There are 7 ways to get from Cardiff to Chiang Mai by plane, train, or bus
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Fly Cardiff Airport to Chiang Mai International Airport
best- Fly from Cardiff Airport (CWL) to Chiang Mai International Airport (CNX)CWL - CNX
21h 4m฿20,200–75,201Train, train to London Gatwick Airport, fly to Chiang Mai International Airport
cheapest- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Reading
- Take the train from Reading to Gatwick Airport
- Fly from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Chiang Mai International Airport (CNX)LGW - CNX
19h 43m฿11,543–36,623Train to Bristol Airport, fly to Chiang Mai International Airport
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meads
- Fly from Bristol Airport (BRS) to Chiang Mai International Airport (CNX)BRS - CNX
20h 19m฿20,026–45,412Train to London Heathrow Airport, fly to Chiang Mai International Airport
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to London Paddington
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Chiang Mai International Airport (CNX)LHR - CNX
18h 7m฿13,364–36,807Train to Birmingham Airport, fly to Chiang Mai International Airport
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Birmingham New Street
- Fly from Birmingham Airport (BHX) to Chiang Mai International Airport (CNX)BHX - CNX
21h 8m฿14,365–50,160Train to London Heathrow Airport, fly to Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport, bus
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to London Paddington
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport (CEI)LHR - CEI
- Take the bus from Chiang Rai to Chiang Mai
22h 34m฿19,714–36,587Train, train to Exeter, fly to Chiang Mai International Airport
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meads
- Take the train from Bristol Temple Meads to Exeter St Davids
- Fly from Exeter (EXT) to Chiang Mai International Airport (CNX)EXT - CNX
25h 43m฿22,077–79,033
Cardiff Airport (CWL) to Chiang Mai International Airport (CNX) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Cardiff to Chiang Mai is to train and fly which costs ฿11000 - ฿37000 and takes 19h 43m.
The fastest way to get from Cardiff to Chiang Mai is to train and fly which takes 18h 7m and costs ฿13000 - ฿37000.
The distance between Cardiff and Chiang Mai is 9227 km.
It takes approximately 21h 4m to get from Cardiff to Chiang Mai, including transfers.
Chiang Mai is 7h ahead of Cardiff. It is currently 3:35 AM in Cardiff and 10:35 AM in Chiang Mai.
There are 3240+ hotels available in Chiang Mai.
What companies run services between Cardiff, Wales and Chiang Mai, Thailand?
KLM and Bangkok Airways fly from Cardiff Airport (CWL) to Chiang Mai International Airport (CNX) 3 times a week.
- Website
- thaiairways.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Chiang Mai International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 40m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ฿15,000–43,000
Flights from Bristol Airport to Chiang Mai International Airport via Zurich, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- ฿15,000–43,000
Flights from Bristol Airport to Chiang Mai International Airport via Copenhagen, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ฿15,000–43,000
Flights from Bristol Airport to Chiang Mai International Airport via Istanbul, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ฿15,000–44,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Chiang Mai International Airport via Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿14,000–45,000
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Chiang Mai International Airport via Zurich, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 45m
- When
- Monday to Wednesday
- Estimated price
- ฿16,000–46,000
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Chiang Mai International Airport via Frankfurt, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿16,000–45,000
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Chiang Mai International Airport via Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ฿13,000–35,000
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Chiang Mai International Airport via Ashgabat, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- ฿13,000–46,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport via Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿14,000–43,000
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Chiang Mai International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ฿20,000–75,000
Flights from Bristol Airport to Chiang Mai International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 19h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿12,000–44,000
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Chiang Mai International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 51m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿13,000–46,000
Flights from Exeter to Chiang Mai International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 40m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ฿21,000–75,000
- Website
- airchina.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Chiang Mai International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿10,000–22,000
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Chiang Mai International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 15m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ฿11,000–35,000
- Website
- vietjetair.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Chiang Mai International Airport via Phuket
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 35m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ฿15,000–55,000
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Chiang Mai International Airport via Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- ฿12,000–60,000
- Website
- etihad.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Chiang Mai International Airport via Abu Dhabi
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ฿12,000–37,000
- Website
- ch.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Chiang Mai International Airport via Xi An
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- ฿15,000–37,000
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Chiang Mai International Airport via Zurich, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 45m
- When
- Monday to Wednesday
- Estimated price
- ฿13,000–41,000
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Chiang Mai International Airport via Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ฿12,000–60,000
- Website
- csair.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Chiang Mai International Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 55m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ฿12,000–44,000
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport via Munich, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿13,000–55,000
- 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
- ฿600–1,100
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Cardiff Central to London Paddington
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 52m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ฿1,900–4,700
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Cardiff Central to Reading
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ฿1,400–4,000
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Reading to Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ฿1,100–1,700
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Bristol Temple Meads to Exeter St Davids
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ฿1,680–1,740
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- ฿1,100–2,100
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Standard
- ฿1,100–1,600
- 1st Class
- ฿1,400–2,100
Train from Cardiff Central to Birmingham New Street
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ฿1,200–3,900
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Bristol Temple Meads to Exeter St Davids
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ฿290–1,700
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- +66 5326 6480
- servicecenter@greenbusthailand.com
- Website
- greenbusthailand.com
Bus from Chiang Rai to Chiang Mai
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ฿200–600
- Book at
- https://12go.asia/en/operator/greenbus
- Website
- https://www.greenbusthailand.com/website/
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