There are 5 ways to get from Nairobi to Glasgow by plane or train
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Fly to Glasgow Airport
best- Fly from Nairobi (NBO) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)plane NBO - GLA
14h 47m£324–556Fly to Edinburgh Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Nairobi (NBO) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane NBO - EDI
- Take the train from Haymarket to Glasgow Queen Streettrain
16h 2m£218–790Fly to Newcastle, train
- Fly from Nairobi (NBO) to Newcastle (NCL)plane NBO - NCL
- Take the train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Streettrain
17h 51m£249–916Fly to Aberdeen Airport, train
- Fly from Nairobi (NBO) to Aberdeen Airport (ABZ)plane NBO - ABZ
- Take the train from Aberdeen to Glasgow Queen Streettrain
18h 35m£330–1,108Fly to Durham Tees Valley Airport, train
- Fly from Nairobi (NBO) to Durham Tees Valley Airport (MME)plane NBO - MME
- Take the train from Darlington to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Streettrain
18h 54m£500–1,744
Nairobi (NBO) to Glasgow Airport (GLA) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Nairobi to Glasgow is to fly which costs £320 - £600 and takes 14h 47m.
The fastest way to get from Nairobi to Glasgow is to fly which takes 14h 47m and costs £320 - £600.
The distance between Nairobi and Glasgow is 4640 miles.
It takes approximately 14h 47m to get from Nairobi to Glasgow, including transfers.
Glasgow is 3h behind Nairobi. It is currently 8:12 PM in Nairobi and 5:12 PM in Glasgow.
There are 1539+ hotels available in Glasgow.
What companies run services between Nairobi, Kenya and Glasgow, Scotland?
KLM, Kenya Airways, and four other airlines fly from Nairobi (NBO) to Glasgow Airport (GLA) 4 times a day.
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Nairobi to Glasgow Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £190–750
Flights from Nairobi to Edinburgh Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £190–750
Flights from Nairobi to Newcastle via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £210–850
Flights from Nairobi to Aberdeen Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £270–1,100
Flights from Nairobi to Durham Tees Valley Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 51m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £440–1,700
Flights from Nairobi to Durham Tees Valley Airport via Entebbe, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £450–1,700
- Website
- kenya-airways.com
Flights from Nairobi to Glasgow Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £280–750
Flights from Nairobi to Glasgow Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £280–750
Flights from Nairobi to Edinburgh Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £280–750
Flights from Nairobi to Edinburgh Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £280–750
Flights from Nairobi to Newcastle via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £310–850
Flights from Nairobi to Newcastle via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £310–850
Flights from Nairobi to Aberdeen Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £400–1,100
Flights from Nairobi to Aberdeen Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £390–1,100
Flights from Nairobi to Durham Tees Valley Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £650–1,700
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Nairobi to Glasgow Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Sunday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £200–750
Flights from Nairobi to Edinburgh Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £200–750
Flights from Nairobi to Newcastle via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £220–800
Flights from Nairobi to Aberdeen Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £280–1,100
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Nairobi to Edinburgh Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £190–750
Flights from Nairobi to Newcastle via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £210–1,100
Flights from Nairobi to Durham Tees Valley Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £440–1,600
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Nairobi to Glasgow Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £210–800
Flights from Nairobi to Edinburgh Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £210–800
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Nairobi to Glasgow Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 35m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £280–750
Flights from Nairobi to Newcastle via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £310–850
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Nairobi to Edinburgh Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 25m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £270–850
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Nairobi to Edinburgh Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £230–750
- Phone
- +44 (0)344 811 0141
- Website
- ScotRail
Train from Haymarket to Glasgow Queen Street
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £17–29
- Website
- ScotRail
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Street
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £18–30
- Website
- ScotRail
Train from Aberdeen to Glasgow Queen Street
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 37m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £55–100
- Website
- ScotRail
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Street
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £18–30
- Website
- ScotRail
- Phone
- 0345 528 0409
- [email protected]
- Website
- Lumo
Train from Haymarket to Glasgow Queen Street
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £7–13
- Website
- Lumo
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Street
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £7–14
- Website
- Lumo
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Street
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £7–14
- Website
- Lumo
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £40–60
- Website
- London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER)
Train from Darlington to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 56m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £50–75
- Website
- London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER)
- Phone
- +44 3447 369 123
- [email protected]
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £50–80
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Darlington to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £70–110
- Website
- Cross Country
- Phone
- +44 345 600 1671
- [email protected]
- Website
- TransPennine Express
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £35–60
- Website
- TransPennine Express
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 42m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £27–40
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
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