There are 8 ways to get from Adelaide to Cardiff by plane or train
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Fly to Cardiff Airport
best- Fly from Adelaide Airport (ADL) to Cardiff Airport (CWL)plane ADL - CWL
27h 37m£437–1,410Fly to Bristol Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Adelaide Airport (ADL) to Bristol Airport (BRS)plane ADL - BRS
- Take the train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Centraltrain
30h 41m£426–1,234Fly to Birmingham Airport, train
- Fly from Adelaide Airport (ADL) to Birmingham Airport (BHX)plane ADL - BHX
- Take the train from Birmingham New Street to Cardiff Centraltrain
29h 1m£479–1,279Fly to London Heathrow Airport, train
- Fly from Adelaide Airport (ADL) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR)plane ADL - LHR
- Take the train from London Paddington to Cardiff Centraltrain
28h 24m£563–1,147Fly to London Stansted Airport, train
- Fly from Adelaide Airport (ADL) to London Stansted Airport (STN)plane ADL - STN
- Take the train from London Paddington to Cardiff Centraltrain
29h 49m£562–1,642Fly to London Gatwick Airport, train
- Fly from Adelaide Airport (ADL) to London Gatwick Airport (LGW)plane ADL - LGW
- Take the train from Gatwick Airport to Readingtrain
- Take the train from Reading to Cardiff Centraltrain
29h 36m£558–1,227Fly to Manchester Airport, train
- Fly from Adelaide Airport (ADL) to Manchester Airport (MAN)plane ADL - MAN
- Take the train from Wilmslow to Cardiff Centraltrain
30h 7m£553–690Fly to Newcastle, train
- Fly from Adelaide Airport (ADL) to Newcastle (NCL)plane ADL - NCL
- Take the train from Newcastle to Bristol Parkwaytrain
- Take the train from Bristol Parkway to Cardiff Centraltrain
32h 40m£797–1,432
Adelaide Airport (ADL) to Cardiff Airport (CWL) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Adelaide to Cardiff is to fly and train which costs £550 - £700 and takes 30h 7m.
The fastest way to get from Adelaide to Cardiff is to fly which takes 27h 37m and costs £430 - £1,500.
The distance between Adelaide and Cardiff is 10318 miles.
It takes approximately 27h 37m to get from Adelaide to Cardiff, including transfers.
Cardiff is 9h 30m behind Adelaide. It is currently 2:18 AM in Adelaide and 4:48 PM in Cardiff.
There are 1719+ hotels available in Cardiff.
What companies run services between Adelaide, SA, Australia and Cardiff, Wales?
Malaysia Airlines, KLM, and four other airlines fly from Adelaide Airport (ADL) to Cardiff Airport (CWL) 3 times a day.
- Website
- emirates.com
Flights from Adelaide Airport to Birmingham Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £470–1,400
Flights from Adelaide Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £500–1,600
Flights from Adelaide Airport to London Stansted Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £480–1,500
Flights from Adelaide Airport to London Gatwick Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £460–1,400
Flights from Adelaide Airport to Manchester Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £460–1,400
Flights from Adelaide Airport to Newcastle via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £500–1,500
- Website
- qatarairways.com
Flights from Adelaide Airport to Birmingham Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £430–1,200
Flights from Adelaide Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £550–1,000
Flights from Adelaide Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Doha, Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 40m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £550–1,000
Flights from Adelaide Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Doha, Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 50m
- When
- Monday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £550–1,000
Flights from Adelaide Airport to Manchester Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £500–600
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Adelaide Airport to Bristol Airport via Doha, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £410–1,200
Flights from Adelaide Airport to Bristol Airport via Doha, Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 25m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £410–1,200
Flights from Adelaide Airport to Bristol Airport via Dubai, Tivat
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 25m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £450–1,400
Flights from Adelaide Airport to Bristol Airport via Doha, Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £410–1,200
Flights from Adelaide Airport to Bristol Airport via Dubai, Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 15m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £450–1,400
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Adelaide Airport to Cardiff Airport via Kuala Lumpur, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 33h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £550–1,900
Flights from Adelaide Airport to Cardiff Airport via Singapore Changi, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 10m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £550–3,100
Flights from Adelaide Airport to Cardiff Airport via Doha, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £600–1,700
Flights from Adelaide Airport to Cardiff Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 15m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £430–1,400
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Adelaide Airport to Cardiff Airport via Doha, Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £650–1,800
Flights from Adelaide Airport to Bristol Airport via Dubai, Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 35m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £450–1,400
- Website
- cathaypacific.com
Flights from Adelaide Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 10m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £480–1,500
Flights from Adelaide Airport to Manchester Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 45m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £400–1,300
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Adelaide Airport to Birmingham Airport via Singapore Changi, Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 5m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £350–1,300
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Adelaide Airport to London Stansted Airport via Singapore Changi, Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 55m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £380–2,100
- Website
- csair.com
Flights from Adelaide Airport to London Gatwick Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 30m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £280–950
Train from Birmingham New Street to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £45–70
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £16–25
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Newcastle to Bristol Parkway
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 39m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £130–200
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Bristol Parkway to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 43 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- £14–22
- Website
- Cross Country
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 7000 125
- gwr.feedback@gwr.com
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from London Paddington to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £60–110
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from London Paddington to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £60–110
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Gatwick Airport to Reading
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £21–40
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Reading to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £45–85
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £16–29
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Bristol Parkway to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £14–25
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
- Phone
- 03333 211 202
- Website
- Transport for Wales
Train from Wilmslow to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £50–85
- Website
- Transport for Wales
Train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £12–21
- Website
- Transport for Wales
Train from Bristol Parkway to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £11–18
- Website
- Transport for Wales
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