There are 7 ways to get from Edinburgh to Ko Samui by plane, train, ferry, or busferry
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Edinburgh Airport to Koh Samui Airport
best- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Koh Samui Airport (USM)plane EDI - USM
18h 49m฿15,324–45,524Fly Edinburgh Airport to Phuket International Airport, bus and ferry
cheapest- 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
27h 33m฿10,589–27,124Train 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
21h 11m฿21,812–75,399Train 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 2m฿21,983–65,904Fly Edinburgh Airport to Krabi Airport, ferry
- 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฿11,074–33,424Fly 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฿12,694–42,844Fly 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 12m฿13,274–44,274
Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Koh Samui Airport (USM) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Edinburgh to Ko Samui is to fly and bus and ferry which costs ฿10000 - ฿28000 and takes 27h 33m.
The fastest way to get from Edinburgh to Ko Samui is to fly which takes 18h 49m and costs ฿15000 - ฿46000.
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 7:05 AM in Edinburgh and 1:05 PM in Ko Samui.
There are 3328+ 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) 4 times a day.
- Website
- thaiairways.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Koh Samui Airport via Stockholm, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 55m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- ฿21,000–55,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Koh Samui Airport via Oslo, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿21,000–55,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Koh Samui Airport via Copenhagen, Krabi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 40m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ฿14,000–44,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Koh Samui Airport via Helsinki, Krabi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 25m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- ฿16,000–60,000
Flights from Newcastle to Koh Samui Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿23,000–60,000
Flights from Newcastle to Koh Samui Airport via Copenhagen, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 30m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ฿24,000–60,000
Flights from Newcastle to Koh Samui Airport via Vienna, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 50m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- ฿23,000–60,000
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Koh Samui Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿28,000–80,000
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Koh Samui Airport via London Heathrow, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Sunday, Tuesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ฿31,000–80,000
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Koh Samui Airport via Copenhagen, Krabi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 17h
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- ฿19,000–60,000
- 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
- ฿12,000–42,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Surat Thani via Doha, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 19h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿15,000–44,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Surat Thani via Stockholm, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 5m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- ฿16,000–41,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Surat Thani via Oslo, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿16,000–41,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Nakhon Si Thammarat via Doha, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿16,000–45,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Nakhon Si Thammarat via Vienna, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 15m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- ฿16,000–42,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Nakhon Si Thammarat via Stockholm, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 10m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- ฿16,000–42,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Nakhon Si Thammarat via Oslo, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿16,000–42,000
- Website
- vietjetair.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Surat Thani via Istanbul, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿15,000–45,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Surat Thani via Doha, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿15,000–44,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Surat Thani via Vienna, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ฿14,000–40,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Nakhon Si Thammarat via Helsinki, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ฿12,000–43,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Nakhon Si Thammarat via Dubai, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿16,000–50,000
- 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
- ฿21,000–65,000
Flights from Newcastle to Koh Samui Airport via Dubai, Phuket International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿23,000–70,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Krabi Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ฿15,000–46,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Phuket International Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿13,000–41,000
- Website
- bangkokair.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Koh Samui Airport via Copenhagen, Krabi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 40m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ฿14,000–44,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Koh Samui Airport via Helsinki, Krabi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 25m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- ฿16,000–60,000
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Koh Samui Airport via Copenhagen, Krabi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 17h
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- ฿19,000–60,000
- Website
- evaair.com
Flights from Newcastle to Koh Samui Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ฿23,000–60,000
Flights from Newcastle to Koh Samui Airport via Vienna, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 50m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- ฿23,000–60,000
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Koh Samui Airport via London Heathrow, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ฿31,000–80,000
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Koh Samui Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ฿28,000–75,000
- Website
- qatarairways.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Koh Samui Airport via Doha, Phuket International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿20,000–60,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Phuket International Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿13,000–36,000
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Krabi Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 20m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ฿10,000–32,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Phuket International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 55m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- ฿9,000–28,000
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Newcastle to Koh Samui Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 17h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿19,000–70,000
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Koh Samui Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿24,000–85,000
- Website
- finnair.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Krabi Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 35m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- ฿11,000–40,000
- Website
- neosair.it
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Krabi Airport via Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- ฿20,000–42,000
- Website
- flynorse.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Phuket International Airport via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 50m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- ฿8,500–25,000
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ฿1,900–2,700
- Website
- London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER)
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 32m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- ฿1,900–2,800
- Website
- London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER)
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ฿2,900–4,200
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- ฿3,100–4,400
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 44m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- ฿1,900–3,300
- Website
- TransPennine Express
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- enquiry@sleeper.scot
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- ฿1,700–2,800
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 6m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- ฿1,800–2,900
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
- Phone
- +44 (0)344 811 0141
- Website
- ScotRail
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 29m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- ฿2,500–4,500
- Website
- ScotRail
- Phone
- +66 89 873 0008
- customercare@lomprayah.com
- Website
- 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
- 12go.asia
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
- Book at
- 12go.com
- Phone
- +66 9 4724 4555
- info@boonsiriferry.com
- Website
- Boonsiri Highspeed Ferries
Ferry from Krabi Town Hotel Transfer to Boonsiri Ferry Nathon Pier Koh Samui
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ฿550–1,200
- Book at
- 12 Go
- Website
- Boonsiri Highspeed Ferries
Ferry from Surat Thani Airport to Boonsiri Ferry Nathon Pier Koh Samui
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- ฿270–420
- Book at
- 12 Go
- Website
- Boonsiri Highspeed Ferries
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