There are 10 ways to get from Munich to Edinburgh by plane, train (Eurostar), bus, car, car train, train, or car ferry
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Fly Munich International Airport to Edinburgh Airport
best- Fly from Munich International Airport (MUC) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)MUC - EDI
5h 41m£88–192Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Munich central bus station to London VictoriaN280
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Edinburgh, Bus StationUkxn10 / ...
31h 19m£74–224Train via Frankfurt am Main
- Take the train from München Hbf to Frankfurt41 / ...
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Bruxelles Midi79
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras IntlEil
- Take the train from King's Cross to Edinburgh Waverley
14h 45m£209–661Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Munich to Calais-Fréthun
- Take the car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestone
- Drive from Folkestone to Edinburgh
17h 35mTrain to Innsbruck Airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport
- Take the train from Ostbahnhof to Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof
- Fly from Innsbruck Airport (INN) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)INN - EDI
7h 7m£94–444Fly Munich International Airport to Glasgow Airport, train
- Fly from Munich International Airport (MUC) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)MUC - GLA
- Take the train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverley
7h 51m£100–277Train to Allgäu Airport, Memmingen, fly to Edinburgh Airport
- Take the train from München Hbf to Memmingen
- Fly from Allgäu Airport, Memmingen (FMM) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)FMM - EDI
8h 54m£90–225Train
- Take the train from München Ost to Bruxelles-MidiNj
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras IntlEil
- Take the train from King's Cross to Edinburgh Waverley
18h 13m£201–529Bus via Dover
- Take the bus from Munich central bus station to Dover
- Take the bus from Dover to London Victoria700 / ...
- Take the bus from London Victoria to North St David Street831
34h 55m£98–179Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Munich to Calais
- Take the car ferry from Calais to Port of Dover
- Drive from Port of Dover to Edinburgh
18h 36m£250–373
Munich to Edinburgh by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Munich to Edinburgh is to bus via Dover which costs £95 - £180 and takes 34h 55m.
The fastest way to get from Munich to Edinburgh is to fly which takes 5h 41m and costs £85 - £200.
No, there is no direct bus from Munich station to Edinburgh station. However, there are services departing from Munich central bus station and arriving at Edinburgh, Bus Station via London Victoria. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 31h 19m.
No, there is no direct train from Munich to Edinburgh. However, there are services departing from München Hbf and arriving at Edinburgh Waverley via Frankfurt, Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi and King's Cross. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 14h 45m.
The distance between Munich and Edinburgh is 861 miles.
The best way to get from Munich to Edinburgh without a car is to train via Frankfurt am Main which takes 14h 45m and costs £200 - £700.
It takes approximately 5h 41m to get from Munich to Edinburgh, including transfers.
Munich to Edinburgh bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Munich central bus station.
Munich to Edinburgh train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), depart from München Hbf station.
The best way to get from Munich to Edinburgh is to fly which takes 5h 41m and costs £85 - £200. Alternatively, you can train via Frankfurt am Main, which costs £200 - £700 and takes 14h 45m, you could also bus, which costs £70 - £230 and takes 31h 19m.
What companies run services between Munich, Germany and Edinburgh, Scotland?
easyJet, Lufthansa, and two other airlines fly from Munich International Airport (MUC) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI) 5 times a day. Alternatively, you can take a train from München Hbf to Edinburgh Waverley via Frankfurt, Bruxelles Midi, Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi, London St Pancras Intl, and King's Cross in around 14h 45m.
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Munich International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £45–250
Flights from Innsbruck Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 17m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £75–390
Flights from Munich International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £50–260
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Munich International Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £50–160
Flights from Innsbruck Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £45–270
Flights from Innsbruck Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £45–270
Flights from Innsbruck Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £45–270
Flights from Munich International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £80–180
Flights from Allgäu Airport, Memmingen to Edinburgh Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £65–240
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Munich International Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £85–220
Flights from Munich International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £85–220
Flights from Munich International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £65–270
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Innsbruck Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £65–230
Flights from Allgäu Airport, Memmingen to Edinburgh Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 10m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £60–200
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Allgäu Airport, Memmingen to Edinburgh Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 12m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £65–240
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Allgäu Airport, Memmingen to Edinburgh Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 47m
- When
- Monday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £65–240
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Munich International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £55–210
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Innsbruck Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London City
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £90–440
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from München Hbf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £24–95
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Bruxelles Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £40–120
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Ostbahnhof to Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 34m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £19–45
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from München Hbf to Memmingen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £17–30
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £75–290
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +44 345 722 5333
- customers@lner.co.uk
- Website
- lner.co.uk
Train from King's Cross to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £70–160
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- Website
- leshuttle.com
Car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestone
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.leshuttle.com/uk-en
- 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
- £17–18
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- enquiry@sleeper.scot
- Website
- sleeper.scot
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £60–75
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Sleeper Berth Classic
- £210–230
- Sleeper Seat
- £60–75
- Sleeper Berth Club Solo
- £230–260
- Phone
- +49 821 899825-44
- servus@go-ahead.bayern
- Website
- go-ahead.bayern
Train from München Hbf to Memmingen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- go-ahead.bayern
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- belgiantrain.be
Train from München Ost to Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 39m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- £55–80
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
- 2nd Class
- £55–80
- 1st Class
- £85–130
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Munich central bus station to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 50m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £50–150
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from London Victoria to Edinburgh, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 16m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £20–70
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Munich central bus station to Dover
- Ave. Duration
- 20h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £60–85
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Dover to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £10–15
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- 08717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from London Victoria to Edinburgh, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £26–80
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
Bus from London Victoria to North St David Street
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 25m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £26–80
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- info@irishferries.com
- Website
- irishferries.com
Car ferry from Calais to Port of Dover
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £30–40
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
- Car
- £65–170
- On Foot
- £30–40
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Munich to Edinburgh bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at London Victoria station.
Edinburgh is 1h behind Munich. It is currently 5:32 AM in Munich and 4:32 AM in Edinburgh.
Munich to Edinburgh train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), arrive at Frankfurt station.
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