There are 8 ways to get from Cardiff to Cancún by train or plane
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Train to Birmingham Airport, fly to Cancún International Airport
best- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Birmingham New Street
- Fly from Birmingham Airport (BHX) to Cancún International Airport (CUN)BHX - CUN
16h 8m$5,518–19,393Train to Bristol Airport, fly to Cancún International Airport
cheapest- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meads
- Fly from Bristol Airport (BRS) to Cancún International Airport (CUN)BRS - CUN
17h 4m$5,257–18,418Fly Cardiff Airport to Cancún International Airport
- Fly from Cardiff Airport (CWL) to Cancún International Airport (CUN)CWL - CUN
17h 39m$8,149–30,150Train to Manchester Airport, fly to Cancún International Airport
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Wilmslow
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Cancún International Airport (CUN)MAN - CUN
17h 41m$9,912–25,966Train, train to London Gatwick Airport, fly to Cancún International Airport
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Reading
- Take the train from Reading to Gatwick Airport
- Fly from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Cancún International Airport (CUN)LGW - CUN
17h 28m$8,962–20,283Train to London Heathrow Airport, fly to Cancún International Airport
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to London Paddington
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Cancún International Airport (CUN)LHR - CUN
16h 12m$8,385–38,320Fly Cardiff Airport to Tulum International Airport, train
- Fly from Cardiff Airport (CWL) to Tulum International Airport (TQO)CWL - TQO
- Take the train from Estación Tren Maya Tulum Aeropuerto to Estación Tren Maya Cancún Aeropuerto
37h 14m$12,354–47,615Train to London Heathrow Airport, fly to Tulum International Airport, train
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to London Paddington
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Tulum International Airport (TQO)LHR - TQO
- Take the train from Estación Tren Maya Tulum Aeropuerto to Estación Tren Maya Cancún Aeropuerto
31h 17m$9,590–32,785
Birmingham Airport (BHX) to Cancún International Airport (CUN) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Cardiff to Cancún is to train and fly which costs $5000 - $19000 and takes 17h 4m.
The fastest way to get from Cardiff to Cancún is to train and fly which takes 16h 8m and costs $5500 - $20000.
The distance between Cardiff and Cancún is 8040 km.
It takes approximately 16h 8m to get from Cardiff to Cancún, including transfers.
Cancún is 5h behind Cardiff. It is currently 11:00 PM in Cardiff and 6:00 PM in Cancún.
There are 1986+ hotels available in Cancún.
What companies run services between Cardiff, Wales and Cancún, Mexico?
KLM, TUI Airlines Netherlands, and two other airlines fly from Cardiff Airport (CWL) to Cancún International Airport (CUN) 5 times a week.
- Website
- tui.co.uk
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Cancún International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 40m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $4,700–17,000
Flights from Bristol Airport to Cancún International Airport via Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 40m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $4,700–17,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Cancún International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $4,600–17,000
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Cancún International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $4,800–18,000
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Cancún International Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 37m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $5,500–24,000
Flights from Bristol Airport to Cancún International Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $5,500–22,000
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Cancún International Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 50m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $9,000–37,000
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Cancún International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 37m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $4,700–17,000
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Tulum International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 25m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $11,000–45,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Tulum International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 25h
- When
- Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $7,500–27,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Tulum International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $7,500–27,000
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Cancún International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $8,000–30,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Cancún International Airport via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 47m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $4,600–17,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Tulum International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $7,500–27,000
- Website
- westjet.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Cancún International Airport via Edinburgh, Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 57m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $5,500–21,000
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Tulum International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 31h
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $11,000–45,000
- Website
- virginatlantic.com
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Cancún International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $8,000–30,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Cancún International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 55m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $5,000–20,000
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Cancún International Airport via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 47m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $4,600–17,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Tulum International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $7,500–27,000
- Website
- united.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Tulum International Airport via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $7,000–27,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Tulum International Airport via Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $8,000–29,000
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Tulum International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $8,000–30,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Tulum International Airport via Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 11m
- When
- Friday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $7,000–27,000
- Website
- jetblue.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Tulum International Airport via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $7,000–27,000
- Website
- tui.nl
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Cancún International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 35m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $11,000–26,000
- Website
- flyporter.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Cancún International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 15m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $6,000–18,000
- Website
- airtransat.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Cancún International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 30m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $6,000–18,000
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Cancún International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $4,800–21,000
Train from Cardiff Central to Birmingham New Street
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $700–2,200
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $650–1,200
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Standard
- $650–950
- 1st Class
- $850–1,200
- Phone
- +44 3457 000 125
- gwr.feedback@gwr.com
- Website
- gwr.com
Train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $300–650
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Cardiff Central to Reading
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $800–2,300
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Reading to Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $600–1,000
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Cardiff Central to London Paddington
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 52m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $1,100–2,700
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
- Phone
- 03333 211 202
- Website
- tfw.wales
Train from Cardiff Central to Wilmslow
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $800–2,900
- Website
- https://tfw.wales/
- trenmaya1@sedena.gob.mx
- Website
- trenmaya.gob.mx
Train from Estación Tren Maya Tulum Aeropuerto to Estación Tren Maya Cancún Aeropuerto
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 6m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $240–1,200
- Website
- https://reservas.ventaboletostrenmaya.com.mx/web/portal/inicio
- Special Tourist (INAPAM)
- $240–300
- Local Tourist
- $310–370
- National Tourist
- $460–550
- International Tourist
- $600–750
- National Premier
- $700–900
- International Premier
- $950–1,200
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