There are 7 ways to get from Cardiff to Adelaide by plane, train, or bus
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Fly Cardiff Airport to Adelaide Airport
best- Fly from Cardiff Airport (CWL) to Adelaide Airport (ADL)plane CWL - ADL
33h 8m$1,017–3,921Train to Bristol Airport, fly to Adelaide Airport
cheapest- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meadstrain
- Fly from Bristol Airport (BRS) to Adelaide Airport (ADL)plane BRS - ADL
47h 28m$640–1,969Train to Birmingham Airport, fly to Adelaide Airport
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Birmingham New Streettrain
- Fly from Birmingham Airport (BHX) to Adelaide Airport (ADL)plane BHX - ADL
28h$967–3,769Train to London Heathrow Airport, fly to Adelaide Airport
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to London Paddingtontrain
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Adelaide Airport (ADL)plane LHR - ADL
25h 21m$893–3,092Train, train to London Gatwick Airport, fly to Adelaide Airport
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Readingtrain
- Take the train from Reading to Gatwick Airporttrain
- Fly from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Adelaide Airport (ADL)plane LGW - ADL
27h 34m$1,135–2,752Train to Manchester Airport, fly to Adelaide Airport
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Wilmslowtrain
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Adelaide Airport (ADL)plane MAN - ADL
27h 34m$971–3,107Train to London Heathrow Airport, fly to Whyalla Airport, bus
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to London Paddingtontrain
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Whyalla Airport (WYA)plane LHR - WYA
- Take the bus from Whyalla to Adelaidebus
40h 23m$866–4,698
Cardiff Airport (CWL) to Adelaide Airport (ADL) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Cardiff to Adelaide is to train and fly which costs $600 - $2,000 and takes 47h 28m.
The fastest way to get from Cardiff to Adelaide is to train and fly which takes 25h 21m and costs $850 - $3,100.
The distance between Cardiff and Adelaide is 16508 km.
It takes approximately 33h 8m to get from Cardiff to Adelaide, including transfers.
Adelaide is 8h 30m ahead of Cardiff. It is currently 1:22 PM in Cardiff and 9:52 PM in Adelaide.
There are 1496+ hotels available in Adelaide.
What companies run services between Cardiff, Wales and Adelaide, SA, Australia?
KLM, Malaysia Airlines, and two other airlines fly from Cardiff Airport (CWL) to Adelaide Airport (ADL) 3 times a day.
- Website
- singaporeair.com
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Adelaide Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,900
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Adelaide Airport via Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $800–4,900
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Adelaide Airport via Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 50m
- When
- Wednesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $750–4,500
Flights from Manchester Airport to Adelaide Airport via Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 15m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $700–4,500
Flights from Manchester Airport to Adelaide Airport via Singapore Changi, Perth
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 5m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $750–4,600
Flights from Bristol Airport to Adelaide Airport via Copenhagen, Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 44h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $700–4,500
Flights from Bristol Airport to Adelaide Airport via Vienna, Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 45h 30m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $600–1,900
Flights from Bristol Airport to Adelaide Airport via Athens, Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 1h
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,000
- Website
- qantas.com
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Adelaide Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Singapore Changi, Perth
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,100–4,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Adelaide Airport via Perth
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,300–3,500
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Whyalla Airport via Dubai, Adelaide Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,200–3,500
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Whyalla Airport via Perth, Adelaide Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,300–4,900
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Whyalla Airport via Hong Kong, Adelaide Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–4,200
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Whyalla Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun, Adelaide Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 15m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $650–4,300
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Whyalla Airport via Singapore Changi, Adelaide Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 5m
- When
- Wednesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–6,500
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Whyalla Airport via Kuala Lumpur, Adelaide Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 50m
- When
- Thursday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,100–5,500
- Website
- virginaustralia.com
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Adelaide Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,900
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Adelaide Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 10m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $800–2,400
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Adelaide Airport via Doha, Perth
- Ave. Duration
- 25h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $800–2,700
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Adelaide Airport via Doha, Melbourne
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $850–2,500
- Website
- qatarairways.com
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Adelaide Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 10m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $800–2,400
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Adelaide Airport via Doha, Perth
- Ave. Duration
- 25h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $800–2,700
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Adelaide Airport via Doha, Melbourne
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $850–2,500
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Adelaide Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 33h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,900
- Website
- malaysiaairlines.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Adelaide Airport via Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $800–2,900
- Website
- csair.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Adelaide Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $600–5,500
- Website
- en.ceair.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Adelaide Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 5m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,400
Train from Cardiff Central to Birmingham New Street
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $100–150
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $35–55
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 3457 000 125
- gwr.feedback@gwr.com
- Website
- gwr.com
Train from Cardiff Central to London Paddington
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $110–230
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Cardiff Central to Reading
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $90–170
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Reading to Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $40–80
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $30–60
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
- Phone
- 03333 211 202
- Website
- tfw.wales
Train from Cardiff Central to Wilmslow
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $110–200
- Website
- https://tfw.wales/
- Phone
- 1300 851 345
- admin@premierstateliner.com.au
- Website
- stateliner.com.au
Bus from Whyalla to Adelaide
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $70–100
- Website
- https://stateliner.com.au/
- Schedules at
- https://stateliner.com.au/bus-timetables-bookings/
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