There are 5 ways to get from Paisley to Chiang Rai by bus, plane, or train
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Bus to Edinburgh Airport, fly to Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport
best- Take the bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Airport
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport (CEI)EDI - CEI
20h 48m฿14,736–34,960Fly Glasgow Airport to Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport
cheapest- Fly from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport (CEI)GLA - CEI
18h 32m฿13,360–33,400Fly Glasgow Airport to Chiang Mai International Airport, bus
- Fly from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Chiang Mai International Airport (CNX)GLA - CNX
- Take the bus from Chiang Mai to Chiang Rai
24h 51m฿14,440–29,840Bus to Edinburgh Airport, fly to Chiang Mai International Airport, bus
- Take the bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Airport
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Chiang Mai International Airport (CNX)EDI - CNX
- Take the bus from Chiang Mai to Chiang Rai
26h 33m฿15,816–27,400Train, train to Newcastle, fly to Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport
- Take the train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverley
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastle
- Fly from Newcastle (NCL) to Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport (CEI)NCL - CEI
22h 39m฿15,546–42,050
Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport (CEI) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Paisley to Chiang Rai is to fly and bus which costs ฿14000 - ฿30000 and takes 24h 51m.
The fastest way to get from Paisley to Chiang Rai is to fly which takes 18h 32m and costs ฿13000 - ฿34000.
The distance between Paisley and Chiang Rai is 9057 km.
It takes approximately 20h 48m to get from Paisley to Chiang Rai, including transfers.
Chiang Rai is 7h ahead of Paisley. It is currently 8:57 AM in Paisley and 3:57 PM in Chiang Rai.
There are 388+ hotels available in Chiang Rai.
What companies run services between Paisley, Scotland and Chiang Rai, Thailand?
British Airways, Thai Airways International, and seven other airlines fly from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport (CEI) 5 times a day.
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- Website
- thaiairways.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport via Zurich, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 5m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ฿11,000–39,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿11,000–41,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport via Copenhagen, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ฿14,000–37,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport via Frankfurt, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ฿14,000–39,000
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport via London Heathrow, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ฿14,000–38,000
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿11,000–40,000
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport via Milan Malpensa, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 5m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ฿14,000–39,000
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 20m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ฿14,000–39,000
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport via Frankfurt, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿14,000–38,000
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Chiang Mai International Airport via London Heathrow, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ฿16,000–44,000
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Chiang Mai International Airport via Milan Malpensa, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 10m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ฿17,000–45,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Chiang Mai International Airport via Copenhagen, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ฿16,000–43,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Chiang Mai International Airport via Vienna, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 2m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ฿13,000–46,000
Flights from Newcastle to Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport via London Heathrow, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ฿15,000–40,000
Flights from Newcastle to Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿12,000–42,000
Flights from Newcastle to Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport via Copenhagen, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 40m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ฿14,000–39,000
Flights from Newcastle to Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport via Frankfurt, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 18h
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ฿15,000–40,000
Flights from Newcastle to Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿12,000–44,000
- Website
- evaair.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport via Zurich, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 5m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ฿11,000–39,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿11,000–41,000
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ฿11,000–40,000
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Chiang Mai International Airport via London Heathrow, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 10m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- ฿16,000–44,000
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Chiang Mai International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ฿16,000–38,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Chiang Mai International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 18h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ฿16,000–39,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Chiang Mai International Airport via Vienna, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 20h
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- ฿16,000–39,000
Flights from Newcastle to Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿12,000–42,000
Flights from Newcastle to Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿12,000–44,000
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Chiang Mai International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ฿13,000–46,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Chiang Mai International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 18h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿13,000–47,000
- Website
- vietjetair.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport via Dubai, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿16,000–55,000
Flights from Newcastle to Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport via Dubai, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿17,000–60,000
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Chiang Mai International Airport via Vienna, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 22m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ฿13,000–46,000
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport via Munich, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- ฿13,000–48,000
- 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
- ฿745–760
- 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
- 55 min
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- ฿2,500–3,200
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Sleeper Berth Classic
- ฿8,500–9,500
- Sleeper Seat
- ฿2,500–3,200
- Sleeper Berth Club Solo
- ฿9,500–11,000
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- ฿2,600–3,300
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Sleeper Berth Classic
- ฿8,500–10,000
- Sleeper Seat
- ฿2,600–3,300
- Sleeper Berth Club Solo
- ฿10,000–12,000
- Phone
- +44 345 722 5333
- customers@lner.co.uk
- Website
- lner.co.uk
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ฿950–1,600
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ฿1,200–1,700
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 345 600 1671
- tpecustomer.relations@tpexpress.co.uk
- Website
- tpexpress.co.uk
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 44m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- ฿370–800
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
- Phone
- 0141 352 4444
- info@citylink.co.uk
- Website
- citylink.co.uk
Bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- ฿380–550
- Website
- https://www.citylink.co.uk/
- Phone
- 0141 352 4444
- enquiries@megabus.com
- Website
- uk.megabus.com
Bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- ฿380–550
- Website
- https://uk.megabus.com
- Phone
- +66 5326 6480
- servicecenter@greenbusthailand.com
- Website
- greenbusthailand.com
Bus from Chiang Mai to Chiang Rai
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ฿200–600
- Book at
- https://12go.asia/en/operator/greenbus
- Website
- https://www.greenbusthailand.com/website/
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