There are 5 ways to get from Nairobi to Glasgow 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 to Glasgow Airport
best- Fly from Nairobi (NBO) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)plane NBO - GLA
14h 27m£324–556Fly to Edinburgh Airport, bus
cheapest- Fly from Nairobi (NBO) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane NBO - EDI
- Take the bus from Terminal to Buchanan Bus Stationbus
15h 20m£198–761Fly 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 12m£251–916Fly to Aberdeen Airport, train
- Fly from Nairobi (NBO) to Aberdeen Airport (ABZ)plane NBO - ABZ
- Take the train from Aberdeen to Glasgow Queen Streettrain
19h£335–1,208Fly 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
22h£541–1,544
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 27m.
The fastest way to get from Nairobi to Glasgow is to fly which takes 14h 27m and costs £320 - £600.
The distance between Nairobi and Glasgow is 4640 miles.
It takes approximately 14h 27m to get from Nairobi to Glasgow, including transfers.
Glasgow is 2h behind Nairobi. It is currently 3:39 PM in Nairobi and 1:39 PM in Glasgow.
There are 1518+ hotels available in Glasgow.
What companies run services between Nairobi, Kenya and Glasgow, Scotland?
British Airways, KLM, and five other airlines fly from Nairobi (NBO) to Glasgow Airport (GLA) 3 times a day.
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Nairobi to Glasgow Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £190–800
Flights from Nairobi to Edinburgh Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £190–800
Flights from Nairobi to Newcastle via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £210–850
Flights from Nairobi to Aberdeen Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £270–1,100
Flights from Nairobi to Durham Tees Valley Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £450–1,900
Flights from Nairobi to Durham Tees Valley Airport via Cairo, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £700–1,900
Flights from Nairobi to Durham Tees Valley Airport via Jeddah, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £480–1,400
- Website
- kenya-airways.com
Flights from Nairobi to Glasgow Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £280–800
Flights from Nairobi to Glasgow Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £280–800
Flights from Nairobi to Edinburgh Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £280–800
Flights from Nairobi to Edinburgh Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £280–800
Flights from Nairobi to Newcastle via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 20m
- When
- Tuesday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- £310–850
Flights from Nairobi to Newcastle via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £310–850
Flights from Nairobi to Aberdeen Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £390–1,100
Flights from Nairobi to Durham Tees Valley Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £650–1,900
Flights from Nairobi to Durham Tees Valley Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £650–1,900
Flights from Nairobi to Durham Tees Valley Airport via Cairo, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £700–1,900
Flights from Nairobi to Durham Tees Valley Airport via Jeddah, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £480–1,400
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Nairobi to Glasgow Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 50m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £190–750
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
- 13h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £210–800
Flights from Nairobi to Aberdeen Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £270–1,100
Flights from Nairobi to Durham Tees Valley Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £450–1,800
Flights from Nairobi to Durham Tees Valley Airport via Cairo, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £700–1,900
Flights from Nairobi to Durham Tees Valley Airport via Jeddah, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £480–1,400
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Nairobi to Glasgow Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £200–800
Flights from Nairobi to Edinburgh Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 25m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £200–800
Flights from Nairobi to Newcastle via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £220–850
Flights from Nairobi to Aberdeen Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 22m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, Sunday, and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £280–1,100
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Nairobi to Glasgow Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 27m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £280–1,000
Flights from Nairobi to Newcastle via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 55m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £310–850
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Nairobi to Glasgow Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £220–850
Flights from Nairobi to Edinburgh Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £210–800
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Nairobi to Edinburgh Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 10m
- When
- Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £260–850
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Nairobi to Edinburgh Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £230–800
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
- £28–40
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
- Phone
- +44 (0)344 811 0141
- 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
- £60–100
- 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 Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Street
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £8–14
- Website
- Lumo
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Street
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £8–14
- Website
- Lumo
- Phone
- 0141 352 4444
- [email protected]
- Website
- Scottish Citylink Coaches Ltd
Bus from Terminal to Buchanan Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- £7–15
- Website
- Scottish Citylink Coaches Ltd
- Single
- £7–15
- Phone
- +44 (0)131 510 4007
- [email protected]
- Website
- Ember
Bus from Terminal to Buchanan Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- £7–10
- Website
- Ember
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