✈ KUL → EDI

13H 28M IN A METAL TUBE. 6,638 MILES. EARN THE LEG.

Flight time
13h 28m
Distance
6,638 mi
Or
10,683 km
Jet lag
31h

Flight from Kuala Lumpur to Edinburgh

From KLIA (KUL), Malaysia Asia  →  Edinburgh Airport (EDI), United Kingdom Europe

↔ Flying the other way? Edinburgh → Kuala Lumpur

How long is the flight from Kuala Lumpur to Edinburgh?

A nonstop flight from Kuala Lumpur (KUL) to Edinburgh (EDI) takes about 13 hours 28 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 6,638 miles (10,683 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.

Avg flight time

13h 28m

Nonstop, scheduled

Distance

6,638 mi

10,683 km · great-circle

Avg speed

793 km/h

Door-to-door including taxi

Time zones & jet lag

Kuala Lumpur timezone

UTC+32

Asia/Kuala_Lumpur

Edinburgh timezone

UTC+1

Europe/London

Time difference

-31h

31 hours behind

Jet lag (rough)

~21.7d

Westward — easier

CO₂ footprint per passenger

Economy class, single passenger. Source: DEFRA 2024 averages.

✈ Flight 1581 kg CO₂
🚗 Car (alone) 1827 kg CO₂
🚆 Train 438 kg CO₂

This flight emits roughly 3.6× the CO₂ of an equivalent train trip and 0.9× a car driven alone over the same distance.