There are 7 ways to get from Dubai to Cardiff by plane or train
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Fly to Cardiff Airport
best- Fly from Dubai International Airport (DXB) to Cardiff Airport (CWL)plane DXB - CWL
14h 8m£235–398Fly to Bristol Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Dubai International Airport (DXB) to Bristol Airport (BRS)plane DXB - BRS
- Take the train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Centraltrain
12h 41m£146–255Fly 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 55m£226–706Fly 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
13h 28m£191–508Fly 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
13h 24m£201–476Fly 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
13h 59m£217–686Fly 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 2m£178–446
Dubai International Airport (DXB) to Cardiff Airport (CWL) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Dubai to Cardiff is to fly and train which costs £140 - £260 and takes 12h 41m.
The fastest way to get from Dubai to Cardiff is to fly and train which takes 12h 41m and costs £140 - £260.
The distance between Dubai and Cardiff is 3582 miles.
It takes approximately 14h 8m to get from Dubai to Cardiff, including transfers.
Cardiff is 4h behind Dubai. It is currently 7:23 AM in Dubai and 3:23 AM in Cardiff.
There are 1583+ hotels available in Cardiff.
What companies run services between Dubai, United Arab Emirates and Cardiff, Wales?
KLM, Emirates, and Ryanair fly from Dubai International Airport (DXB) to Cardiff Airport (CWL) 3 times a day.
- Website
- emirates.com
Flights from Dubai International Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £160–650
Flights from Dubai International Airport to Birmingham Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £140–600
Flights from Dubai International Airport to London Stansted Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £130–600
Flights from Dubai International Airport to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £140–600
Flights from Dubai International Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £140–600
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Dubai International Airport to Bristol Airport via Tivat
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 35m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £180–550
Flights from Dubai International Airport to Bristol Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- When
- Thursday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- £140–600
Flights from Dubai International Airport to Bristol Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 55m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- £110–600
Flights from Dubai International Airport to Bristol Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 45m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £140–600
Flights from Dubai International Airport to Bristol Airport via Salzburg
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £180–550
Flights from Dubai International Airport to Bristol Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £130–450
Flights from Dubai International Airport to Bristol Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 25m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £130–550
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Dubai International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £200–380
Flights from Dubai International Airport to Birmingham Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £130–550
Flights from Dubai International Airport to Birmingham Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £130–550
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Dubai International Airport to Cardiff Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £170–900
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Dubai International Airport to Cardiff Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 7m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £230–950
Flights from Dubai International Airport to Bristol Airport via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 40m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £120–390
- Website
- virginatlantic.com
Flights from Dubai International Airport to Cardiff Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £220–900
Flights from Dubai International Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £130–550
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Dubai International Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £140–600
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Dubai International Airport to Birmingham Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 20m
- When
- Monday and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £130–450
Flights from Dubai International Airport to Bristol Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 35m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £140–600
- Website
- flyroyalbrunei.com
Flights from Dubai International Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £130–420
- Website
- flyedelweiss.com
Flights from Dubai International Airport to Bristol Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 35m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £140–600
- Phone
- +44 3457 000 125
- gwr.feedback@gwr.com
- Website
- gwr.com
Train from London Paddington to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 52m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £35–110
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Gatwick Airport to Reading
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £26–40
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Reading to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £30–95
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £18–24
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Birmingham New Street to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £19–90
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £5–20
- 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
- £35–120
- Website
- https://tfw.wales/
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