There are 7 ways to get from Edinburgh to Ko Samui by plane, train, ferry, or busferry
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Fly Edinburgh Airport to Koh Samui Airport
best- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Koh Samui Airport (USM)plane EDI - USM
18h 49m฿22,313–38,513Fly Edinburgh Airport to Krabi Airport, ferry
cheapest- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Krabi Airport (KBV)plane EDI - KBV
- Take the ferry from Krabi Town Hotel Transfer to Boonsiri Ferry Nathon Pier Koh Samuiferry
24h 25m฿11,063–43,863Train to Newcastle, fly to Koh Samui Airport
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastletrain
- Fly from Newcastle (NCL) to Koh Samui Airport (USM)plane NCL - USM
20h 55m฿19,397–65,141Train to Aberdeen Airport, fly to Koh Samui Airport
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Aberdeentrain
- Fly from Aberdeen Airport (ABZ) to Koh Samui Airport (USM)plane ABZ - USM
22h฿24,541–80,777Fly Edinburgh Airport to Surat Thani, ferry
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Surat Thani (URT)plane EDI - URT
- Take the ferry from Surat Thani Airport to Boonsiri Ferry Nathon Pier Koh Samuiferry
23h 7m฿13,693–41,063Fly Edinburgh Airport to Nakhon Si Thammarat, bus and ferry
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Nakhon Si Thammarat (NST)plane EDI - NST
- Take the busferry from Nakhon Si Thammarat Airport to Koh Samui Nathon Pierbusferry
24h 22m฿15,263–43,263Fly Edinburgh Airport to Phuket International Airport, bus and ferry
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Phuket International Airport (HKT)plane EDI - HKT
- Take the busferry from Phuket Lomprayah Bus Station to Koh Samui Nathon Pierbusferry
28h 4m฿17,078–38,113
Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Koh Samui Airport (USM) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Edinburgh to Ko Samui is to fly and bus and ferry which costs ฿17000 - ฿39000 and takes 28h 4m.
The fastest way to get from Edinburgh to Ko Samui is to fly which takes 18h 49m and costs ฿22000 - ฿39000.
The distance between Edinburgh and Ko Samui is 9983 km.
It takes approximately 18h 49m to get from Edinburgh to Ko Samui, including transfers.
Ko Samui is 6h ahead of Edinburgh. It is currently 2:03 AM in Edinburgh and 8:03 AM in Ko Samui.
There are 1636+ hotels available in Ko Samui.
What companies run services between Edinburgh, Scotland and Ko Samui, Thailand?
Qatar Airways, Bangkok Airways, and seven other airlines fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Koh Samui Airport (USM) 3 times a day.
- Website
- thaiairways.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Koh Samui Airport via Stockholm, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 25m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- ฿21,000–75,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Koh Samui Airport via Copenhagen, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ฿21,000–75,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Koh Samui Airport via Oslo, Phuket International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 40m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- ฿16,000–45,000
Flights from Newcastle to Koh Samui Airport via Copenhagen, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 30m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ฿24,000–80,000
Flights from Newcastle to Koh Samui Airport via Vienna, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 50m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- ฿19,000–65,000
Flights from Newcastle to Koh Samui Airport via Frankfurt, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ฿24,000–80,000
Flights from Newcastle to Koh Samui Airport via Frankfurt, Phuket International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ฿17,000–60,000
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Koh Samui Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿22,000–95,000
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Koh Samui Airport via London Heathrow, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿29,000–100,000
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Koh Samui Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 25m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ฿30,000–100,000
- Website
- airasia.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Surat Thani via Helsinki, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ฿14,000–60,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Surat Thani via Stockholm, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 5m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- ฿17,000–60,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Surat Thani via Oslo, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿17,000–60,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Surat Thani via Copenhagen, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 10m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ฿17,000–60,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Nakhon Si Thammarat via Helsinki, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ฿15,000–60,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Nakhon Si Thammarat via Doha, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿14,000–42,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Nakhon Si Thammarat via Vienna, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 15m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- ฿15,000–47,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Nakhon Si Thammarat via Stockholm, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 10m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- ฿18,000–65,000
- Website
- vietjetair.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Surat Thani via Istanbul, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ฿14,000–55,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Surat Thani via Doha, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿13,000–40,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Surat Thani via Copenhagen, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 23h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- ฿11,000–46,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Surat Thani via Vienna, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 35m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ฿14,000–50,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Nakhon Si Thammarat via Copenhagen, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 20m
