There are 8 ways to get from Nanaimo to Edinburgh by plane, ferry, train, or bus
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Nanaimo Airport to Edinburgh Airport
best- Fly from Nanaimo Airport (YCD) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane YCD - EDI
13h 19m£241–861Fly Nanaimo to Edinburgh Airport
cheapest- Fly from Nanaimo (ZNA) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane ZNA - EDI
13h 41m£195–637Ferry to Vancouver International Airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport
- Take the ferry from Hullo - Nanaimo Ferry Terminal to Hullo - Vancouver Ferry Terminalferry
- Fly from Vancouver International Airport (YVR) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane YVR - EDI
16h 15mFly Nanaimo to Glasgow Airport, train
- Fly from Nanaimo (ZNA) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)plane ZNA - GLA
- Take the train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
14h 39m£197–669Bus to Victoria International Airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport
- Take the bus from Nanaimo, Departure Bay Ferry Terminal - Passenger exit; connects from 8:35am HSB ferry to Victoria - Front door, Sandman Inn, Douglas & Gorgebus
- Fly from Victoria International Airport (YYJ) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane YYJ - EDI
19h 24m£366–786Bus to Comox Valley Airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport
- Take the bus from Nanaimo, Departure Bay Ferry Terminal - Passenger exit; connects from 11:05am HSB ferry to Comox, Little River Ferry Terminal - Passenger drop-off areabus
- Fly from Comox Valley Airport (YQQ) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane YQQ - EDI
19h 10m£526–1,136Fly Nanaimo to Newcastle, train
- Fly from Nanaimo (ZNA) to Newcastle (NCL)plane ZNA - NCL
- Take the train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
15h 26m£240–790Bus to Victoria International Airport, fly to Glasgow Airport, train
- Take the bus from Nanaimo, Departure Bay Ferry Terminal - Passenger exit; connects from 8:35am HSB ferry to Victoria - Front door, Sandman Inn, Douglas & Gorgebus
- Fly from Victoria International Airport (YYJ) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)plane YYJ - GLA
- Take the train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
19h 28m£206–711
Nanaimo Airport (YCD) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Nanaimo to Edinburgh is to fly which costs £190 - £650 and takes 13h 41m.
The fastest way to get from Nanaimo to Edinburgh is to fly which takes 13h 19m and costs £240 - £900.
The distance between Nanaimo and Edinburgh is 4459 miles.
It takes approximately 13h 19m to get from Nanaimo to Edinburgh, including transfers.
Edinburgh is 8h ahead of Nanaimo. It is currently 12:01 AM in Nanaimo and 8:01 AM in Edinburgh.
There are 2793+ hotels available in Edinburgh.
What companies run services between Nanaimo, BC, Canada and Edinburgh, Scotland?
WestJet flies from Nanaimo Airport (YCD) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI) once daily.
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Vancouver International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 12m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Sunday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £170–650
Flights from Nanaimo to Edinburgh Airport via Vancouver International Airport, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 12m
- When
- Saturday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £190–700
Flights from Nanaimo to Edinburgh Airport via Vancouver International Airport, Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £170–650
Flights from Nanaimo to Glasgow Airport via Vancouver International Airport, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- When
- Saturday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £190–700
Flights from Nanaimo to Glasgow Airport via Vancouver International Airport, London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 15m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £190–750
Flights from Nanaimo to Newcastle via Vancouver International Airport, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 47m
- When
- Saturday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £210–800
Flights from Victoria International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Calgary, Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £210–750
- Website
- westjet.com
Flights from Nanaimo Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Calgary
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 13m
- When
- Friday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £230–850
Flights from Victoria International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Calgary
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £200–750
Flights from Comox Valley Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 25m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £250–850
Flights from Comox Valley Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Calgary
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 55m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £220–800
- Website
- icelandair.com
Flights from Vancouver International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Reykjavik Keflavik Nas
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £160–600
Flights from Nanaimo to Edinburgh Airport via Vancouver International Airport, Reykjavik Keflavik Nas
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £180–650
Flights from Nanaimo to Glasgow Airport via Vancouver International Airport, Reykjavik Keflavik Nas
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £180–650
Flights from Victoria International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Vancouver International Airport, Reykjavik Keflavik Nas
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £170–650
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Nanaimo to Edinburgh Airport via Vancouver International Airport, Reykjavik Keflavik Nas
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £180–650
Flights from Nanaimo to Edinburgh Airport via Vancouver International Airport, London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £190–700
Flights from Nanaimo to Glasgow Airport via Vancouver International Airport, London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £190–750
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Vancouver International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £170–650
Flights from Nanaimo to Newcastle via Vancouver International Airport, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 20m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £210–800
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Nanaimo to Edinburgh Airport via Vancouver International Airport, Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £170–650
Flights from Victoria International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Calgary, Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £210–750
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Nanaimo to Glasgow Airport via Vancouver International Airport, Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £180–650
Flights from Victoria International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Vancouver International Airport, Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 55m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £170–650
- Website
- alaskaair.com
Flights from Victoria International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Seattle, Reykjavik Keflavik Nas
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 58m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £170–650
Flights from Victoria International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Seattle, Reykjavik Keflavik Nas
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £180–650
- Website
- flyporter.com
Flights from Victoria International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £240–650
- Website
- airtransat.com
Flights from Victoria International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £240–650
- Website
- flyedelweiss.com
Flights from Vancouver International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 20m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £190–700
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Vancouver International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £200–750
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Vancouver International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £180–650
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Nanaimo to Newcastle via Vancouver International Airport, Reykjavik Keflavik Nas
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 15m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £200–750
- 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 Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £18–30
- 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 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 23m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £40–60
- 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 Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £35–60
- 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
- info@islandlinkbus.com
- Website
- Island Link Bus
Bus from Nanaimo, Departure Bay Ferry Terminal - Passenger exit; connects from 8:35am HSB ferry to Victoria - Front door, Sandman Inn, Douglas & Gorge
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £24
- Website
- Island Link Bus
- Road Adult
- £24
Bus from Nanaimo, Departure Bay Ferry Terminal - Passenger exit; connects from 11:05am HSB ferry to Comox, Little River Ferry Terminal - Passenger drop-off area
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £24
- Website
- Island Link Bus
- Road Adult
- £24
Bus from Nanaimo, Departure Bay Ferry Terminal - Passenger exit; connects from 8:35am HSB ferry to Victoria - Front door, Sandman Inn, Douglas & Gorge
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £24
- Website
- Island Link Bus
- Road Adult
- £24
- Phone
- +1 236 362 1045
- support@hullo.com
- Website
- Hullo Ferries
Ferry from Hullo - Nanaimo Ferry Terminal to Hullo - Vancouver Ferry Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Website
- Hullo Ferries
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