There are 7 ways to get from Sacramento to Edinburgh by plane, train, or subway
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Fly Sacramento International Airport to Edinburgh Airport
best- Fly from Sacramento International Airport (SMF) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane SMF - EDI
18h 58m£452–2,912Fly Sacramento International Airport to Glasgow Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Sacramento International Airport (SMF) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)plane SMF - GLA
- Take the train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
19h 58m£233–947Train, BART to San Francisco International Airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport
- Take the train from Sacramento to Richmondtrain
- Take the subway from Richmond to San Francisco International Airportsubway
- Fly from San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane SFO - EDI
17h 59m£356–758Train to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport
- Take the train from Sacramento to Santa Clara Amtraktrain
- Fly from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport (SJC) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane SJC - EDI
20h 8m£251–924Train, BART to San Francisco International Airport, fly to Glasgow Airport
- Take the train from Sacramento to Richmondtrain
- Take the subway from Richmond to San Francisco International Airportsubway
- Fly from San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)plane SFO - GLA
- Take the train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
18h 51m£267–693Train, BART to San Francisco International Airport, fly to Newcastle
- Take the train from Sacramento to Richmondtrain
- Take the subway from Richmond to San Francisco International Airportsubway
- Fly from San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to Newcastle (NCL)plane SFO - NCL
- Take the train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
19h 12m£278–897Train, BART to San Francisco International Airport, fly to Dundee Riverside Airport
- Take the train from Sacramento to Richmondtrain
- Take the subway from Richmond to San Francisco International Airportsubway
- Fly from San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to Dundee Riverside Airport (DND)plane SFO - DND
- Take the train from Dundee to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
20h 33m£277–951
Sacramento International Airport (SMF) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Sacramento to Edinburgh is to train and BART and fly which costs £260 - £700 and takes 18h 51m.
The fastest way to get from Sacramento to Edinburgh is to train and BART and fly which takes 17h 59m and costs £350 - £800.
The distance between Sacramento and Edinburgh is 5012 miles.
It takes approximately 18h 58m to get from Sacramento to Edinburgh, including transfers.
Edinburgh is 8h ahead of Sacramento. It is currently 11:43 PM in Sacramento and 7:43 AM in Edinburgh.
There are 2996+ hotels available in Edinburgh.
What companies run services between Sacramento, CA, USA and Edinburgh, Scotland?
United Airlines, JetBlue Airways, and four other airlines fly from Sacramento International Airport (SMF) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI) 3 times a day.
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £230–900
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 42m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £340–850
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Las Vegas, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 36m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- £220–1,000
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Glasgow Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 51m
- When
- Friday, Thursday, Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £190–850
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £230–900
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Newcastle via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 20m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £210–950
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Newcastle via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 5m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £250–1,000
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Dundee Riverside Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £230–1,100
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Dundee Riverside Airport via Dublin, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £290–1,100
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Dundee Riverside Airport via Las Vegas, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 32m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £230–1,100
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Dundee Riverside Airport via Portland, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £230–1,100
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Dundee Riverside Airport via Vancouver, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £240–850
- Website
- alaskaair.com
Flights from Sacramento International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Seattle, Reykjavik Keflavik Nas
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 34m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £220–1,000
Flights from Sacramento International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Portland, Reykjavik Keflavik Nas
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 37m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £220–900
Flights from Sacramento International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Seattle, Reykjavik Keflavik Nas
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 24m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £290–1,000
Flights from Sacramento International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Portland, Reykjavik Keflavik Nas
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 42m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £220–900
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Seattle, Reykjavik Keflavik Nas
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 36m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £270–950
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Portland, Reykjavik Keflavik Nas
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 24m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £210–850
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Chicago O'Hare, Reykjavik Keflavik Nas
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £220–800
- Website
- icelandair.com
Flights from Sacramento International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Seattle, Reykjavik Keflavik Nas
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £220–900
Flights from Sacramento International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Portland, Reykjavik Keflavik Nas
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 25m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £220–900
Flights from Sacramento International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Portland, Reykjavik Keflavik Nas
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 30m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £220–900
Flights from Sacramento International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Denver, Reykjavik Keflavik Nas
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 35m
- When
- Tuesday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £230–900
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Chicago O'Hare, Reykjavik Keflavik Nas
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £220–800
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 57m
- When
- Friday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £210–750
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Newcastle via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 17h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Tuesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £220–800
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Sacramento International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £240–850
Flights from Sacramento International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £240–850
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £210–800
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £230–900
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £230–900
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Newcastle via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 5m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £250–1,000
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 37m
- When
- Thursday, Monday, Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £220–800
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £220–800
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £200–750
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £200–750
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Newcastle via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £210–800
- Website
- loganair.co.uk
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Dundee Riverside Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 2m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, Sunday, Monday, and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £230–850
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Dundee Riverside Airport via Vancouver, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £240–850
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Sacramento International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Portland, Reykjavik Keflavik Nas
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 9m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £220–900
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Minneapolis, Reykjavik Keflavik Nas
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 16m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £210–800
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £210–800
- Website
- jetblue.com
Flights from Sacramento International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £240–850
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £170–550
- Phone
- +44 (0)344 811 0141
- Website
- ScotRail
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- £20–40
- Website
- ScotRail
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- £20–40
- Website
- ScotRail
Train from Dundee to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £25–50
- Website
- ScotRail
- Phone
- 0800 031 8542
- [email protected].
- Website
- Lumo
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- £8–16
- Website
- Lumo
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- £8–16
- Website
- Lumo
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- [email protected]
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £15–24
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £15–24
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £40–65
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
Train from Dundee to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £19–30
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Sacramento to Richmond
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £17–40
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Sacramento to Santa Clara Amtrak
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £29–65
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Sacramento to Richmond
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £17–40
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Sacramento to Richmond
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £17–40
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Sacramento to Richmond
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £17–40
- Website
- Amtrak
- Phone
- +1-510-464-6000
- Website
- BART
Subway from Richmond to San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- £9–12
- Website
- BART
- Adult Single Ride
- £9–12
Subway from Richmond to San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- £9–12
- Website
- BART
- Adult Single Ride
- £9–12
Subway from Richmond to San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- £9–12
- Website
- BART
- Adult Single Ride
- £9–12
Subway from Richmond to San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- £9–12
- Website
- BART
- Adult Single Ride
- £9–12
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 Dundee to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £20–28
- 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
- £65–95
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Dundee to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £30–45
- Website
- Cross Country
- Phone
- +44 345 600 1671
- [email protected]
- Website
- TransPennine Express
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 46m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £40–75
- Website
- TransPennine Express
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