There are 6 ways to get from Zanzibar City to Glasgow by plane, bus, ferry, 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 Abeid Amani Karume International Airport to Edinburgh Airport, bus
best- Fly from Abeid Amani Karume International Airport (ZNZ) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane ZNZ - EDI
- Take the bus from Terminal to Buchanan Bus Stationbus
15h 33m£271–489Fly Abeid Amani Karume International Airport to Glasgow Airport
cheapest- Fly from Abeid Amani Karume International Airport (ZNZ) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)plane ZNZ - GLA
15h 54m£200–680Ferry to Julius Nyerere International Airport, fly to Glasgow Airport
- Take the ferry from Zanzibar to Dar es Salaamferry
- Fly from Julius Nyerere International Airport (DAR) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)plane DAR - GLA
19h 28m£206–810Fly Abeid Amani Karume International Airport to Dundee Riverside Airport, train
- Fly from Abeid Amani Karume International Airport (ZNZ) to Dundee Riverside Airport (DND)plane ZNZ - DND
- Take the train from Dundee to Glasgow Queen Streettrain
19h 18m£357–650Fly Abeid Amani Karume International Airport to Newcastle, train
- Fly from Abeid Amani Karume International Airport (ZNZ) to Newcastle (NCL)plane ZNZ - NCL
- Take the train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Streettrain
17h 30m£261–882Fly Abeid Amani Karume International Airport to Manchester Airport, train
- Fly from Abeid Amani Karume International Airport (ZNZ) to Manchester Airport (MAN)plane ZNZ - MAN
- Take the train from Manchester Airport to Lancastertrain
- Take the train from Lancaster to Glasgow Centraltrain
21h 2m£442–827
Abeid Amani Karume International Airport (ZNZ) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Zanzibar City to Glasgow is to fly and bus which costs £270 - £490 and takes 15h 33m.
The fastest way to get from Zanzibar City to Glasgow is to fly and bus which takes 15h 33m and costs £270 - £490.
The distance between Zanzibar City and Glasgow is 5002 miles.
It takes approximately 15h 33m to get from Zanzibar City to Glasgow, including transfers.
Glasgow is 2h behind Zanzibar City. It is currently 9:23 PM in Zanzibar City and 7:23 PM in Glasgow.
There are 1567+ hotels available in Glasgow.
What companies run services between Zanzibar City, Tanzania and Glasgow, Scotland?
Edelweiss Air, Neos, and three other airlines fly from Abeid Amani Karume International Airport (ZNZ) to Glasgow Airport (GLA) once daily.
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Abeid Amani Karume International Airport to Dundee Riverside Airport via Nairobi, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 43m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Sunday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £230–1,100
Flights from Abeid Amani Karume International Airport to Dundee Riverside Airport via Frankfurt, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 30m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £320–600
Flights from Abeid Amani Karume International Airport to Dundee Riverside Airport via Rome, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 40m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £390–900
Flights from Abeid Amani Karume International Airport to Dundee Riverside Airport via Addis Ababa, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 27m
- When
- Monday to Thursday
- Estimated price
- £360–950
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Abeid Amani Karume International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £190–700
Flights from Julius Nyerere International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 19h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £190–700
Flights from Abeid Amani Karume International Airport to Newcastle via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £210–750
Flights from Abeid Amani Karume International Airport to Manchester Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £180–650
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Abeid Amani Karume International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 5m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £190–700
Flights from Abeid Amani Karume International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 18h
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £190–700
Flights from Abeid Amani Karume International Airport to Manchester Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £180–650
- Website
- loganair.co.uk
Flights from Abeid Amani Karume International Airport to Dundee Riverside Airport via Frankfurt, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 30m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £320–600
Flights from Abeid Amani Karume International Airport to Dundee Riverside Airport via Nairobi, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 18h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £330–850
Flights from Abeid Amani Karume International Airport to Dundee Riverside Airport via Addis Ababa, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 27m
- When
- Monday to Thursday
- Estimated price
- £360–950
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Abeid Amani Karume International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 35m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £260–480
Flights from Abeid Amani Karume International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 18h
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £190–700
Flights from Abeid Amani Karume International Airport to Manchester Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 20m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £250–450
- Website
- flyedelweiss.com
Flights from Abeid Amani Karume International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 5m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £190–700
Flights from Abeid Amani Karume International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 18h
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £190–700
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Abeid Amani Karume International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £190–700
Flights from Abeid Amani Karume International Airport to Newcastle via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 13h
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £210–750
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Julius Nyerere International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £190–700
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Abeid Amani Karume International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Verona
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 30m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £330–750
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Abeid Amani Karume International Airport to Manchester Airport via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £310–750
- Phone
- +44 (0)344 811 0141
- Website
- scotrail.co.uk
Train from Dundee to Glasgow Queen Street
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £35–70
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Street
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- £20–40
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 (0)3457 225 333
- [email protected]
- Website
- lner.co.uk
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £40–60
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 3447 369 123
- [email protected]
- Website
- crosscountrytrains.co.uk
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £65–95
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 345 600 1671
- [email protected]
- Website
- tpexpress.co.uk
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £40–75
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
Train from Manchester Airport to Lancaster
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £22–40
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
Train from Lancaster to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £60–110
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- [email protected]
- Website
- sleeper.scot
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £35–65
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Street
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £14–24
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Phone
- 0800 031 8542
- [email protected].
- Website
- lumo.co.uk
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Street
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £8–16
- Website
- https://www.lumo.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 800 200 6060
- [email protected]
- Website
- northernrailway.co.uk
Train from Manchester Airport to Lancaster
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £24–45
- Website
- https://www.northernrailway.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 528 0253
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
Train from Lancaster to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £60–110
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
- Phone
- 0141 352 4444
- [email protected]
- Website
- citylink.co.uk
Bus from Terminal to Buchanan Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Estimated price
- £7–15
- Website
- https://www.citylink.co.uk/
- Single
- £7–15
- Phone
- +255 696112233
- [email protected]
- Website
- zanfastferries.co.tz
Ferry from Zanzibar to Dar es Salaam
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £8–100
- Schedules at
- zanfastferries.co.tz
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