There are 7 ways to get from Durham to Cardiff by plane or train
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Fly to Bristol Airport, train
best- Fly from Raleigh-Durham International Airport (RDU) to Bristol Airport (BRS)plane RDU - BRS
- Take the train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Centraltrain
15h 20m£188–740Fly to London Heathrow Airport, train
- Fly from Raleigh-Durham International Airport (RDU) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR)plane RDU - LHR
- Take the train from London Paddington to Cardiff Centraltrain
13h 46m£340–1,007Fly to Birmingham Airport, train
- Fly from Raleigh-Durham International Airport (RDU) to Birmingham Airport (BHX)plane RDU - BHX
- Take the train from Birmingham New Street to Cardiff Centraltrain
16h 8m£297–519Fly to Liverpool, train
- Fly from Raleigh-Durham International Airport (RDU) to Liverpool (LPL)plane RDU - LPL
- Take the train from Liverpool South Parkway to Crewetrain
- Take the train from Crewe to Cardiff Centraltrain
18h 12m£243–871Fly to Southampton Airport, train
- Fly from Raleigh-Durham International Airport (RDU) to Southampton Airport (SOU)plane RDU - SOU
- Take the train from Southampton Airport Parkway to Readingtrain
- Take the train from Reading to Cardiff Centraltrain
19h 10m£307–1,122Fly to Exeter, train
- Fly from Raleigh-Durham International Airport (RDU) to Exeter (EXT)plane RDU - EXT
- Take the train from Exeter St Davids to Bristol Parkwaytrain
- Take the train from Bristol Parkway to Cardiff Centraltrain
17h 29m£402–1,605Fly to Cardiff Airport
- Fly from Raleigh-Durham International Airport (RDU) to Cardiff Airport (CWL)plane RDU - CWL
18h 59m£246–1,011
Raleigh-Durham International Airport (RDU) to Bristol Airport (BRS) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Durham to Cardiff is to fly and train which costs £290 - £550 and takes 16h 8m.
The fastest way to get from Durham to Cardiff is to fly and train which takes 13h 46m and costs £340 - £1,100.
The distance between Durham and Cardiff is 3856 miles.
It takes approximately 15h 20m to get from Durham to Cardiff, including transfers.
Cardiff is 4h ahead of Durham. It is currently 3:26 AM in Durham and 7:26 AM in Cardiff.
There are 1676+ hotels available in Cardiff.
What companies run services between Durham, NC, USA and Cardiff, Wales?
Air Canada, WestJet, and five other airlines fly from Raleigh-Durham International Airport (RDU) to Cardiff Airport (CWL) 4 times a day.
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Bristol Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £190–850
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Bristol Airport via Philadelphia, Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 59m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- £190–850
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Bristol Airport via Boston, Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £190–850
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Bristol Airport via Washington Dulles, Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 38m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £190–850
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £170–750
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £380–900
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Birmingham Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £190–850
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Birmingham Airport via Boston, Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £190–850
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Liverpool via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £230–1,000
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Liverpool via Boston, Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £230–1,000
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Liverpool via Philadelphia, Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £180–750
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Southampton Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 10m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £290–1,300
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Southampton Airport via London Heathrow Airport, Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £240–1,000
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Southampton Airport via Dublin, Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £290–1,300
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Southampton Airport via Hartford, Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £290–1,300
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Southampton Airport via Toronto, Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 10m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- £240–1,000
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Exeter via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £350–1,500
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Exeter via Dublin, Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £360–1,600
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Exeter via Boston, Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £350–1,500
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Bristol Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £190–850
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Bristol Airport via Boston, Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £190–850
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Bristol Airport via Philadelphia, Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 59m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- £190–850
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Bristol Airport via Washington Dulles, Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 38m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £190–850
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £380–900
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Birmingham Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £190–850
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Birmingham Airport via Boston, Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £190–850
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Liverpool via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £230–1,000
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Liverpool via Boston, Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £230–1,000
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Liverpool via Philadelphia, Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £180–750
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Southampton Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 10m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £290–1,300
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Southampton Airport via Hartford, Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £290–1,300
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Exeter via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £350–1,500
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Exeter via Boston, Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £350–1,500
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Liverpool via Washington Dulles, Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 28m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £180–750
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Liverpool via Boston, Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 47m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £180–750
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Cardiff Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £310–1,400
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Cardiff Airport via Washington Dulles, Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 33m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £240–1,000
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Cardiff Airport via Boston, Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 20m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- £240–1,000
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Cardiff Airport via Philadelphia, Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £240–1,000
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £190–800
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Birmingham Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 2m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £170–700
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Bristol Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 25m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £170–700
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Liverpool via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £200–850
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £170–750
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £380–900
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £230–1,000
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Birmingham Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 25m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £240–340
- Website
- icelandair.com
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Reykjavik Keflavik Nas
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £310–800
- Website
- loganair.co.uk
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Southampton Airport via Toronto, Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 10m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- £240–1,000
- Website
- westjet.com
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Cardiff Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £320–1,400
- Phone
- +44 3457 000 125
- gwr.feedback@gwr.com
- Website
- gwr.com
Train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £16–35
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from London Paddington to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £60–120
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Reading to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £45–90
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Exeter St Davids to Bristol Parkway
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- £35–70
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Bristol Parkway to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 33 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £14–28
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £19–27
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Birmingham New Street to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £55–80
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Southampton Airport Parkway to Reading
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £22–30
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Exeter St Davids to Bristol Parkway
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £40–60
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Bristol Parkway to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 43 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- £17–24
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 333 311 0039
- contact.wmr@wmtrains.co.uk
- Website
- westmidlandsrailway.co.uk
Train from Liverpool South Parkway to Crewe
- Ave. Duration
- 34 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £10–26
- Website
- https://www.westmidlandsrailway.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 345 528 0253
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
Train from Liverpool South Parkway to Crewe
- Ave. Duration
- 27 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £10–18
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
- Phone
- 03333 211 202
- Website
- tfw.wales
Train from Crewe to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 32m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £50–90
- Website
- https://tfw.wales/
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