There are 7 ways to get from Cardiff to Nairobi by train or plane
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Train to Bristol Airport, fly
best- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meadstrain
- Fly from Bristol Airport (BRS) to Nairobi (NBO)plane BRS - NBO
14h 53m$277–1,146Fly from Cardiff Airport
- Fly from Cardiff Airport (CWL) to Nairobi (NBO)plane CWL - NBO
15h 13m$509–1,712Train to London Heathrow Airport, fly
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to London Paddingtontrain
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Nairobi (NBO)plane LHR - NBO
13h 59m$520–1,102Train to Birmingham Airport, fly
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Birmingham New Streettrain
- Fly from Birmingham Airport (BHX) to Nairobi (NBO)plane BHX - NBO
15h 59m$489–1,716Train, train to London Gatwick Airport, fly
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Readingtrain
- Take the train from Reading to Gatwick Airporttrain
- Fly from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Nairobi (NBO)plane LGW - NBO
15h 6m$496–879Train to Manchester Airport, fly
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Wilmslowtrain
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Nairobi (NBO)plane MAN - NBO
17h 54m$563–790Train, train to Exeter, fly
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meadstrain
- Take the train from Bristol Temple Meads to Exeter St Davidstrain
- Fly from Exeter (EXT) to Nairobi (NBO)plane EXT - NBO
16h 56m$623–1,934
Bristol Airport (BRS) to Nairobi (NBO) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Cardiff to Nairobi is to train and fly which costs $480 - $1,800 and takes 15h 59m.
The fastest way to get from Cardiff to Nairobi is to train and fly which takes 13h 59m and costs $500 - $1,100.
The distance between Cardiff and Nairobi is 7049 km.
It takes approximately 14h 53m to get from Cardiff to Nairobi, including transfers.
Nairobi is 2h ahead of Cardiff. It is currently 8:49 AM in Cardiff and 10:49 AM in Nairobi.
There are 9312+ hotels available in Nairobi.
What companies run services between Cardiff, Wales and Nairobi, Kenya?
KLM and Kenya Airways fly from Cardiff Airport (CWL) to Nairobi (NBO) twice daily.
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Nairobi via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $250–1,200
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Nairobi via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–1,700
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Nairobi via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $260–1,200
Flights from Exeter to Nairobi via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $550–1,800
- Website
- kenya-airways.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Nairobi via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 20m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $350–1,200
Flights from Bristol Airport to Nairobi via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $350–1,200
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Nairobi via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–1,700
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $390–1,300
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Nairobi via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $360–1,200
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 55m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $360–1,200
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Nairobi via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 55m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $250–1,100
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Nairobi via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $250–1,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Nairobi via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $260–1,100
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $750–900
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Nairobi via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $350–1,100
Flights from Manchester Airport to Nairobi via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 20m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $350–1,100
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Nairobi via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $480–750
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Nairobi via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $300–1,200
Flights from Manchester Airport to Nairobi via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $300–1,200
- Website
- saudia.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Nairobi via Jeddah
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $440–800
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Nairobi via Jeddah
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $280–950
Flights from Manchester Airport to Nairobi via Jeddah
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $290–1,000
- Website
- rwandair.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Nairobi via Kigali
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $420–1,100
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Nairobi via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $350–1,100
Flights from Manchester Airport to Nairobi via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 20m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $350–1,100
- Website
- egyptair.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Nairobi via Cairo
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $330–750
Flights from Manchester Airport to Nairobi via Cairo
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $360–1,200
- Website
- ethiopianairlines.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Nairobi via Addis Ababa
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $450–1,500
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Nairobi via Addis Ababa
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $420–1,400
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Nairobi via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $270–1,200
Flights from Manchester Airport to Nairobi via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $280–1,200
- Website
- qatarairways.com
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Nairobi via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $350–1,100
Flights from Manchester Airport to Nairobi via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 20m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $350–1,100
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Nairobi via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 35m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $310–1,200
- 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
- $22–45
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Cardiff Central to London Paddington
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $85–160
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Cardiff Central to Reading
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $60–120
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Reading to Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $30–60
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Bristol Temple Meads to Exeter St Davids
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $45–85
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $26–40
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Cardiff Central to Birmingham New Street
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $75–110
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Bristol Temple Meads to Exeter St Davids
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $50–75
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- 03333 211 202
- Website
- tfw.wales
Train from Cardiff Central to Wilmslow
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $80–140
- Website
- https://tfw.wales/
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