There are 7 ways to get from Edinburgh to Wellington by plane, train, or bus
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Fly Edinburgh Airport to Wellington
best- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Wellington (WLG)plane EDI - WLG
30h 20m$1,330–3,334Train to Glasgow Airport, fly to Wellington
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Streettrain
- Fly from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Wellington (WLG)plane GLA - WLG
34h 39m$1,364–3,307Train to Newcastle, fly to Wellington
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastletrain
- Fly from Newcastle (NCL) to Wellington (WLG)plane NCL - WLG
39h 31m$1,583–3,823Fly Edinburgh Airport to Paraparaumu, train
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Paraparaumu (PPQ)plane EDI - PPQ
- Take the train from Paraparaumu Station to Wellington Stationtrain
34h 34m$1,534–3,728Fly Edinburgh Airport to Palmerston, bus
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Palmerston (PMR)plane EDI - PMR
- Take the bus from Palmerston North to Wellington - Centralbus
34h 34m$1,539–3,686Fly Edinburgh Airport to Wanganui Airport, bus
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Wanganui Airport (WAG)plane EDI - WAG
- Take the bus from Whanganui / Wanganui to Wellington - Centralbus
36h 9m$1,756–4,210Fly Edinburgh Airport to Auckland, train
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Auckland (AKL)plane EDI - AKL
- Take the train from Papakura to Wellingtontrain
39h 32m$1,781–5,845
Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Wellington (WLG) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Edinburgh to Wellington is to train and fly which costs $1,300 - $3,400 and takes 34h 39m.
The fastest way to get from Edinburgh to Wellington is to fly which takes 30h 20m and costs $1,300 - $3,400.
The distance between Edinburgh and Wellington is 18402 km.
It takes approximately 30h 20m to get from Edinburgh to Wellington, including transfers.
Wellington is 11h ahead of Edinburgh. It is currently 5:24 PM in Edinburgh and 4:24 AM in Wellington.
There are 476+ hotels available in Wellington.
What companies run services between Edinburgh, Scotland and Wellington, New Zealand?
Emirates, Jetstar, and Qantas fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Wellington (WLG) 3 times a day.
- Website
- emirates.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Wellington via Dubai, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,300–3,300
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Wellington via Dubai, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,300–3,300
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Wellington via Dubai, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,300–3,200
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Wellington via Dubai, Melbourne
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,300–3,200
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Wellington via Dubai, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 37h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,300–3,200
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Wellington via Dubai, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 37h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,300–3,200
Flights from Newcastle to Wellington via Dubai, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,500–3,700
Flights from Newcastle to Wellington via Dubai, Melbourne
- Ave. Duration
- 36h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,500–3,600
Flights from Newcastle to Wellington via Dubai, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 37h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,500–3,700
Flights from Newcastle to Wellington via Dubai, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 37h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,500–3,600
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Auckland via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,400–2,600
- Website
- airnewzealand.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Wellington via Dubai, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 37h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,300–3,200
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Wellington via Dubai, Melbourne
- Ave. Duration
- 37h 10m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,300–3,200
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Wellington via Reykjavik Keflavik Nas, Vancouver, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 50m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $1,100–3,900
Flights from Newcastle to Wellington via Dubai, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 37h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,500–3,700
Flights from Newcastle to Wellington via Dubai, Melbourne
- Ave. Duration
- 37h 35m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,500–3,600
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Palmerston via Dubai, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,500–3,600
- Website
- qantas.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Wellington via Dubai, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,300–3,300
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Wellington via Dubai, Melbourne
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,300–3,200
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Wellington via Dubai, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 37h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,300–3,200
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Wellington via Dubai, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 37h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,300–3,200
Flights from Newcastle to Wellington via Dubai, Melbourne
- Ave. Duration
- 36h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,500–3,600
Flights from Newcastle to Wellington via Dubai, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 37h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,500–3,700
Flights from Newcastle to Wellington via Dubai, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 37h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,500–3,600
- Website
- airchathams.co.nz
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Paraparaumu via Dubai, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 32h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,500–3,600
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Wanganui Airport via Dubai, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 30m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $1,700–4,100
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Wanganui Airport via Dubai, Sydney, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 31h
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $1,700–4,100
- 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
- $45–85
- 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
- $80–120
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $140–210
- 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
- $95–180
- 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
- $65–130
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Phone
- 0800 801 700
- info@metlink.org.nz
- Website
- metlink.org.nz
Train from Paraparaumu Station to Wellington Station
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $11–16
- Website
- https://www.metlink.org.nz
- Phone
- +64 4495 0775
- capital.connection@kiwirail.co.nz
- Website
- greatjourneysnz.com
Train from Paraparaumu Station to Wellington Station
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- $98
- Schedules at
- greatjourneysnz.com
- Phone
- +64 4495 0775
- bookings@greatjourneysnz.com
- Website
- greatjourneysofnz.co.nz
Train from Paraparaumu Station to Wellington Station
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $30–40
- Schedules at
- greatjourneysofnz.co.nz
Train from Papakura to Wellington
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $250–310
- Schedules at
- greatjourneysofnz.co.nz
- Phone
- +64 9 583 5780
- info@intercity.co.nz
- Website
- intercity.co.nz
Bus from Palmerston North to Wellington - Central
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 14m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $14–60
- Website
- https://www.intercity.co.nz/
Bus from Whanganui / Wanganui to Wellington - Central
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 59m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $16–65
- Website
- https://www.intercity.co.nz/
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