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£291–661Fly to Glasgow Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Kigali International Airport (KGL) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)plane KGL - GLA
- Take the train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
16h 6m£212–746Fly to Newcastle, train
- Fly from Kigali International Airport (KGL) to Newcastle (NCL)plane KGL - NCL
- Take the train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
16h 45m£263–895Fly 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 8m£301–1,018Fly 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 48m£428–1,054Fly 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 59m£376–851
Kigali International Airport (KGL) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Kigali to Edinburgh is to fly and train which costs £210 - £750 and takes 16h 6m.
The fastest way to get from Kigali to Edinburgh is to fly which takes 14h 36m and costs £290 - £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 3:17 PM in Kigali and 2:17 PM in Edinburgh.
There are 2863+ hotels available in Edinburgh.
What companies run services between Kigali, Rwanda and Edinburgh, Scotland?
Rwandair Express, British Airways, and five 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
- £280–700
Flights from Kigali International Airport to Glasgow Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 33m
- When
- Monday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £280–700
Flights from Kigali International Airport to Newcastle via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £320–750
Flights from Kigali International Airport to Aberdeen Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 15m
- When
- Friday, Tuesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £370–900
Flights from Kigali International Airport to Dundee Riverside Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 43m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Tuesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £410–1,000
Flights from Kigali International Airport to Dundee Riverside Airport via Nairobi, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 33m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Saturday, Sunday, Tuesday, and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £310–1,500
Flights from Kigali International Airport to Dundee Riverside Airport via Addis Ababa, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 17m
- When
- Tuesday to Monday
- Estimated price
- £500–1,300
Flights from Kigali International Airport to Manchester Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 5m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £290–700
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Kigali International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Entebbe, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £200–700
Flights from Kigali International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Nairobi, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £220–800
Flights from Kigali International Airport to Newcastle via Entebbe, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £230–800
Flights from Kigali International Airport to Newcastle via Nairobi, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 27m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Saturday, Sunday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £250–850
Flights from Kigali International Airport to Aberdeen Airport via Entebbe, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £260–900
Flights from Kigali International Airport to Aberdeen Airport via Nairobi, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £290–1,100
- Website
- loganair.co.uk
Flights from Kigali International Airport to Dundee Riverside Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 43m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Tuesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £410–1,000
Flights from Kigali International Airport to Dundee Riverside Airport via Nairobi, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 18h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £460–1,200
Flights from Kigali International Airport to Dundee Riverside Airport via Addis Ababa, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 17m
- When
- Tuesday to Monday
- Estimated price
- £500–1,300
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Kigali International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Entebbe, Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £240–800
Flights from Kigali International Airport to Manchester Airport via Entebbe, Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £240–800
Flights from Kigali International Airport to Manchester Airport via Addis Ababa, Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £370–950
- Website
- kenya-airways.com
Flights from Kigali International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Nairobi, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £310–800
Flights from Kigali International Airport to Newcastle via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 10m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- £320–750
Flights from Kigali International Airport to Newcastle via Nairobi, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £360–950
Flights from Kigali International Airport to Aberdeen Airport via Nairobi, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £410–1,100
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Kigali International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 45m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £280–650
Flights from Kigali International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £280–700
Flights from Kigali International Airport to Manchester Airport via Addis Ababa, Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 10m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £370–950
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Kigali International Airport to Newcastle via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 10m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- £320–750
Flights from Kigali International Airport to Aberdeen Airport via Entebbe, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £260–900
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Kigali International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Addis Ababa, Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 40m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £360–900
Flights from Kigali International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Addis Ababa, Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £360–900
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Kigali International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Addis Ababa, Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £360–900
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Kigali International Airport to Manchester Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 15m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £290–700
- Phone
- +44 344 811 0141
- Website
- scotrail.co.uk
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- £20–40
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
Train from Aberdeen to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £55–110
- 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/
- Phone
- 0800 031 8542
- Passengerassistance@lumo.co.uk.
- Website
- lumo.co.uk
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- £8–16
- Website
- https://www.lumo.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- enquiry@sleeper.scot
- Website
- sleeper.scot
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £12–22
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 44m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £30–60
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
Train from Aberdeen to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 7m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £35–60
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
Train from Dundee to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £15–27
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Phone
- +44 345 722 5333
- customers@lner.co.uk
- Website
- lner.co.uk
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £40–55
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Aberdeen to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 33m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £40–60
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Dundee to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £18–26
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £60–90
- 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/
Train from Dundee to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £29–45
- 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
- £45–80
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
Train from Manchester Airport to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 34m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £85–150
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
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