There are 7 ways to get from Kigali to Edinburgh by plane or train
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly to Edinburgh Airport
best- Fly from Kigali International Airport (KGL) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane KGL - EDI
15h 21m£181–661Fly to Glasgow Airport, train
- Fly from Kigali International Airport (KGL) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)plane KGL - GLA
- Take the train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
16h 13m£191–686Fly to Newcastle, train
- Fly from Kigali International Airport (KGL) to Newcastle (NCL)plane KGL - NCL
- Take the train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
15h 34m£222–836Fly to Aberdeen Airport, train
- Fly from Kigali International Airport (KGL) to Aberdeen Airport (ABZ)plane KGL - ABZ
- Take the train from Aberdeen to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
18h 40m£283–993Fly to Durham Tees Valley Airport, train
- Fly from Kigali International Airport (KGL) to Durham Tees Valley Airport (MME)plane KGL - MME
- Take the train from Darlington to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
17h 29m£473–1,714Fly to Manchester Airport, train
- Fly from Kigali International Airport (KGL) to Manchester Airport (MAN)plane KGL - MAN
- Take the train from Manchester Airport to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
18h 55m£246–761Fly to Leeds Bradford International Airport, train
- Fly from Kigali International Airport (KGL) to Leeds Bradford International Airport (LBA)plane KGL - LBA
- Take the train from Leeds to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
19h 10m£298–1,003
Kigali International Airport (KGL) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Kigali to Edinburgh is to fly which costs £180 - £700 and takes 15h 21m.
The fastest way to get from Kigali to Edinburgh is to fly which takes 15h 21m and costs £180 - £700.
The distance between Kigali and Edinburgh is 4462 miles.
It takes approximately 15h 21m to get from Kigali to Edinburgh, including transfers.
Edinburgh is 2h behind Kigali. It is currently 10:04 AM in Kigali and 8:04 AM in Edinburgh.
There are 2795+ hotels available in Edinburgh.
What companies run services between Kigali, Rwanda and Edinburgh, Scotland?
KLM, Rwandair Express, and three other airlines fly from Kigali International Airport (KGL) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI) 3 times a day.
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Kigali International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £170–650
Flights from Kigali International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Entebbe, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 5m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £180–650
Flights from Kigali International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £180–650
Flights from Kigali International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Entebbe, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 20m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £180–700
Flights from Kigali International Airport to Newcastle via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £190–750
Flights from Kigali International Airport to Newcastle via Entebbe, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 20m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £200–750
Flights from Kigali International Airport to Aberdeen Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £250–900
Flights from Kigali International Airport to Aberdeen Airport via Entebbe, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 50m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £250–950
Flights from Kigali International Airport to Durham Tees Valley Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 22m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £420–1,600
Flights from Kigali International Airport to Durham Tees Valley Airport via Entebbe, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 45m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £430–1,600
Flights from Kigali International Airport to Durham Tees Valley Airport via Nairobi, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 22m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £470–1,800
Flights from Kigali International Airport to Manchester Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £180–650
Flights from Kigali International Airport to Manchester Airport via Entebbe, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 40m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £180–700
Flights from Kigali International Airport to Leeds Bradford International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 32m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £220–850
Flights from Kigali International Airport to Leeds Bradford International Airport via Entebbe, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 15m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £230–850
Flights from Kigali International Airport to Leeds Bradford International Airport via Nairobi, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 32m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £250–950
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Kigali International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £250–700
Flights from Kigali International Airport to Newcastle via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £280–800
Flights from Kigali International Airport to Aberdeen Airport via Entebbe, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 50m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £250–950
Flights from Kigali International Airport to Durham Tees Valley Airport via Entebbe, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 45m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £430–1,600
Flights from Kigali International Airport to Manchester Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £250–700
Flights from Kigali International Airport to Leeds Bradford International Airport via Entebbe, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 15m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £230–850
- Website
- kenya-airways.com
Flights from Kigali International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £250–700
Flights from Kigali International Airport to Newcastle via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £280–800
Flights from Kigali International Airport to Durham Tees Valley Airport via Nairobi, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £650–1,800
Flights from Kigali International Airport to Manchester Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £250–700
Flights from Kigali International Airport to Leeds Bradford International Airport via Nairobi, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £360–950
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Kigali International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £250–700
Flights from Kigali International Airport to Glasgow Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 30m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- £250–700
Flights from Kigali International Airport to Newcastle via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £280–800
Flights from Kigali International Airport to Aberdeen Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £350–1,000
Flights from Kigali International Airport to Manchester Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £250–700
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Kigali International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Entebbe, Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £260–750
Flights from Kigali International Airport to Manchester Airport via Entebbe, Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £260–750
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Kigali International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £250–700
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Kigali International Airport to Leeds Bradford International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 25m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £320–900
- Phone
- +44 (0)344 811 0141
- Website
- ScotRail
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £18–30
- Website
- ScotRail
Train from Aberdeen to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 21m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £50–80
- Website
- ScotRail
- Phone
- 0345 528 0409
- customerexperience@lumo.co.uk
- Website
- Lumo
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- £7–14
- Website
- Lumo
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £40–60
- Website
- London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER)
Train from Aberdeen to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 33m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £40–60
- Website
- London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER)
Train from Darlington to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 56m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £50–75
- Website
- London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER)
Train from Leeds to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 14m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- £75–110
- Website
- London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER)
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £50–80
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Aberdeen to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 24m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £55–85
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Darlington to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £65–110
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Leeds to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £100–150
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £35–60
- Website
- TransPennine Express
Train from Manchester Airport to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £65–110
- Website
- TransPennine Express
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 42m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £27–40
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
Train from Aberdeen to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 7m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £28–40
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
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