There are 7 ways to get from Edinburgh to California by plane, train, or bus
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Fly Edinburgh Airport to San Francisco International Airport
best- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to San Francisco International Airport (SFO)plane EDI - SFO
16h 42m$303–776Fly Edinburgh Airport to Los Angeles International Airport
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Los Angeles International Airport (LAX)plane EDI - LAX
16h 45m$390–1,226Fly Edinburgh Airport to San Diego International Airport
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to San Diego International Airport (SAN)plane EDI - SAN
18h 19m$485–1,818Train to Glasgow Airport, fly to San Francisco International Airport
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Streettrain
- Fly from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to San Francisco International Airport (SFO)plane GLA - SFO
18h 58m$363–819Train to Glasgow Airport, fly to Los Angeles International Airport
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Streettrain
- Fly from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Los Angeles International Airport (LAX)plane GLA - LAX
17h 23m$360–819Fly Edinburgh Airport to Palm Springs International Airport, bus
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Palm Springs International Airport (PSP)plane EDI - PSP
- Take the bus from Palm Springs Airport Amtrak Bus Stop to Fullerton Amtrak Stationbus
19h 39m$483–1,765Fly Edinburgh Airport to John Wayne Airport Orange County
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to John Wayne Airport Orange County (SNA)plane EDI - SNA
20h 47m$439–1,619
Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to San Francisco International Airport (SFO) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Edinburgh to California is to train and fly which costs $360 - $850 and takes 18h 58m.
The fastest way to get from Edinburgh to California is to fly which takes 16h 42m and costs $300 - $800.
The distance between Edinburgh and California is 5112 miles.
It takes approximately 16h 42m to get from Edinburgh to California, including transfers.
California is 8h behind Edinburgh. It is currently 12:36 PM in Edinburgh and 4:36 AM in California.
There are 4360+ hotels available in California.
What companies run services between Edinburgh, Scotland and California, USA?
Air Canada, United Airlines, and four other airlines fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to San Francisco International Airport (SFO) 5 times a day.
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $240–950
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–950
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 47m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $240–950
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $250–950
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 9m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–950
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 44m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $250–950
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to San Diego International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 11m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $470–1,800
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to San Diego International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 28m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $470–1,800
Flights from Glasgow Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $250–1,000
Flights from Glasgow Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 41m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $290–1,100
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $250–1,000
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $310–850
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Palm Springs International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $440–1,700
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to John Wayne Airport Orange County via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $420–1,600
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to John Wayne Airport Orange County via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $430–1,700
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $240–950
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–950
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 47m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $240–950
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $250–950
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 9m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–950
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 44m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $250–950
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to San Diego International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 11m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $470–1,800
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to San Diego International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 28m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $470–1,800
Flights from Glasgow Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 41m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $290–1,100
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $310–850
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to John Wayne Airport Orange County via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $420–1,600
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to John Wayne Airport Orange County via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $430–1,700
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $250–1,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 38m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $270–1,100
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $260–1,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $250–1,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to San Diego International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 38m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–2,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to San Diego International Airport via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $490–1,900
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to San Diego International Airport via Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $490–1,900
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to John Wayne Airport Orange County via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 47m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $450–1,800
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Philadelphia
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $260–1,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Philadelphia
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 14m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $260–1,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $260–1,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to San Diego International Airport via Philadelphia
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $490–1,900
Flights from Glasgow Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $270–1,100
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $280–1,200
- Website
- jetblue.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 1m
- When
- Wednesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $250–1,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 13m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $260–1,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 29m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $250–1,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to San Diego International Airport via Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $490–1,900
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to San Diego International Airport via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $490–1,900
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $270–1,100
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $280–1,200
- Website
- westjet.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Calgary
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 5m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $270–1,100
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Calgary
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 20m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $290–1,100
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Palm Springs International Airport via Calgary
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 20m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $500–2,000
- Website
- alaskaair.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Reykjavik Keflavik Nas, Portland
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 20m
- When
- Monday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $240–900
- Phone
- +44 344 811 0141
- Website
- scotrail.co.uk
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Street
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $28–50
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Bus from Palm Springs Airport Amtrak Bus Stop to Fullerton Amtrak Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $28–50
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
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