There are 6 ways to get from Rio de Janeiro to Edinburgh by plane 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 Santos Dumont Airport to Edinburgh Airport
best- Fly from Santos Dumont Airport (SDU) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane SDU - EDI
18h 1m£259–864Fly Rio De Janeiro–Galeão International Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Fly from Rio De Janeiro–Galeão International Airport (GIG) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane GIG - EDI
16h 53m£471–811Fly Rio De Janeiro–Galeão International Airport to Glasgow Airport, train
- Fly from Rio De Janeiro–Galeão International Airport (GIG) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)plane GIG - GLA
- Take the train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
18h 1m£562–1,536Fly Rio De Janeiro–Galeão International Airport to Newcastle, train
- Fly from Rio De Janeiro–Galeão International Airport (GIG) to Newcastle (NCL)plane GIG - NCL
- Take the train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
18h 14m£283–986Fly Rio De Janeiro–Galeão International Airport to Durham Tees Valley Airport, train
- Fly from Rio De Janeiro–Galeão International Airport (GIG) to Durham Tees Valley Airport (MME)plane GIG - MME
- Take the train from Darlington to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
21h 7m£603–2,114Fly Rio De Janeiro–Galeão International Airport to Aberdeen Airport, train
- Fly from Rio De Janeiro–Galeão International Airport (GIG) to Aberdeen Airport (ABZ)plane GIG - ABZ
- Take the train from Aberdeen to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
21h 10m£344–1,193
Santos Dumont Airport (SDU) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Rio de Janeiro to Edinburgh is to fly which costs £250 - £900 and takes 18h 1m.
The fastest way to get from Rio de Janeiro to Edinburgh is to fly which takes 16h 53m and costs £470 - £850.
The distance between Rio de Janeiro and Edinburgh is 5968 miles.
It takes approximately 18h 1m to get from Rio de Janeiro to Edinburgh, including transfers.
Edinburgh is 4h ahead of Rio de Janeiro. It is currently 5:39 AM in Rio de Janeiro and 9:39 AM in Edinburgh.
There are 2800+ hotels available in Edinburgh.
What companies run services between Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and Edinburgh, Scotland?
LATAM Chile, British Airways, and five other airlines fly from Santos Dumont Airport (SDU) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI) twice daily.
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Santos Dumont Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Sao Paulo, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 52m
- When
- Sunday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £240–900
Flights from Santos Dumont Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Sao Paulo Viracopos, Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 55m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £410–950
Flights from Rio De Janeiro–Galeão International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 45m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £220–800
Flights from Rio De Janeiro–Galeão International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 35m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £260–900
Flights from Rio De Janeiro–Galeão International Airport to Glasgow Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £220–800
Flights from Rio De Janeiro–Galeão International Airport to Newcastle via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 35m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £250–900
Flights from Rio De Janeiro–Galeão International Airport to Aberdeen Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 50m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £310–1,100
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Rio De Janeiro–Galeão International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £230–850
Flights from Rio De Janeiro–Galeão International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £230–850
Flights from Rio De Janeiro–Galeão International Airport to Newcastle via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £250–950
Flights from Rio De Janeiro–Galeão International Airport to Durham Tees Valley Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £550–2,000
Flights from Rio De Janeiro–Galeão International Airport to Durham Tees Valley Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 50m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Saturday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £550–2,000
Flights from Rio De Janeiro–Galeão International Airport to Aberdeen Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £320–1,200
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Rio De Janeiro–Galeão International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £220–850
Flights from Rio De Janeiro–Galeão International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £230–850
Flights from Rio De Janeiro–Galeão International Airport to Newcastle via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £250–950
Flights from Rio De Janeiro–Galeão International Airport to Durham Tees Valley Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £550–2,000
Flights from Rio De Janeiro–Galeão International Airport to Durham Tees Valley Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 50m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Saturday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £550–2,000
Flights from Rio De Janeiro–Galeão International Airport to Aberdeen Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £320–1,200
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Santos Dumont Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Sao Paulo Viracopos, Lisboa
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 55m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £400–950
Flights from Santos Dumont Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Brasilia, Lisboa
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £250–850
Flights from Rio De Janeiro–Galeão International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Lisboa
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £220–800
Flights from Rio De Janeiro–Galeão International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 40m
- When
- Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £260–900
Flights from Rio De Janeiro–Galeão International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 55m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £230–850
Flights from Rio De Janeiro–Galeão International Airport to Newcastle via Lisboa
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 25m
- When
- Wednesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- £250–850
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Santos Dumont Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Sao Paulo Viracopos, Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 55m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £410–950
Flights from Rio De Janeiro–Galeão International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 45m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £220–800
Flights from Rio De Janeiro–Galeão International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 35m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £260–900
Flights from Rio De Janeiro–Galeão International Airport to Glasgow Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £220–800
Flights from Rio De Janeiro–Galeão International Airport to Newcastle via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 35m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £250–900
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Rio De Janeiro–Galeão International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £270–950
Flights from Rio De Janeiro–Galeão International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £270–950
- 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 Aberdeen to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £50–85
- 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
- £8–14
- 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)
Train from Aberdeen to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 33m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £40–60
- 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
Train from Aberdeen to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 24m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £55–85
- 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
Train from Aberdeen to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 7m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £29–40
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
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