There are 8 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 15m£339–512Train to Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport, fly to Glasgow Airport, train
cheapest- 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
20h 51m£232–806Fly Shenzhen Bao'An International Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Fly from Shenzhen Bao'An International Airport (SZX) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane SZX - EDI
19h 7m£403–624Train to Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport
- Take the train from West Kowloon Station to Guangzhou Easttrain
- Fly from Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport (CAN) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane CAN - EDI
19h 52m£240–671Fly 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
19h 53m£341–657Train to Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport, fly to Newcastle, train
- Take the train from West Kowloon Station to Guangzhou Easttrain
- Fly from Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport (CAN) to Newcastle (NCL)plane CAN - NCL
- Take the train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
21h 40m£277–910Fly 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 18m£409–712Fly 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 6m£235–659
Hong Kong International Airport (HKG) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Hong Kong to Edinburgh is to fly and train which costs £340 - £700 and takes 19h 53m.
The fastest way to get from Hong Kong to Edinburgh is to fly which takes 19h 7m and costs £400 - £650.
The distance between Hong Kong and Edinburgh is 5974 miles.
It takes approximately 19h 15m to get from Hong Kong to Edinburgh, including transfers.
Edinburgh is 7h behind Hong Kong. It is currently 8:26 AM in Hong Kong and 1:26 AM in Edinburgh.
There are 3004+ hotels available in Edinburgh.
What companies run services between Hong Kong and Edinburgh, Scotland?
Swiss, Edelweiss Air, and five other airlines fly from Hong Kong International Airport (HKG) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI) 5 times a day.
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Hong Kong International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 45m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £200–850
Flights from Shenzhen Bao'An International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £220–550
Flights from Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £210–750
Flights from Hong Kong International Airport to Glasgow Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 36m
- When
- Tuesday, Sunday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £210–850
Flights from Hong Kong International Airport to Manchester Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 18h
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- £200–800
Flights from Shenzhen Bao'An International Airport to Glasgow Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £220–600
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Hong Kong International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £210–750
Flights from Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 10m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- £210–700
Flights from Hong Kong International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £210–750
Flights from Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £210–750
Flights from Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport to Newcastle via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £230–800
Flights from Hong Kong International Airport to Manchester Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 17h
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £200–750
Flights from Shenzhen Bao'An International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Brussels, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 15m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £260–750
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 25m
- When
- Wednesday, Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £210–750
Flights from Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport to Glasgow Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 45m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £220–750
Flights from Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 19h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £220–750
Flights from Shenzhen Bao'An International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 20m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £260–750
Flights from Shenzhen Bao'An International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 35m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- £280–800
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Hong Kong International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £240–800
Flights from Hong Kong International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £250–800
Flights from Shenzhen Bao'An International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 19h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £220–650
Flights from Hong Kong International Airport to Manchester Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £230–700
Flights from Hong Kong International Airport to Manchester Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £240–800
- Website
- csair.com
Flights from Shenzhen Bao'An International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £220–550
Flights from Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £210–750
Flights from Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport to Glasgow Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £210–750
Flights from Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport to Newcastle via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £240–800
Flights from Shenzhen Bao'An International Airport to Glasgow Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £220–600
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Hong Kong International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 2m
- When
- Sunday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £240–750
Flights from Hong Kong International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 20m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £250–750
Flights from Hong Kong International Airport to Manchester Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £240–700
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Hong Kong International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £220–800
Flights from Shenzhen Bao'An International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 10m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £260–750
Flights from Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport to Newcastle via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £240–800
Flights from Hong Kong International Airport to Manchester Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £210–750
- Website
- cathaypacific.com
Flights from Hong Kong International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 42m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £240–700
Flights from Hong Kong International Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £230–650
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Shenzhen Bao'An International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 17h
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £250–750
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Shenzhen Bao'An International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 10m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £250–750
- Website
- hainanairlines.com
Flights from Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £220–650
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £280–850
Train from West Kowloon Station to Guangzhou East
- 2nd Class Seat
- £8–10
- 1st Class Seat
- £14–16
- Business Class Seat
- £20–29
Train from West Kowloon Station to Guangzhou East
- 2nd Class Seat
- £8–10
- 1st Class Seat
- £14–16
- Business Class Seat
- £20–29
Train from West Kowloon Station to Guangzhou East
- 2nd Class Seat
- £8–10
- 1st Class Seat
- £14–16
- Business Class Seat
- £20–29
- Phone
- +44 (0)344 811 0141
- Website
- scotrail.co.uk
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- £21–40
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- £21–40
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- £21–40
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
- Phone
- 0800 031 8542
- [email protected].
- Website
- lumo.co.uk
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- £9–17
- Website
- https://www.lumo.co.uk/
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- £9–17
- Website
- https://www.lumo.co.uk/
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- £9–17
- Website
- https://www.lumo.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- [email protected]
- Website
- sleeper.scot
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £13–22
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £13–22
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £35–60
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £13–22
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Phone
- +44 (0)3457 225 333
- [email protected]
- Website
- lner.co.uk
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £40–60
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 3447 369 123
- [email protected]
- Website
- crosscountrytrains.co.uk
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £65–95
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 345 600 1671
- [email protected]
- Website
- tpexpress.co.uk
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £45–80
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
Train from Manchester Airport to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 34m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £80–150
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
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