Business Class Seat
- £20–30
- 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
- £18–30
- Website
- ScotRail
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £18–30
- Website
- ScotRail
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £18–30
- 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
- £7–14
- Website
- Lumo
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- £7–14
- Website
- Lumo
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- £7–14
- Website
- Lumo
- Phone
- +44 345 600 1671
- [email protected]
- Website
- TransPennine Express
Train from Manchester Airport to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £65–110
- Website
- TransPennine Express
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