There are 7 ways to get from Edinburgh to Monterey by plane, shuttle, or train
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Fly Edinburgh Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport, shuttle
best- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport (SJC)plane EDI - SJC
- Take a shuttle bus from SJC Airport Terminal A to Monterey Shuttle Station
19h 50m$608–2,273Fly Edinburgh Airport to Monterey Regional Airport
cheapest- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Monterey Regional Airport (MRY)plane EDI - MRY
19h 19m$346–1,316Fly Edinburgh Airport to San Francisco International Airport, shuttle
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to San Francisco International Airport (SFO)plane EDI - SFO
- Take a shuttle bus from SFO Airport Terminal 3-Lower Level to Monterey Shuttle Station
19h 17m$348–833Train to Glasgow Airport, fly to San Francisco International Airport, shuttle
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Streettrain
- Fly from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to San Francisco International Airport (SFO)plane GLA - SFO
- Take a shuttle bus from SFO Airport Terminal 3-Lower Level to Monterey Shuttle Station
22h 3m$417–1,325Train to Newcastle, fly to San Francisco International Airport, shuttle
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastletrain
- Fly from Newcastle (NCL) to San Francisco International Airport (SFO)plane NCL - SFO
- Take a shuttle bus from SFO Airport Terminal 3-Lower Level to Monterey Shuttle Station
20h 51m$423–948Train to Dundee Riverside Airport, fly to San Francisco International Airport, shuttle
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Dundeetrain
- Fly from Dundee Riverside Airport (DND) to San Francisco International Airport (SFO)plane DND - SFO
- Take a shuttle bus from SFO Airport Terminal 3-Lower Level to Monterey Shuttle Station
22h 4m$394–1,534Fly Edinburgh Airport to Sacramento International Airport, train, shuttle
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Sacramento International Airport (SMF)plane EDI - SMF
- Take the train from Sacramento to Santa Clara Amtraktrain
- Take a shuttle bus from SJC Airport Terminal A to Monterey Shuttle Station
24h 54m$648–2,360
Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport (SJC) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Edinburgh to Monterey is to train and fly and shuttle which costs $410 - $1,400 and takes 22h 3m.
The fastest way to get from Edinburgh to Monterey is to fly and shuttle which takes 19h 17m and costs $340 - $850.
The distance between Edinburgh and Monterey is 5166 miles.
It takes approximately 19h 50m to get from Edinburgh to Monterey, including transfers.
Monterey is 8h behind Edinburgh. It is currently 5:08 AM in Edinburgh and 9:08 PM in Monterey.
There are 796+ hotels available in Monterey.
What companies run services between Edinburgh, Scotland and Monterey, CA, USA?
United Airlines, Aer Lingus, and two other airlines fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Monterey Regional Airport (MRY) twice daily.
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $550–2,300
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Monterey Regional Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 59m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,300
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Monterey Regional Airport via Dublin, San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $370–1,500
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Monterey Regional Airport via Calgary, San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 29m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $370–1,400
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 20m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $250–1,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $250–1,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 7m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $250–1,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Calgary
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 22m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $280–1,100
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
- 17h 26m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $290–1,100
Flights from Newcastle to San Francisco International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $270–1,100
Flights from Dundee Riverside Airport to San Francisco International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 45m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $360–1,400
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Sacramento International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $550–2,200
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Sacramento International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,400
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Monterey Regional Airport via Calgary, San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 29m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $370–1,400
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 20m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $250–1,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $250–1,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 7m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $250–1,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Calgary
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 22m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $280–1,100
Flights from Glasgow Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 26m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $290–1,100
Flights from Newcastle to San Francisco International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $270–1,100
Flights from Dundee Riverside Airport to San Francisco International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 45m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $360–1,400
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Sacramento International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $550–2,200
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Sacramento International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,400
- Website
- britishairways.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 Glasgow Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $270–1,100
Flights from Newcastle to San Francisco International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $330–550
Flights from Newcastle to San Francisco International Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $290–1,200
Flights from Dundee Riverside Airport to San Francisco International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 45m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $320–1,400
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 39m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,500
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $260–1,000
Flights from Newcastle to San Francisco International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 30m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $270–1,100
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Sacramento International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 56m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,400
- 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 Glasgow Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $270–1,100
Flights from Newcastle to San Francisco International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $330–550
Flights from Newcastle to San Francisco International Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 20m
- When
- Monday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $290–1,200
- Website
- virginatlantic.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 39m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,500
Flights from Newcastle to San Francisco International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 30m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $270–1,100
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Sacramento International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 56m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,400
- 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 Newcastle to San Francisco International Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $290–1,200
- Website
- alaskaair.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Reykjavik Keflavik Nas, Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 16m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,200
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Reykjavik Keflavik Nas, Portland
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 44m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,200
Flights from Glasgow Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Reykjavik Keflavik Nas, Portland
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 9m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $230–900
- Website
- jetblue.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $260–1,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Sacramento International Airport via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 9m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,200
- Website
- icelandair.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Reykjavik Keflavik Nas, Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 16m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,200
- 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
- $27–50
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Dundee
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $30–60
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
- 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
- $45–75
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Dundee
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $22–35
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $85–130
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Dundee
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $40–60
- 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
- $55–100
- 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
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $35–60
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Dundee
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 42m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- $16–28
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Sacramento to Santa Clara Amtrak
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 53m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $35–80
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Phone
- +1 831-373-7777
- Website
- groometransportation.com
Shuttle from SJC Airport Terminal A to Monterey Shuttle Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $45–60
- Schedules at
- groometransportation.com
- Standard Rate
- $45–60
Shuttle from SFO Airport Terminal 3-Lower Level to Monterey Shuttle Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $55–70
- Schedules at
- groometransportation.com
- Standard Rate
- $55–70
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