There are 6 ways to get from San Jose to Edinburgh by plane or train
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Fly Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Edinburgh Airport
best- Fly from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport (SJC) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane SJC - EDI
16h 56m£222–862Caltrain to San Francisco International Airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport
- Take the train from San Jose Diridon Caltrain Northbound to Millbrae Caltrain Northboundtrain
- Fly from San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane SFO - EDI
16h 21m£342–725Caltrain to San Francisco International Airport, fly to Glasgow Airport, train
- Take the train from San Jose Diridon Caltrain Northbound to Millbrae Caltrain Northboundtrain
- Fly from San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)plane SFO - GLA
- Take the train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
17h 12m£253–660Caltrain to San Francisco International Airport, fly to Newcastle, train
- Take the train from San Jose Diridon Caltrain Northbound to Millbrae Caltrain Northboundtrain
- Fly from San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to Newcastle (NCL)plane SFO - NCL
- Take the train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
17h 34m£264–864Train to Sacramento International Airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport
- Take the train from San Jose to Sacramentotrain
- Fly from Sacramento International Airport (SMF) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane SMF - EDI
22h 51m£480–2,975Caltrain to San Francisco International Airport, fly to Dundee Riverside Airport, train
- Take the train from San Jose Diridon Caltrain Northbound to Millbrae Caltrain Northboundtrain
- Fly from San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to Dundee Riverside Airport (DND)plane SFO - DND
- Take the train from Dundee to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
18h 55m£263–918
Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport (SJC) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from San Jose to Edinburgh is to Caltrain and fly and train which costs £250 - £700 and takes 17h 12m.
The fastest way to get from San Jose to Edinburgh is to Caltrain and fly which takes 16h 21m and costs £340 - £750.
The distance between San Jose and Edinburgh is 5091 miles.
It takes approximately 16h 56m to get from San Jose to Edinburgh, including transfers.
Edinburgh is 8h ahead of San Jose. It is currently 10:12 PM in San Jose and 6:12 AM in Edinburgh.
There are 2996+ hotels available in Edinburgh.
What companies run services between San Jose, CA, USA and Edinburgh, Scotland?
United Airlines, Alaska Airlines, Inc., and six other airlines fly from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport (SJC) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI) 3 times a day.
- Website
- britishairways.com
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
- £230–1,100
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 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
- £240–1,100
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 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
- £280–1,000
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
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
- £220–1,100
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
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 5m
- When
- Every day
- 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
- icelandair.com
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
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
- 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
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £200–750
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Newcastle via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £220–800
- 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
- united.com
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
- £220–800
Flights from Sacramento International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £240–900
- Website
- easyjet.com
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
Flights from Sacramento International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Portland, Reykjavik Keflavik Nas
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 9m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £220–900
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £210–850
- 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
- Website
- jetblue.com
Flights from Sacramento International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £240–900
- Phone
- +1 800-660-4287
- Website
- Cal Train
Train from San Jose Diridon Caltrain Northbound to Millbrae Caltrain Northbound
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £5–7
- Website
- Cal Train
- Schedules at
- Cal Train
- One-way Adult
- £5–7
Train from San Jose Diridon Caltrain Northbound to Millbrae Caltrain Northbound
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £5–7
- Website
- Cal Train
- Schedules at
- Cal Train
- One-way Adult
- £5–7
Train from San Jose Diridon Caltrain Northbound to Millbrae Caltrain Northbound
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £5–7
- Website
- Cal Train
- Schedules at
- Cal Train
- One-way Adult
- £5–7
Train from San Jose Diridon Caltrain Northbound to Millbrae Caltrain Northbound
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £5–7
- Website
- Cal Train
- Schedules at
- Cal Train
- One-way Adult
- £5–7
- 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 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
- 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 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
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
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from San Jose to Sacramento
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £29–65
- Website
- Amtrak
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