There are 8 ways to get from Cardiff to Mecca by train, plane, or bus
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Train to Birmingham Airport, fly to Jeddah, bus
best- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Birmingham New Streettrain
- Fly from Birmingham Airport (BHX) to Jeddah (JED)plane BHX - JED
- Take the bus from King Abdulaziz Airport to Jarwal Bus Stationbus
12h 31mSAR 948–3,165Train to Bristol Airport, fly to Jeddah, bus
cheapest- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meadstrain
- Fly from Bristol Airport (BRS) to Jeddah (JED)plane BRS - JED
- Take the bus from King Abdulaziz Airport to Jarwal Bus Stationbus
13h 45mSAR 797–2,305Train to London Heathrow Airport, fly to Jeddah, bus
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to London Paddingtontrain
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Jeddah (JED)plane LHR - JED
- Take the bus from King Abdulaziz Airport to Jarwal Bus Stationbus
12h 23mSAR 1,374–3,595Fly Cardiff Airport to Jeddah, bus
- Fly from Cardiff Airport (CWL) to Jeddah (JED)plane CWL - JED
- Take the bus from King Abdulaziz Airport to Jarwal Bus Stationbus
16h 20mSAR 1,131–3,877Train, train to London Gatwick Airport, fly to Jeddah, bus
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Readingtrain
- Take the train from Reading to Gatwick Airporttrain
- Fly from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Jeddah (JED)plane LGW - JED
- Take the bus from King Abdulaziz Airport to Jarwal Bus Stationbus
13h 48mSAR 1,054–2,499Train to Manchester Airport, fly to Jeddah, bus
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Wilmslowtrain
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Jeddah (JED)plane MAN - JED
- Take the bus from King Abdulaziz Airport to Jarwal Bus Stationbus
14h 16mSAR 1,008–18,658Train to London Heathrow Airport, fly to Taif Regional Airport, bus
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to London Paddingtontrain
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Taif Regional Airport (TIF)plane LHR - TIF
- Take the bus from Ta'if Bus Station to Makkah Bus Stnbus
16h 4mSAR 1,539–4,780Train, train to London Gatwick Airport, fly to Prince Mohammad Bin Abdulaziz Airport
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Readingtrain
- Take the train from Reading to Gatwick Airporttrain
- Fly from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Prince Mohammad Bin Abdulaziz Airport (MED)plane LGW - MED
- Take the train from Madinah to Makkahtrain
15h 2mSAR 1,198–2,948
Birmingham Airport (BHX) to Jeddah (JED) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Cardiff to Mecca is to train and fly and bus which costs 750﷼ - 2300﷼ and takes 13h 45m.
The fastest way to get from Cardiff to Mecca is to train and fly and bus which takes 12h 23m and costs 1300﷼ - 3600﷼.
The distance between Cardiff and Mecca is 5166 km.
It takes approximately 12h 31m to get from Cardiff to Mecca, including transfers.
Mecca is 2h ahead of Cardiff. It is currently 11:02 AM in Cardiff and 1:02 PM in Mecca.
There are 257+ hotels available in Mecca.
What companies run services between Cardiff, Wales and Mecca, Saudi Arabia?
There is no direct connection from Cardiff to Mecca. However, you can take the train to Birmingham New Street, take the train to Birmingham International, walk to Birmingham Airport (BHX) airport, fly to Jeddah (JED), take the taxi to King Abdulaziz Airport, then take the bus to Jarwal Bus Station. Alternatively, you can take the train to Bristol Temple Meads, walk to Temple Meads Stn, take the bus to Public Transport Interchange, walk to Bristol Airport (BRS) airport, fly to Jeddah (JED), take the taxi to King Abdulaziz Airport, then take the bus to Jarwal Bus Station.
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Jeddah via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- SAR 800–3,300
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Jeddah via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- SAR 900–3,500
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Jeddah via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- SAR 800–3,300
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Taif Regional Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- SAR 1,000–4,200
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Prince Mohammad Bin Abdulaziz Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- SAR 850–3,400
- Website
- saudia.com
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Jeddah
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- SAR 700–2,600
Flights from Bristol Airport to Jeddah via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 45m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- SAR 700–2,400
Flights from Bristol Airport to Jeddah via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- SAR 700–2,600
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Jeddah
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- SAR 750–2,900
Flights from Manchester Airport to Jeddah
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- SAR 700–2,700
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Taif Regional Airport via Riyadh
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- SAR 950–3,900
- Website
- egyptair.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Jeddah via Cairo
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- SAR 1,000–3,500
Flights from Manchester Airport to Jeddah via Cairo
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- SAR 950–3,300
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Taif Regional Airport via Cairo
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- SAR 1,200–4,100
- Website
- flypgs.com
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Jeddah via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- SAR 650–2,700
Flights from Bristol Airport to Jeddah via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 55m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- SAR 650–2,700
- Website
- flynas.com
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Jeddah via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- SAR 650–2,700
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Taif Regional Airport via Riyadh
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- SAR 1,000–3,800
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Jeddah via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 45m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- SAR 700–2,400
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Jeddah via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 20m
- When
- Tuesday to Thursday
- Estimated price
- SAR 750–2,400
Flights from Manchester Airport to Jeddah via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 55m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- SAR 800–2,500
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Jeddah
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- SAR 600–1,700
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Prince Mohammad Bin Abdulaziz Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- SAR 600–1,800
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Jeddah via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- SAR 600–2,100
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Jeddah via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- SAR 600–2,000
- Website
- ajet.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Jeddah via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 50m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- SAR 650–2,700
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Jeddah
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- SAR 850–2,800
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Jeddah via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 11h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- SAR 1,000–3,700
- Website
- rj.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Jeddah via Amman
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- SAR 800–2,600
- Website
- qatarairways.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Taif Regional Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- SAR 1,200–4,000
Train from Cardiff Central to Birmingham New Street
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- SAR 280–400
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- SAR 100–140
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- 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
- SAR 85–160
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Cardiff Central to London Paddington
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 58m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- SAR 320–600
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Cardiff Central to Reading
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- SAR 240–450
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Reading to Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- SAR 110–220
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
- Phone
- 03333 211 202
- Website
- tfw.wales
Train from Cardiff Central to Wilmslow
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- SAR 300–550
- Website
- https://tfw.wales/
- Phone
- 920000329
- customerservices@sar.com.sa
- Website
- sar.com.sa
Train from Madinah to Makkah
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- SAR 120–315
- Schedules at
- sar.hhr.sa
- Economy
- SAR 120–150
- Business
- SAR 200–280
- Phone
- + 966 920020590
- care@nwbus.sa
- Website
- nwbus.sa
Bus from King Abdulaziz Airport to Jarwal Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- SAR 40–60
- Schedules at
- nwbus.sa
Bus from Ta'if Bus Station to Makkah Bus Stn
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