There are 8 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)CWL - ADL
32h 4m$1,115–4,519Train to Bristol Airport, fly to Adelaide Airport
cheapest- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meads
- Fly from Bristol Airport (BRS) to Adelaide Airport (ADL)BRS - ADL
34h 39m$695–1,885Train to Birmingham Airport, fly to Adelaide Airport
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Birmingham New Street
- Fly from Birmingham Airport (BHX) to Adelaide Airport (ADL)BHX - ADL
25h 32m$1,021–3,001Train to London Heathrow Airport, fly to Adelaide Airport
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to London Paddington
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Adelaide Airport (ADL)LHR - ADL
25h 58m$1,002–2,235Train, train to London Gatwick Airport, fly to Adelaide Airport
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Reading
- Take the train from Reading to Gatwick Airport
- Fly from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Adelaide Airport (ADL)LGW - ADL
27h 21m$921–2,317Train to London Stansted Airport, fly to Adelaide Airport
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to London Paddington
- Fly from London Stansted Airport (STN) to Adelaide Airport (ADL)STN - ADL
25h 55m$1,231–2,651Train to Manchester Airport, fly to Adelaide Airport
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Wilmslow
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Adelaide Airport (ADL)MAN - ADL
27h 25m$1,227–2,525Train to London Heathrow Airport, fly to Port Lincoln Airport, bus
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to London Paddington
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Port Lincoln Airport (PLO)LHR - PLO
- Take the bus from Port Lincoln to Adelaide
38h 35m$1,118–4,006
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 $650 - $1,900 and takes 34h 39m.
The fastest way to get from Cardiff to Adelaide is to train and fly which takes 25h 32m and costs $1,000 - $3,000.
The distance between Cardiff and Adelaide is 16508 km.
It takes approximately 32h 4m to get from Cardiff to Adelaide, including transfers.
Adelaide is 10h 30m ahead of Cardiff. It is currently 5:14 PM in Cardiff and 3:44 AM in Adelaide.
There are 1409+ hotels available in Adelaide.
What companies run services between Cardiff, Wales and Adelaide, SA, Australia?
KLM, Malaysia Airlines, and three 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 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,800–5,500
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Adelaide Airport via Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $850–6,000
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Adelaide Airport via Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 30m
- When
- Wednesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $750–5,500
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Adelaide Airport via Singapore Changi, Melbourne
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 37m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $800–5,500
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Adelaide Airport via Singapore Changi, Perth
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 35m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $800–5,500
Flights from Manchester Airport to Adelaide Airport via Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 45m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $750–5,000
Flights from Bristol Airport to Adelaide Airport via Istanbul, Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 25m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,700
Flights from Bristol Airport to Adelaide Airport via Vienna, Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 44h 30m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $650–1,800
- Website
- qantas.com
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Adelaide Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Singapore Changi, Perth
- Ave. Duration
- 31h
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,900–5,500
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Adelaide Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,100–3,500
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Adelaide Airport via Perth
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,100–4,500
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Port Lincoln Airport via Dubai, Adelaide Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,500–4,800
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Port Lincoln Airport via Perth, Adelaide Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,400–6,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Port Lincoln Airport via Singapore Changi, Adelaide Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–7,000
- Website
- rex.com.au
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Port Lincoln Airport via Singapore Changi, Adelaide Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 30m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–7,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Port Lincoln Airport via Doha, Adelaide Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 24h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,300–3,800
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Port Lincoln Airport via Kuala Lumpur, Adelaide Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 55m
- When
- Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $1,100–4,200
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Port Lincoln Airport via Hong Kong, Adelaide Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $1,100–3,500
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Port Lincoln Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun, Adelaide Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $900–3,600
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Adelaide Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 52m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,800–5,500
Flights from Bristol Airport to Adelaide Airport via Istanbul, Ngurah Rai
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 50m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $800–2,700
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Adelaide Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,800–5,500
Flights from Bristol Airport to Adelaide Airport via Istanbul, Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 45m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,700
Flights from Bristol Airport to Adelaide Airport via Istanbul, Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 25m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,700
- Website
- virginaustralia.com
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Adelaide Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,800–5,500
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Adelaide Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $950–2,800
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Adelaide Airport via Doha, Melbourne
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–2,900
- Website
- emirates.com
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Adelaide Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Singapore Changi, Perth
- Ave. Duration
- 31h
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,900–5,500
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Adelaide Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,100–3,500
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Adelaide Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $950–3,000
- Website
- csair.com
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Adelaide Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Guangzhou Baiyun
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,100–4,500
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Adelaide Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $850–1,800
- Website
- qatarairways.com
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Adelaide Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $950–2,800
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Adelaide Airport via Doha, Melbourne
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–2,900
- Website
- malaysiaairlines.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Adelaide Airport via Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $900–3,400
Flights from Bristol Airport to Adelaide Airport via Istanbul, Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 45m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,700
- Website
- jetstar.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Adelaide Airport via Istanbul, Ngurah Rai
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 50m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $800–2,700
Train from Cardiff Central to Birmingham New Street
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $60–180
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $21–65
- 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
- 1h 51m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $75–180
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Cardiff Central to Reading
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $65–200
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Reading to Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $50–120
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $30–50
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
- Phone
- 03333 211 202
- Website
- tfw.wales
Train from Cardiff Central to Wilmslow
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 56m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $110–210
- Website
- https://tfw.wales/
- Phone
- 1300 851 345
- admin@premierstateliner.com.au
- Website
- stateliner.com.au
Bus from Port Lincoln to Adelaide
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- $100–150
- Schedules at
- stateliner.com.au
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