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)DXB - CWL
14h£235–408Fly to Bristol Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Dubai International Airport (DXB) to Bristol Airport (BRS)DXB - BRS
- Take the train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Central
12h 41m£129–447Fly to London Heathrow Airport, train
- Fly from Dubai International Airport (DXB) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR)DXB - LHR
- Take the train from London Paddington to Cardiff Central
13h 1m£236–698Fly to Birmingham Airport, train
- Fly from Dubai International Airport (DXB) to Birmingham Airport (BHX)DXB - BHX
- Take the train from Birmingham New Street to Cardiff Central
13h 27m£189–448Fly to London Stansted Airport, train
- Fly from Dubai International Airport (DXB) to London Stansted Airport (STN)DXB - STN
- Take the train from London Paddington to Cardiff Central
13h 31m£211–436Fly to London Gatwick Airport, train
- Fly from Dubai International Airport (DXB) to London Gatwick Airport (LGW)DXB - LGW
- Take the train from Gatwick Airport to Reading
- Take the train from Reading to Cardiff Central
13h 56m£202–721Fly to Manchester Airport, train
- Fly from Dubai International Airport (DXB) to Manchester Airport (MAN)DXB - MAN
- Take the train from Wilmslow to Cardiff Central
14h 57m£208–436
Dubai International Airport (DXB) to Cardiff Airport (CWL) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Dubai to Cardiff is to fly which costs £230 - £410 and takes 14h.
The fastest way to get from Dubai to Cardiff is to fly and train which takes 12h 41m and costs £120 - £450.
The distance between Dubai and Cardiff is 3582 miles.
It takes approximately 14h to get from Dubai to Cardiff, including transfers.
Cardiff is 4h behind Dubai. It is currently 2:29 PM in Dubai and 10:29 AM in Cardiff.
There are 1563+ 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) 4 times a day.
- Website
- emirates.com
Flights from Dubai International Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £150–650
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
- £130–550
Flights from Dubai International Airport to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £130–600
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
- £170–550
Flights from Dubai International Airport to Bristol Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £110–600
Flights from Dubai International Airport to Bristol Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 57m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £140–600
Flights from Dubai International Airport to Bristol Airport via Salzburg
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £160–550
Flights from Dubai International Airport to Bristol Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 5m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £120–420
Flights from Dubai International Airport to Bristol Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 25m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £120–550
- 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
- £200–370
Flights from Dubai International Airport to Birmingham Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £120–550
Flights from Dubai International Airport to Birmingham Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 40m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £120–550
Flights from Dubai International Airport to Manchester Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 35m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £120–550
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Dubai International Airport to Cardiff Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £170–950
Flights from Dubai International Airport to Cardiff Airport via Hamburg, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £220–950
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Dubai International Airport to Cardiff Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 7m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £240–950
Flights from Dubai International Airport to Bristol Airport via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 50m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £140–600
- Website
- virginatlantic.com
Flights from Dubai International Airport to Cardiff Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £220–950
Flights from Dubai International Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £120–490
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Dubai International Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £140–550
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Dubai International Airport to Birmingham Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 20m
- When
- Monday to Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £120–420
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
- £120–370
- 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 59m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £45–120
- 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 24m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £35–130
- 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
- £25–90
- 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
- £8–26
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- 03333 211 202
- Website
- tfw.wales
Train from Wilmslow to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 53m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £45–110
- Website
- https://tfw.wales/
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