There are 9 ways to get from Cardiff to Kuopio by plane, train, bus, car, car train, or car ferry
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly from Cardiff Airport
best- Fly from Cardiff Airport (CWL) to Kuopio (KUO)CWL - KUO
16h 26m€160–763Train to Bristol Airport, fly
cheapest- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meads
- Fly from Bristol Airport (BRS) to Kuopio (KUO)BRS - KUO
11h 52m€97–277Train, bus via Berlin
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to London Paddington
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof
- Take the bus from Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof to Tallinn, Harbour Terminal D
- Take the bus from Tallinn to Helsinki
- Take the train from Helsinki Central Station to Kuopio
2d 4hDrive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Cardiff to Folkestone
- Take the car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthun
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Kuopio
38h 29mTrain to London Heathrow Airport, fly
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to London Paddington
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Kuopio (KUO)LHR - KUO
10h 20m€200–449Train to Manchester Airport, fly
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Wilmslow
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Kuopio (KUO)MAN - KUO
12h 21m€196–459Train, bus
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to London Paddington
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Rotterdam Centraal
- Take the bus from Rotterdam Centraal to Panevėžys Bus Station
- Take the bus from Panevezys, Bus Station to Jyvaskyla, Transport Center
- Take the train from Jyväskylä to Kuopio
2d 12h€499–1,007Bus
- Take the bus from Kingsway GD to London Victoria
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Warsaw Bus Station West
- Take the bus from Warsaw, Bus Station West to Jyvaskyla, Transport Center
- Take the bus from Jyvaskyla, Transport Center to Kuopio, Bus Station
2d 13h€442–744Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Cardiff to Port of Dover
- Take the car ferry from Port of Dover to Calais
- Drive from Calais to Kuopio
39h 37m€649–988
Cardiff to Kuopio by bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Cardiff to Kuopio is to train and fly which costs €95 - €280 and takes 11h 52m.
The fastest way to get from Cardiff to Kuopio is to train and fly which takes 10h 20m and costs €200 - €450.
No, there is no direct bus from Cardiff to Kuopio station. However, there are services departing from Kingsway GD and arriving at Kuopio, Bus Station via London Victoria, Warsaw, Bus Station West and Jyvaskyla, Transport Center. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 13h.
The distance between Cardiff and Kuopio is 2280 km.
The best way to get from Cardiff to Kuopio without a car is to train and bus via Berlin which takes 2 days 4h and costs .
It takes approximately 16h 26m to get from Cardiff to Kuopio, including transfers.
Cardiff to Kuopio bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Kingsway GD station.
The best way to get from Cardiff to Kuopio is to fly which takes 16h 26m and costs €160 - €800. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €440 - €750 and takes 2 days 13h.
Cardiff to Kuopio bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at London Victoria station.
Kuopio is 2h ahead of Cardiff. It is currently 1:05 PM in Cardiff and 3:05 PM in Kuopio.
What companies run services between Cardiff, Wales and Kuopio, Finland?
KLM, Finnair, and four other airlines fly from Cardiff Airport (CWL) to Kuopio (KUO) 4 times a day. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Kingsway GD to Kuopio, Bus Station via London Victoria, Warsaw, Bus Station West, and Jyvaskyla, Transport Center in around 2d 13h.
- Website
- finnair.com
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Kuopio via Malaga, Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €440–950
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Kuopio via Amsterdam Schiphol, Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €150–750
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Kuopio via Dublin, Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 15m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €270–650
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Kuopio via Edinburgh, Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €260–650
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Kuopio via Belfast City, Manchester Airport, Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €280–650
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Kuopio via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €140–310
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Kuopio via Stockholm, Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–550
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Kuopio via Oslo, Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–550
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Kuopio via Copenhagen, Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–550
Flights from Manchester Airport to Kuopio via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €130–330
Flights from Bristol Airport to Kuopio via Dublin, Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €150–350
Flights from Bristol Airport to Kuopio via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 57m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €150–350
Flights from Bristol Airport to Kuopio via Amsterdam Schiphol, Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–420
Flights from Bristol Airport to Kuopio via Berlin Brandenburg, Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 55m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €140–350
Flights from Bristol Airport to Kuopio via Copenhagen, Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €70–230
Flights from Bristol Airport to Kuopio via Edinburgh, Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 50m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €140–350
- Phone
- +44 3457 000 125
- gwr.feedback@gwr.com
- Website
- gwr.com
Train from Cardiff Central to London Paddington
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €40–100
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €14–30
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
- Phone
- +358 0100 3232
- Website
- vr.fi
Train from Helsinki Central Station to Kuopio
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €19–70
- Website
- https://www.vr.fi/en/
Train from Jyväskylä to Kuopio
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 53m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €19–35
- Website
- https://www.vr.fi/en/
- 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
- Phone
- 03333 211 202
- Website
- tfw.wales
Train from Cardiff Central to Wilmslow
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €55–120
- Website
- https://tfw.wales/
Train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €10–22
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Rotterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 28m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €80–350
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from London Victoria to Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 55m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €65–160
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof to Tallinn, Harbour Terminal D
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €60–140
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Panevezys, Bus Station to Jyvaskyla, Transport Center
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €300–420
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Kingsway GD to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €8–24
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from London Victoria to Warsaw Bus Station West
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €75–200
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Warsaw, Bus Station West to Jyvaskyla, Transport Center
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €350–490
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Jyvaskyla, Transport Center to Kuopio, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €9
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +371 67 214 512
- info@ecolines.lv
- Website
- ecolines.net
Bus from Rotterdam Centraal to Panevėžys Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 45m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €55–100
- Website
- https://ecolines.net/
- Phone
- +358 0600 02010
- info@onnibus.com
- Website
- onnibus.com
Bus from Jyvaskyla, Transport Center to Kuopio, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €10–14
- Website
- https://www.onnibus.com/home
- Phone
- (014) 552 551
- mail@koivuranta.fi
- Website
- koivuranta.fi
Bus from Jyvaskyla, Transport Center to Kuopio, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €21–30
- Schedules at
- koivuranta.fi
- 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
- €35–45
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
- Car
- €75–190
- On Foot
- €35–45
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