There are 6 ways to get from Kigali to Edinburgh by plane or train
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Fly to Edinburgh Airport
best- Fly from Kigali International Airport (KGL) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane KGL - EDI
14h 36m£261–661Fly 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 11m£274–696Fly to Newcastle, train
- Fly from Kigali International Airport (KGL) to Newcastle (NCL)plane KGL - NCL
- Take the train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
15h 59m£309–845Fly to Dundee Riverside Airport, train
- Fly from Kigali International Airport (KGL) to Dundee Riverside Airport (DND)plane KGL - DND
- Take the train from Dundee to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
18h 49m£385–1,004Fly 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 24m£343–908Fly 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 58m£321–791
Kigali International Airport (KGL) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Kigali to Edinburgh is to fly which costs £260 - £700 and takes 14h 36m.
The fastest way to get from Kigali to Edinburgh is to fly which takes 14h 36m and costs £260 - £700.
The distance between Kigali and Edinburgh is 4462 miles.
It takes approximately 14h 36m to get from Kigali to Edinburgh, including transfers.
Edinburgh is 1h behind Kigali. It is currently 4:47 AM in Kigali and 3:47 AM in Edinburgh.
There are 1653+ hotels available in Edinburgh.
What companies run services between Kigali, Rwanda and Edinburgh, Scotland?
Rwandair Express, British Airways, and four other airlines fly from Kigali International Airport (KGL) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI) 3 times a day.
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Kigali International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 57m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £250–650
Flights from Kigali International Airport to Glasgow Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 33m
- When
- Monday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £250–650
Flights from Kigali International Airport to Newcastle via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- When
- Monday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £280–750
Flights from Kigali International Airport to Dundee Riverside Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 43m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £370–950
Flights from Kigali International Airport to Dundee Riverside Airport via Nairobi, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £310–1,400
Flights from Kigali International Airport to Dundee Riverside Airport via Addis Ababa, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 17m
- When
- Tuesday to Thursday
- Estimated price
- £460–1,500
Flights from Kigali International Airport to Aberdeen Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 30m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £310–800
Flights from Kigali International Airport to Manchester Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £240–650
Flights from Kigali International Airport to Manchester Airport via Addis Ababa, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 5m
- When
- Tuesday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- £310–1,000
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Kigali International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Entebbe, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 20m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £190–700
Flights from Kigali International Airport to Newcastle via Entebbe, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £210–800
Flights from Kigali International Airport to Newcastle via Nairobi, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £230–850
Flights from Kigali International Airport to Aberdeen Airport via Entebbe, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £230–900
Flights from Kigali International Airport to Aberdeen Airport via Nairobi, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £250–1,100
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Kigali International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Entebbe, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 20m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £190–700
Flights from Kigali International Airport to Newcastle via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £280–750
Flights from Kigali International Airport to Aberdeen Airport via Entebbe, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £230–900
Flights from Kigali International Airport to Aberdeen Airport via Nairobi, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 55m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £250–950
- Website
- loganair.co.uk
Flights from Kigali International Airport to Dundee Riverside Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 43m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £370–950
Flights from Kigali International Airport to Dundee Riverside Airport via Nairobi, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 18h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £390–1,300
Flights from Kigali International Airport to Dundee Riverside Airport via Addis Ababa, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 17m
- When
- Tuesday to Thursday
- Estimated price
- £460–1,500
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Kigali International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Entebbe, Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £220–850
Flights from Kigali International Airport to Manchester Airport via Entebbe, Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £220–850
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Kigali International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 45m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £250–650
Flights from Kigali International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Addis Ababa, Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 25m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £310–1,000
Flights from Kigali International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 20m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- £250–650
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Kigali International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Addis Ababa, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £310–1,000
Flights from Kigali International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Nairobi, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 10m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- £230–950
Flights from Kigali International Airport to Newcastle via Addis Ababa, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £350–1,200
- Website
- kenya-airways.com
Flights from Kigali International Airport to Newcastle via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £280–750
Flights from Kigali International Airport to Aberdeen Airport via Nairobi, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 30m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £320–1,100
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Kigali International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Addis Ababa, Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 20m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £310–1,000
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Kigali International Airport to Manchester Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 15m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £240–650
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Kigali International Airport to Manchester Airport via Addis Ababa, Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 25m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £310–1,000
- 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 Dundee to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £25–50
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
Train from Aberdeen to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 21m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £55–100
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 345 722 5333
- customers@lner.co.uk
- Website
- lner.co.uk
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £35–55
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Dundee to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £16–25
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Aberdeen to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 33m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £35–55
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £60–90
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Dundee to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £29–45
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Aberdeen to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 24m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £65–95
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 345 600 1671
- tpecustomer.relations@tpexpress.co.uk
- Website
- tpexpress.co.uk
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £40–75
- Website
- https://www.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/
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- enquiry@sleeper.scot
- Website
- sleeper.scot
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £26–45
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
Train from Dundee to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £12–21
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
Train from Aberdeen to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 7m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £27–50
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
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