There are 7 ways to get from Addis Ababa to Cardiff by plane or train
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly to London Heathrow Airport, train
best- Fly from Addis Ababa Bole International Airport (ADD) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR)plane ADD - LHR
- Take the train from London Paddington to Cardiff Centraltrain
13h 19m£276–581Fly to Birmingham Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Addis Ababa Bole International Airport (ADD) to Birmingham Airport (BHX)plane ADD - BHX
- Take the train from Birmingham New Street to Cardiff Centraltrain
16h 30m£232–764Fly to London Gatwick Airport, train
- Fly from Addis Ababa Bole International Airport (ADD) to London Gatwick Airport (LGW)plane ADD - LGW
- Take the train from Gatwick Airport to Readingtrain
- Take the train from Reading to Cardiff Centraltrain
14h 29m£321–837Fly to Luton Airport, train
- Fly from Addis Ababa Bole International Airport (ADD) to Luton Airport (LTN)plane ADD - LTN
- Take the train from Luton Airport Parkway to Farringdontrain
- Take the train from London Paddington to Cardiff Centraltrain
17h 14m£248–604Fly to Bristol Airport, train
- Fly from Addis Ababa Bole International Airport (ADD) to Bristol Airport (BRS)plane ADD - BRS
- Take the train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Centraltrain
16h 48m£314–432Fly to Cardiff Airport
- Fly from Addis Ababa Bole International Airport (ADD) to Cardiff Airport (CWL)plane ADD - CWL
16h 31m£358–1,046Fly to London Stansted Airport, train
- Fly from Addis Ababa Bole International Airport (ADD) to London Stansted Airport (STN)plane ADD - STN
- Take the train from London Paddington to Cardiff Centraltrain
16h 18m£270–754
Addis Ababa Bole International Airport (ADD) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Addis Ababa to Cardiff is to fly and train which costs £310 - £440 and takes 16h 48m.
The fastest way to get from Addis Ababa to Cardiff is to fly and train which takes 13h 19m and costs £270 - £600.
The distance between Addis Ababa and Cardiff is 3863 miles.
It takes approximately 13h 19m to get from Addis Ababa to Cardiff, including transfers.
Cardiff is 3h behind Addis Ababa. It is currently 8:27 AM in Addis Ababa and 5:27 AM in Cardiff.
There are 1636+ hotels available in Cardiff.
What companies run services between Addis Ababa, Ethiopia and Cardiff, Wales?
Ethiopian Airlines, Lufthansa, and four other airlines fly from Addis Ababa Bole International Airport (ADD) to Cardiff Airport (CWL) 5 times a day.
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Addis Ababa Bole International Airport to Birmingham Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 57m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £240–700
Flights from Addis Ababa Bole International Airport to Luton Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 15m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £240–750
Flights from Addis Ababa Bole International Airport to Luton Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 50m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £240–750
Flights from Addis Ababa Bole International Airport to Luton Airport via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £240–750
Flights from Addis Ababa Bole International Airport to Bristol Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 55m
- When
- Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £240–700
Flights from Addis Ababa Bole International Airport to Bristol Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 45m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £240–700
Flights from Addis Ababa Bole International Airport to Bristol Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £240–700
Flights from Addis Ababa Bole International Airport to Bristol Airport via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £240–700
Flights from Addis Ababa Bole International Airport to Bristol Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 35m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £240–700
Flights from Addis Ababa Bole International Airport to Bristol Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £250–700
Flights from Addis Ababa Bole International Airport to Bristol Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £180–600
Flights from Addis Ababa Bole International Airport to London Stansted Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £240–700
Flights from Addis Ababa Bole International Airport to London Stansted Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 10m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £240–700
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Addis Ababa Bole International Airport to Cardiff Airport via Frankfurt, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £390–1,200
Flights from Addis Ababa Bole International Airport to Cardiff Airport via Rome, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £400–1,200
Flights from Addis Ababa Bole International Airport to Cardiff Airport via Cairo, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £350–1,100
Flights from Addis Ababa Bole International Airport to Cardiff Airport via Vienna, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £400–1,200
Flights from Addis Ababa Bole International Airport to Cardiff Airport via Geneva, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 50m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £400–1,200
Flights from Addis Ababa Bole International Airport to Cardiff Airport via Brussels, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £400–1,200
Flights from Addis Ababa Bole International Airport to Cardiff Airport via Milan Malpensa, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £400–1,200
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Addis Ababa Bole International Airport to Birmingham Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 5m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £260–750
Flights from Addis Ababa Bole International Airport to Bristol Airport via Marseille
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 15m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £240–700
Flights from Addis Ababa Bole International Airport to London Stansted Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 5m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £240–700
Flights from Addis Ababa Bole International Airport to London Stansted Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 10m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £240–700
Flights from Addis Ababa Bole International Airport to London Stansted Airport via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 40m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £240–700
- Website
- ethiopianairlines.com
Flights from Addis Ababa Bole International Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £270–800
Flights from Addis Ababa Bole International Airport to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £230–700
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Addis Ababa Bole International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £270–800
Flights from Addis Ababa Bole International Airport to Birmingham Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 45m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £240–700
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Addis Ababa Bole International Airport to Birmingham Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £170–600
Flights from Addis Ababa Bole International Airport to London Stansted Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £180–600
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Addis Ababa Bole International Airport to Birmingham Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £240–700
Flights from Addis Ababa Bole International Airport to Luton Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £240–750
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Addis Ababa Bole International Airport to Luton Airport via Tel Aviv
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £150–430
Flights from Addis Ababa Bole International Airport to Luton Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 15m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £240–750
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Addis Ababa Bole International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £270–800
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Addis Ababa Bole International Airport to Birmingham Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £240–700
- Website
- elal.com
Flights from Addis Ababa Bole International Airport to Luton Airport via Tel Aviv
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £230–800
- Website
- israir.co.il
Flights from Addis Ababa Bole International Airport to Luton Airport via Tel Aviv
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 55m
- When
- Monday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £220–500
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Addis Ababa Bole International Airport to London Stansted Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 20m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £240–700
- Phone
- +44 3457 000 125
- gwr.feedback@gwr.com
- Website
- gwr.com
Train from London Paddington to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 54m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £75–140
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
- Anytime Day Single
- £75–95
- Anytime Day Single 1st Class
- £100–140
Train from Gatwick Airport to Reading
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £29–55
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
- Anytime Day Single
- £29–35
- Anytime Day Single 1st Class
- £35–55
Train from Reading to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £55–110
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
- Anytime Day Single
- £55–70
- Anytime Day Single 1st Class
- £75–110
Train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £22–45
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
- Anytime Day Single
- £22–27
- Anytime Day Single 1st Class
- £29–45
Train from Birmingham New Street to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £50–140
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Standard
- £50–80
- 1st Class
- £100–140
Train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £26–50
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Standard
- £26–40
- 1st Class
- £35–50
- Phone
- 0345 026 4700
- Website
- thameslinkrailway.com
Train from Luton Airport Parkway to Farringdon
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- £15–35
- Website
- https://www.thameslinkrailway.com/
- Anytime Day Single
- £15–22
- Anytime Day Single 1st Class
- £22–35
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