There are 7 ways to get from Cardiff to Cairo by train, plane, car, car train, or car ferry
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Train to London Heathrow Airport, fly
best- Take the train from Cardiff Central to London Paddington
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Cairo International Airport (CAI)LHR - CAI
10h 2m$251–715Fly from Cardiff Airport
cheapest- Fly from Cardiff Airport (CWL) to Cairo International Airport (CAI)CWL - CAI
12h 19m$208–858Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Cardiff to Folkestone
- Take the car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthun
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Cairo
2d 6hTrain to Birmingham Airport, fly
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Birmingham New Street
- Fly from Birmingham Airport (BHX) to Cairo International Airport (CAI)BHX - CAI
12h 15m$215–385Train to Manchester Airport, fly
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Wilmslow
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Cairo International Airport (CAI)MAN - CAI
12h 30m$219–369Train to Bristol Airport, fly
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meads
- Fly from Bristol Airport (BRS) to Cairo International Airport (CAI)BRS - CAI
11h 29m$216–525Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Cardiff to Port of Dover
- Take the car ferry from Port of Dover to Calais
- Drive from Calais to Cairo
2d 7h$1,015–1,558
London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Cairo International Airport (CAI) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Cardiff to Cairo is to train and fly which costs $210 - $370 and takes 12h 30m.
The fastest way to get from Cardiff to Cairo is to train and fly which takes 10h 2m and costs $250 - $750.
The distance between Cardiff and Cairo is 3816 km.
It takes approximately 10h 2m to get from Cardiff to Cairo, including transfers.
Cairo is 2h ahead of Cardiff. It is currently 5:52 PM in Cardiff and 7:52 PM in Cairo.
There are 7640+ hotels available in Cairo.
What companies run services between Cardiff, Wales and Cairo, Egypt?
Ryanair, Egyptair, and three other airlines fly from Cardiff Airport (CWL) to Cairo International Airport (CAI) twice daily.
Transport is disrupted due to the Russia-Ukraine war. Read more
- Website
- egyptair.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Cairo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–420
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Cairo International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $190–600
Flights from Manchester Airport to Cairo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–600
Flights from Bristol Airport to Cairo International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $130–490
Flights from Bristol Airport to Cairo International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 55m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $140–470
Flights from Bristol Airport to Cairo International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $130–450
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Cairo International Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $310–1,000
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Cairo International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $290–950
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Cairo International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $200–850
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Cairo International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200–500
Flights from Manchester Airport to Cairo International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $180–260
Flights from Bristol Airport to Cairo International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $130–450
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Cairo International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $200–850
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Cairo International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $140–700
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Cairo International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $130–490
Flights from Manchester Airport to Cairo International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–700
Flights from Bristol Airport to Cairo International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 35m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $120–460
- Website
- tarom.ro
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Cairo International Airport via Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $170–210
Flights from Bristol Airport to Cairo International Airport via Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $130–430
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Cairo International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $340–850
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Cairo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–410
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Cairo International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $130–490
Flights from Bristol Airport to Cairo International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 35m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $120–460
- Website
- sunexpress.com
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Cairo International Airport via Antalya
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $140–430
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Cairo International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $130–490
- Website
- ajet.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Cairo International Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $130–550
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Cairo International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 55m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $140–470
- Phone
- +44 3457 000 125
- gwr.feedback@gwr.com
- Website
- gwr.com
Train from Cardiff Central to London Paddington
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $50–130
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $16–35
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- Website
- leshuttle.com
Car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthun
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.leshuttle.com/uk-en
Train from Cardiff Central to Birmingham New Street
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $35–120
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $12–24
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- 03333 211 202
- Website
- tfw.wales
Train from Cardiff Central to Wilmslow
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 56m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $45–95
- Website
- https://tfw.wales/
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- info@irishferries.com
- Website
- irishferries.com
Car ferry from Port of Dover to Calais
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $40–50
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
- Car
- $90–220
- On Foot
- $40–50
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