There are 6 ways to get from Edinburgh to Kigali 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 from Edinburgh Airport
best- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Kigali (KGL)EDI - KGL
14h 27m$484–1,414Train to Glasgow Airport, fly
cheapest- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Street
- Fly from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Kigali (KGL)GLA - KGL
15h$265–1,052Train to Newcastle, fly
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastle
- Fly from Newcastle (NCL) to Kigali (KGL)NCL - KGL
15h 25m$266–1,110Train to Aberdeen Airport, fly
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Aberdeen
- Fly from Aberdeen Airport (ABZ) to Kigali (KGL)ABZ - KGL
17h 9m$323–1,305Train to Inverness Dalcross Airport, fly
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Inverness
- Fly from Inverness Dalcross Airport (INV) to Kigali (KGL)INV - KGL
21h 58m$350–1,321Train to Dundee Riverside Airport, fly
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Dundee
- Fly from Dundee Riverside Airport (DND) to Kigali (KGL)DND - KGL
17h 39m$514–1,407
Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Kigali (KGL) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Edinburgh to Kigali is to fly which costs $480 - $1,500 and takes 14h 27m.
The fastest way to get from Edinburgh to Kigali is to fly which takes 14h 27m and costs $480 - $1,500.
The distance between Edinburgh and Kigali is 7139 km.
It takes approximately 14h 27m to get from Edinburgh to Kigali, including transfers.
Kigali is 2h ahead of Edinburgh. It is currently 8:02 PM in Edinburgh and 10:02 PM in Kigali.
There are 962+ hotels available in Kigali.
What companies run services between Edinburgh, Scotland and Kigali, Rwanda?
KLM, Turkish Airlines, and six other airlines fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Kigali (KGL) 3 times a day.
- Website
- rwandair.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Kigali via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $390–1,300
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Kigali via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $360–900
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Kigali via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 35m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $360–900
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Kigali via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $340–900
Flights from Newcastle to Kigali via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $370–950
Flights from Newcastle to Kigali via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 5m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $360–950
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Kigali via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $450–1,200
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Kigali via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $450–1,100
Flights from Dundee Riverside Airport to Kigali via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 32m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,300
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Kigali via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 2m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $240–950
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Kigali via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $240–950
Flights from Newcastle to Kigali via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $250–1,000
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Kigali via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $310–1,200
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Kigali via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $310–1,200
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Kigali via Amsterdam Schiphol, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–1,400
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Kigali via Frankfurt, Addis Ababa
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 20m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $420–1,100
Flights from Newcastle to Kigali via Frankfurt, Addis Ababa
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 30m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $430–1,200
- Website
- egyptair.com
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Kigali via Manchester, Cairo
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $420–1,300
Flights from Dundee Riverside Airport to Kigali via London Heathrow, Cairo
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 20m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $470–1,500
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Dundee Riverside Airport to Kigali via London Heathrow, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 22m
- When
- Monday to Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $390–1,800
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Kigali via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 40m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $290–1,100
- Website
- qatarairways.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Kigali via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $390–1,300
- Website
- ethiopianairlines.com
Flights from Dundee Riverside Airport to Kigali via London Heathrow, Addis Ababa
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,600
- Phone
- +44 344 811 0141
- Website
- scotrail.co.uk
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Street
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- $23–24
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $30–70
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Inverness
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 44m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $40–85
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Dundee
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $15–40
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
- Phone
- 0800 031 8542
- Passengerassistance@lumo.co.uk.
- Website
- lumo.co.uk
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Street
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $23–24
- Website
- https://www.lumo.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- enquiry@sleeper.scot
- Website
- sleeper.scot
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Street
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- $80–110
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Sleeper Berth Classic
- $280–310
- Sleeper Seat
- $80–110
- Sleeper Berth Club Solo
- $310–360
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 46m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $80–110
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Sleeper Berth Classic
- $280–310
- Sleeper Seat
- $80–110
- Sleeper Berth Club Solo
- $330–380
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 6m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- $80–110
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Sleeper Berth Classic
- $280–310
- Sleeper Seat
- $80–110
- Sleeper Berth Club Solo
- $330–390
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Inverness
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $85–110
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Sleeper Berth Classic
- $280–310
- Sleeper Seat
- $85–110
- Sleeper Berth Club Solo
- $350–410
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Dundee
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 42m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- $80–110
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Sleeper Berth Classic
- $280–310
- Sleeper Seat
- $80–110
- Sleeper Berth Club Solo
- $310–360
- Phone
- +44 345 722 5333
- customers@lner.co.uk
- Website
- lner.co.uk
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $29–50
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 33m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $26–35
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Inverness
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 32m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $30–100
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Dundee
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $13–23
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $35–55
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $11–50
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Dundee
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $11–35
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 345 600 1671
- tpecustomer.relations@tpexpress.co.uk
- Website
- tpexpress.co.uk
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 44m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $12–27
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
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