There are 7 ways to get from Dubai to Cardiff by plane or train
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Fly to Bristol Airport, train
best- Fly from Dubai International Airport (DXB) to Bristol Airport (BRS)plane DXB - BRS
- Take the train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Centraltrain
14h 20m£159–269Fly to Cardiff Airport
- Fly from Dubai International Airport (DXB) to Cardiff Airport (CWL)plane DXB - CWL
15h 25m£187–810Fly to London Heathrow Airport, train
- Fly from Dubai International Airport (DXB) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR)plane DXB - LHR
- Take the train from London Paddington to Cardiff Centraltrain
12h 50m£261–646Fly to Birmingham Airport, train
- Fly from Dubai International Airport (DXB) to Birmingham Airport (BHX)plane DXB - BHX
- Take the train from Birmingham New Street to Cardiff Centraltrain
14h 39m£238–693Fly to London Gatwick Airport, train
- Fly from Dubai International Airport (DXB) to London Gatwick Airport (LGW)plane DXB - LGW
- Take the train from Gatwick Airport to Readingtrain
- Take the train from Reading to Cardiff Centraltrain
14h 46m£228–686Fly to London Stansted Airport, train
- Fly from Dubai International Airport (DXB) to London Stansted Airport (STN)plane DXB - STN
- Take the train from London Paddington to Cardiff Centraltrain
14h 35m£212–563Fly to Manchester Airport, train
- Fly from Dubai International Airport (DXB) to Manchester Airport (MAN)plane DXB - MAN
- Take the train from Wilmslow to Cardiff Centraltrain
15h 58m£212–554
Dubai International Airport (DXB) to Bristol Airport (BRS) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Dubai to Cardiff is to fly and train which costs £150 - £270 and takes 14h 20m.
The fastest way to get from Dubai to Cardiff is to fly and train which takes 12h 50m and costs £260 - £650.
The distance between Dubai and Cardiff is 3587 miles.
It takes approximately 14h 20m to get from Dubai to Cardiff, including transfers.
Cardiff is 3h behind Dubai. It is currently 5:16 AM in Dubai and 2:16 AM in Cardiff.
There are 844+ hotels available in Cardiff.
What companies run services between Dubai, United Arab Emirates and Cardiff, Wales?
KLM and Emirates fly from Dubai International Airport (DXB) to Cardiff Airport (CWL) once daily.
- Website
- emirates.com
Flights from Dubai International Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £140–550
Flights from Dubai International Airport to Birmingham Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £120–460
Flights from Dubai International Airport to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £120–450
Flights from Dubai International Airport to London Stansted Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £120–440
Flights from Dubai International Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £120–470
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Dubai International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 43m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £130–600
Flights from Dubai International Airport to Birmingham Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £120–550
Flights from Dubai International Airport to Birmingham Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £120–550
Flights from Dubai International Airport to London Stansted Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £110–490
Flights from Dubai International Airport to Manchester Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £120–550
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Dubai International Airport to Bristol Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £110–470
Flights from Dubai International Airport to Cardiff Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £180–800
Flights from Dubai International Airport to Birmingham Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 37m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £110–460
Flights from Dubai International Airport to London Gatwick Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £110–460
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Dubai International Airport to Bristol Airport via Salzburg
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £160–420
Flights from Dubai International Airport to Bristol Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 11h
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £130–470
Flights from Dubai International Airport to Bristol Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £120–460
Flights from Dubai International Airport to Bristol Airport via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £130–470
Flights from Dubai International Airport to Bristol Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £120–460
Flights from Dubai International Airport to Bristol Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £120–460
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Dubai International Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £140–550
Flights from Dubai International Airport to Manchester Airport via London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 36m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £130–470
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Dubai International Airport to Cardiff Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £180–800
Flights from Dubai International Airport to London Gatwick Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £110–460
- Website
- virginatlantic.com
Flights from Dubai International Airport to Cardiff Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £200–750
Flights from Dubai International Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £120–550
- Website
- flyroyalbrunei.com
Flights from Dubai International Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £120–550
- Phone
- +44 3457 000 125
- gwr.feedback@gwr.com
- Website
- gwr.com
Train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £16–35
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from London Paddington to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 48m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £60–120
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Gatwick Airport to Reading
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £22–45
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Reading to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £45–90
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £20–29
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Birmingham New Street to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £55–85
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- 03333 211 202
- Website
- tfw.wales
Train from Wilmslow to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £60–110
- Website
- https://tfw.wales/
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