- When
- Sunday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ฿12,000–49,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Nakhon Si Thammarat via Istanbul, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ฿15,000–55,000
- Website
- qatarairways.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Koh Samui Airport via Doha, Phuket International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 27h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿16,000–49,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Koh Samui Airport via Copenhagen, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 40m
- When
- Sunday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ฿14,000–60,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Koh Samui Airport via Oslo, Phuket International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 40m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- ฿16,000–45,000
Flights from Newcastle to Koh Samui Airport via Frankfurt, Phuket International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ฿17,000–60,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Phuket International Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿12,000–37,000
- Website
- emirates.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Koh Samui Airport via Dubai, Phuket International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿19,000–55,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Koh Samui Airport via Copenhagen, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 40m
- When
- Sunday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ฿14,000–60,000
Flights from Newcastle to Koh Samui Airport via Dubai, Phuket International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿21,000–65,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Phuket International Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿14,000–42,000
- Website
- evaair.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Koh Samui Airport via Copenhagen, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 40m
- When
- Sunday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ฿14,000–60,000
Flights from Newcastle to Koh Samui Airport via Vienna, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 50m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- ฿19,000–65,000
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Koh Samui Airport via London Heathrow, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ฿29,000–100,000
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Koh Samui Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ฿22,000–75,000
- Website
- bangkokair.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Koh Samui Airport via Copenhagen, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 40m
- When
- Sunday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ฿14,000–60,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Koh Samui Airport via Oslo, Phuket International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 40m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- ฿16,000–45,000
Flights from Newcastle to Koh Samui Airport via Frankfurt, Phuket International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ฿17,000–60,000
- Website
- finnair.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Koh Samui Airport via Copenhagen, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 40m
- When
- Sunday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ฿14,000–60,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Krabi Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 35m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- ฿13,000–55,000
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Koh Samui Airport via Copenhagen, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 40m
- When
- Sunday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ฿14,000–60,000
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Koh Samui Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿21,000–80,000
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Krabi Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 20m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ฿10,000–42,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Phuket International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 55m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- ฿11,000–43,000
- 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
- ฿1,500–2,300
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 32m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- ฿1,600–2,400
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ฿2,700–3,900
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 27m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ฿2,800–4,100
- 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
- ฿1,800–3,300
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- enquiry@sleeper.scot
- Website
- sleeper.scot
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- ฿1,300–2,300
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 6m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- ฿1,400–2,400
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Phone
- +44 344 811 0141
- Website
- scotrail.co.uk
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- ฿2,400–4,400
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
- Phone
- +66 89 873 0008
- customercare@lomprayah.com
- Website
- lomprayah.com
Busferry from Nakhon Si Thammarat Airport to Koh Samui Nathon Pier
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- ฿850
- Schedules at
- lomprayah.com
Busferry from Phuket Lomprayah Bus Station to Koh Samui Nathon Pier
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ฿1,600
- Schedules at
- lomprayah.com
- Book at
- lomprayah.com
- Phone
- +66 9 4724 4555
- info@boonsiriferry.com
- Website
- boonsiriferry.com
Ferry from Krabi Town Hotel Transfer to Boonsiri Ferry Nathon Pier Koh Samui
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ฿550–1,300
- Book at
- https://12go.asia/en/operator/boonsiri-high-speed-ferries
- Website
- https://boonsiriferry.com/en
Ferry from Surat Thani Airport to Boonsiri Ferry Nathon Pier Koh Samui
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- ฿280–650
- Book at
- https://12go.asia/en/operator/boonsiri-high-speed-ferries
- Website
- https://boonsiriferry.com/en
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