There are 7 ways to get from Wellington to Edinburgh by plane, 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 Wellington to Edinburgh Airport
best- Fly from Wellington (WLG) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane WLG - EDI
30h 16m£463–1,715Fly Wellington to Glasgow Airport, train
- Fly from Wellington (WLG) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)plane WLG - GLA
- Take the train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
31h 48m£464–1,750Train to Paraparaumu, fly to Edinburgh Airport
- Take the train from Wellington Station to Paraparaumu Stationtrain
- Fly from Paraparaumu (PPQ) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane PPQ - EDI
32h 49m£516–1,456Bus to Palmerston, fly to Edinburgh Airport
- Take the bus from Wellington - Central to Palmerston Northbus
- Fly from Palmerston (PMR) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane PMR - EDI
32h 26m£520–1,936Bus to Wanganui Airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport
- Take the bus from Wellington - Central to Whanganui / Wanganuibus
- Fly from Wanganui Airport (WAG) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane WAG - EDI
34h 43m£488–1,746Train to Auckland, fly to Edinburgh Airport
- Take the train from Wellington to Papakuratrain
- Fly from Auckland (AKL) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane AKL - EDI
38h 19m£772–2,447Bus, bus to New Plymouth Airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport
- Take the bus from Wellington - Central to Palmerston Northbus
- Take the bus from Palmerston North to New Plymouthbus
- Fly from New Plymouth Airport (NPL) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane NPL - EDI
38h 42m£553–1,987
Wellington (WLG) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Wellington to Edinburgh is to train and fly which costs £500 - £1,500 and takes 32h 49m.
The fastest way to get from Wellington to Edinburgh is to fly which takes 30h 16m and costs £460 - £1,800.
The distance between Wellington and Edinburgh is 11501 miles.
It takes approximately 30h 16m to get from Wellington to Edinburgh, including transfers.
Edinburgh is 11h behind Wellington. It is currently 7:35 PM in Wellington and 8:35 AM in Edinburgh.
There are 2771+ hotels available in Edinburgh.
What companies run services between Wellington, New Zealand and Edinburgh, Scotland?
Air New Zealand, Delta, and six other airlines fly from Wellington (WLG) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI) once daily.
- Website
- icelandair.com
Flights from Wellington to Edinburgh Airport via Auckland, Vancouver, Reykjavik Keflavik Nas
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 35m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- £450–1,700
Flights from Wellington to Edinburgh Airport via Nadi, Vancouver, Reykjavik Keflavik Nas
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £500–2,400
Flights from Wellington to Glasgow Airport via Auckland, Vancouver, Reykjavik Keflavik Nas
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 40m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- £450–1,700
Flights from Wellington to Glasgow Airport via Nadi, Vancouver, Reykjavik Keflavik Nas
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £500–2,500
Flights from Palmerston to Edinburgh Airport via Auckland, Vancouver, Reykjavik Keflavik Nas
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £500–1,900
Flights from Wanganui Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Auckland, Vancouver, Reykjavik Keflavik Nas
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 20m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- £460–1,700
Flights from Auckland to Edinburgh Airport via Vancouver, Reykjavik Keflavik Nas
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £430–1,700
Flights from New Plymouth Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Auckland, Vancouver, Reykjavik Keflavik Nas
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £500–1,900
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Wellington to Edinburgh Airport via Auckland, New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 50m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Saturday, and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £480–1,900
Flights from Paraparaumu to Edinburgh Airport via Auckland, New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 50m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £500–2,000
Flights from Paraparaumu to Edinburgh Airport via Blenheim, Auckland, New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 5m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £500–2,000
Flights from Wanganui Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Auckland, New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 20m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- £480–1,800
Flights from Auckland to Edinburgh Airport via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 55m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £450–1,700
Flights from New Plymouth Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Auckland, New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 55m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £500–2,000
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Wellington to Edinburgh Airport via Nadi, Vancouver, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £500–2,600
Flights from Wellington to Glasgow Airport via Auckland, New York JFK, Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 35m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £480–1,800
Flights from Wellington to Glasgow Airport via Auckland, San Francisco, Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £470–1,800
Flights from Wellington to Glasgow Airport via Nadi, Vancouver, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £500–2,600
Flights from Paraparaumu to Edinburgh Airport via Blenheim, Auckland, Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 36h 50m
- When
- Monday and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £500–1,400
Flights from Auckland to Edinburgh Airport via San Francisco, Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £440–1,700
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Wellington to Edinburgh Airport via Auckland, Vancouver, Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 20m
- When
- Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £460–1,800
Flights from Wellington to Glasgow Airport via Auckland, Vancouver, Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 28h
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £460–1,800
Flights from Paraparaumu to Edinburgh Airport via Auckland, Vancouver, Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 50m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £500–2,000
Flights from Palmerston to Edinburgh Airport via Auckland, Vancouver, Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 15m
- When
- Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £500–2,000
Flights from Wanganui Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Auckland, Vancouver, Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 5m
- When
- Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £470–1,800
Flights from Auckland to Edinburgh Airport via Vancouver, Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 5m
- When
- Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £440–1,700
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Wellington to Edinburgh Airport via Nadi, Vancouver, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £500–2,600
Flights from Wellington to Glasgow Airport via Nadi, Vancouver, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £500–2,600
Flights from Paraparaumu to Edinburgh Airport via Auckland, New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 30m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £600–2,100
Flights from Wanganui Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Auckland, New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 34h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £550–1,900
Flights from Auckland to Edinburgh Airport via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £500–1,800
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Wellington to Glasgow Airport via Auckland, New York JFK, Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 35m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £480–1,800
Flights from Wellington to Glasgow Airport via Auckland, San Francisco, Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £470–1,800
Flights from Auckland to Edinburgh Airport via San Francisco, Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £440–1,700
- Website
- qatarairways.com
Flights from Wellington to Glasgow Airport via Auckland, New York JFK, Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 35m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £480–1,800
Flights from Paraparaumu to Edinburgh Airport via Blenheim, Auckland, Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 36h 50m
- When
- Monday and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £500–1,400
- Website
- jetblue.com
Flights from Palmerston to Edinburgh Airport via Auckland, New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 12m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £500–2,100
- 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/
- 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
- £8–15
- 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/
- Phone
- 0800 801 700
- info@metlink.org.nz
- Website
- metlink.org.nz
Train from Wellington Station to Paraparaumu Station
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- £5–7
- Website
- https://www.metlink.org.nz
- Phone
- +64 4495 0775
- capital.connection@kiwirail.co.nz
- Website
- greatjourneysnz.com
Train from Wellington Station to Paraparaumu Station
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- £43
- Schedules at
- greatjourneysnz.com
- Phone
- +64 4495 0775
- bookings@greatjourneysnz.com
- Website
- greatjourneysofnz.co.nz
Train from Wellington Station to Paraparaumu Station
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- £14–17
- Schedules at
- greatjourneysofnz.co.nz
Train from Wellington to Papakura
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- £110–140
- Schedules at
- greatjourneysofnz.co.nz
- Phone
- +64 9 583 5780
- info@intercity.co.nz
- Website
- intercity.co.nz
Bus from Wellington - Central to Palmerston North
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £8–24
- Website
- https://www.intercity.co.nz/
Bus from Wellington - Central to Whanganui / Wanganui
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £9–27
- Website
- https://www.intercity.co.nz/
Bus from Palmerston North to New Plymouth
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- £9–23
- Website
- https://www.intercity.co.nz/
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