There are 7 ways to get from Hong Kong to Edinburgh by plane or train
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Fly Hong Kong International Airport to Edinburgh Airport
best- Fly from Hong Kong International Airport (HKG) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane HKG - EDI
19h 16m£329–1,321Train to Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport
cheapest- Take the train from West Kowloon Station to Guangzhou Easttrain
- Fly from Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport (CAN) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane CAN - EDI
20h 12m£200–1,021Fly Shenzhen Bao'An International Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Fly from Shenzhen Bao'An International Airport (SZX) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane SZX - EDI
19h 10m£223–924Fly Hong Kong International Airport to Glasgow Airport, train
- Fly from Hong Kong International Airport (HKG) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)plane HKG - GLA
- Take the train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
20h 6m£362–1,656Fly Shenzhen Bao'An International Airport to Glasgow Airport, train
- Fly from Shenzhen Bao'An International Airport (SZX) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)plane SZX - GLA
- Take the train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
20h 10m£336–659Train to Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport, fly to Glasgow Airport, train
- Take the train from West Kowloon Station to Guangzhou Easttrain
- Fly from Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport (CAN) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)plane CAN - GLA
- Take the train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
20h 57m£213–1,056Fly Hong Kong International Airport to Manchester Airport, train
- Fly from Hong Kong International Airport (HKG) to Manchester Airport (MAN)plane HKG - MAN
- Take the train from Manchester Airport to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
21h 18m£349–1,001
Hong Kong International Airport (HKG) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Hong Kong to Edinburgh is to fly which costs £320 - £1,400 and takes 19h 16m.
The fastest way to get from Hong Kong to Edinburgh is to fly which takes 19h 10m and costs £220 - £950.
The distance between Hong Kong and Edinburgh is 5974 miles.
It takes approximately 19h 16m to get from Hong Kong to Edinburgh, including transfers.
Edinburgh is 8h behind Hong Kong. It is currently 1:09 AM in Hong Kong and 5:09 PM in Edinburgh.
There are 2633+ hotels available in Edinburgh.
What companies run services between Hong Kong and Edinburgh, Scotland?
Cathay Pacific, British Airways, and three other airlines fly from Hong Kong International Airport (HKG) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI) 5 times a day.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Hong Kong International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £240–1,000
Flights from Hong Kong International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £240–1,000
Flights from Shenzhen Bao'An International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £180–850
Flights from Hong Kong International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £240–1,000
Flights from Shenzhen Bao'An International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 32m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £180–850
Flights from Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 25m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £180–1,000
Flights from Hong Kong International Airport to Manchester Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 20m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £240–1,000
Flights from Hong Kong International Airport to Manchester Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £240–1,000
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Shenzhen Bao'An International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 35m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £210–900
Flights from Hong Kong International Airport to Glasgow Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 31m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £190–800
Flights from Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- When
- Tuesday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £180–1,000
Flights from Shenzhen Bao'An International Airport to Glasgow Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £210–900
Flights from Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport to Glasgow Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £180–1,000
Flights from Hong Kong International Airport to Manchester Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 17h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £190–800
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Hong Kong International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £210–800
Flights from Hong Kong International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 42m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £210–800
Flights from Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £180–1,000
Flights from Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 10m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- £180–1,000
Flights from Hong Kong International Airport to Manchester Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 17h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £200–800
- Website
- cathaypacific.com
Flights from Hong Kong International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 35m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £220–800
Flights from Hong Kong International Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £220–750
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Hong Kong International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £220–850
Flights from Shenzhen Bao'An International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 10m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £200–1,000
Flights from Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £180–1,100
Flights from Hong Kong International Airport to Manchester Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £210–850
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 30m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £180–1,000
Flights from Shenzhen Bao'An International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 25m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £200–1,000
Flights from Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport to Glasgow Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £180–1,000
Flights from Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 5m
- When
- Monday to Thursday
- Estimated price
- £180–1,000
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Hong Kong International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 35m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £230–800
Flights from Hong Kong International Airport to Manchester Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £220–850
- Website
- csair.com
Flights from Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £180–1,000
Flights from Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport to Glasgow Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £180–1,000
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Shenzhen Bao'An International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 15m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £200–950
- Website
- hainanairlines.com
Flights from Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 20m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £200–950
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £270–1,100
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Shenzhen Bao'An International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 35m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £210–1,100
- Phone
- +44 344 811 0141
- Website
- scotrail.co.uk
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £20–40
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
Train from West Kowloon Station to Guangzhou East
- 2nd Class Seat
- £8–10
- 1st Class Seat
- £14–16
- Business Class Seat
- £20–29
- Phone
- +44 345 600 1671
- tpecustomer.relations@tpexpress.co.uk
- Website
- tpexpress.co.uk
Train from Manchester Airport to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 33m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £80–140
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
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