There are 7 ways to get from Nanaimo to Edinburgh by plane, train, or bus
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Fly Nanaimo Airport to Edinburgh Airport
best- Fly from Nanaimo Airport (YCD) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane YCD - EDI
13h 19m£261–961Fly Nanaimo to Edinburgh Airport
cheapest- Fly from Nanaimo (ZNA) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane ZNA - EDI
13h 11m£152–499Fly 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£153–534Bus to Victoria International Airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport
- Take the bus from Nanaimo, Departure Bay Ferry Terminal to Victoria, BC - Sandman Innbus
- Fly from Victoria International Airport (YYJ) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane YYJ - EDI
16h 34m£336–496Bus to Comox Valley Airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport
- Take the bus from Nanaimo, Departure Bay Ferry Terminal to Courtenay, BC - Driftwood Mallbus
- Fly from Comox Valley Airport (YQQ) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane YQQ - EDI
20h 51m£238–788Fly Nanaimo to Newcastle, train
- Fly from Nanaimo (ZNA) to Newcastle (NCL)plane ZNA - NCL
- Take the train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
14h 22m£201–647Bus to Victoria International Airport, fly to Glasgow Airport, train
- Take the bus from Nanaimo, Departure Bay Ferry Terminal to Victoria, BC - Sandman Innbus
- Fly from Victoria International Airport (YYJ) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)plane YYJ - GLA
- Take the train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
20h 8m£217–721
Nanaimo Airport (YCD) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Nanaimo to Edinburgh is to fly which costs £150 - £500 and takes 13h 11m.
The fastest way to get from Nanaimo to Edinburgh is to fly which takes 13h 11m and costs £150 - £500.
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 11:18 PM in Nanaimo and 7:18 AM in Edinburgh.
There are 2853+ 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 Nanaimo to Edinburgh Airport via Vancouver, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 41m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Monday, Tuesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £150–650
Flights from Nanaimo to Edinburgh Airport via Sechelt, Vancouver, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 10m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £150–650
Flights from Nanaimo to Glasgow Airport via Vancouver, London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £150–650
Flights from Nanaimo to Glasgow Airport via Vancouver, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 21m
- When
- Thursday, Sunday, and Monday
- Estimated price
- £150–650
Flights from Nanaimo to Glasgow Airport via Sechelt, Vancouver, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £150–650
Flights from Nanaimo to Newcastle via Vancouver, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- When
- Thursday, Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Saturday, and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £160–700
Flights from Nanaimo to Newcastle via Sechelt, Vancouver, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 5m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £160–700
Flights from Victoria International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Seattle, Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 9m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £240–950
- Website
- westjet.com
Flights from Nanaimo Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Calgary
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 13m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £250–950
Flights from Victoria International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Calgary
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 41m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £290–460
Flights from Comox Valley Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Calgary
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 42m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £220–850
Flights from Victoria International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £230–850
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Nanaimo to Edinburgh Airport via Vancouver, Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 35m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £140–490
Flights from Nanaimo to Glasgow Airport via Vancouver, Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £140–490
Flights from Comox Valley Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Vancouver, Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 35m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £200–750
Flights from Nanaimo to Newcastle via Vancouver, Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 20m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £150–550
Flights from Victoria International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Calgary, Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 20m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £210–800
Flights from Victoria International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Vancouver, Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 50m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £180–650
- Website
- icelandair.com
Flights from Nanaimo to Edinburgh Airport via Vancouver, Reykjavik Keflavik Nas
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 50m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £130–550
Flights from Nanaimo to Glasgow Airport via Vancouver, Reykjavik Keflavik Nas
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 55m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £130–550
Flights from Victoria International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Vancouver, Reykjavik Keflavik Nas
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 40m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £180–750
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Nanaimo to Edinburgh Airport via Vancouver, London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £150–650
Flights from Nanaimo to Newcastle via Vancouver, Reykjavik Keflavik Nas
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 15m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £150–650
- Website
- alaskaair.com
Flights from Victoria International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Seattle, Reykjavik Keflavik Nas
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 4m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £180–750
Flights from Victoria International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Seattle, Reykjavik Keflavik Nas
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 9m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £180–750
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Nanaimo to Newcastle via Vancouver, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £170–600
- Website
- flyporter.com
Flights from Victoria International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 20m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £240–650
- Website
- airtransat.com
Flights from Victoria International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 20m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £240–650
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Victoria International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Seattle, Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 9m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £240–950
- Phone
- +44 (0)344 811 0141
- Website
- ScotRail
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- £19–40
- Website
- ScotRail
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- £19–40
- Website
- ScotRail
- Phone
- 0800 031 8542
- Passengerassistance@lumo.co.uk.
- Website
- Lumo
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- £8–16
- Website
- Lumo
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- £8–16
- Website
- Lumo
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- enquiry@sleeper.scot
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £15–24
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £40–65
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £15–24
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- 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
- £65–95
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £40–75
- Website
- TransPennine Express
- info@islandlinkbus.com
- Website
- Island Link Bus
Bus from Nanaimo, Departure Bay Ferry Terminal to Victoria, BC - Sandman Inn
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- £24
- Website
- Island Link Bus
- Road Adult
- £24
Bus from Nanaimo, Departure Bay Ferry Terminal to Courtenay, BC - Driftwood Mall
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £24
- Website
- Island Link Bus
- Road Adult
- £24
Bus from Nanaimo, Departure Bay Ferry Terminal to Victoria, BC - Sandman Inn
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- £24
- Website
- Island Link Bus
- Road Adult
- £24
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