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 3m£231–792Fly 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 31m£435–1,069Fly 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 39m£281–891Fly 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 Temple Meadstrain
- Take the train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Centraltrain
20h 28m£362–1,214Fly 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
16h 42m£290–927Fly 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
20h 12m£471–1,734Fly to Cardiff Airport
- Fly from Raleigh-Durham International Airport (RDU) to Cardiff Airport (CWL)plane RDU - CWL
16h 6m£420–1,513
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 £230 - £800 and takes 15h 3m.
The fastest way to get from Durham to Cardiff is to fly and train which takes 13h 31m and costs £430 - £1,100.
The distance between Durham and Cardiff is 3856 miles.
It takes approximately 15h 3m to get from Durham to Cardiff, including transfers.
Cardiff is 5h ahead of Durham. It is currently 7:58 PM in Durham and 12:58 AM in Cardiff.
There are 1703+ hotels available in Cardiff.
What companies run services between Durham, NC, USA and Cardiff, Wales?
Air Canada, WestJet, and three other airlines fly from Raleigh-Durham International Airport (RDU) to Cardiff Airport (CWL) 3 times a day.
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Bristol Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 13h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £280–1,100
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Bristol Airport via Boston, Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £280–1,100
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Bristol Airport via Philadelphia, Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £280–1,100
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Bristol Airport via Washington Dulles, Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £280–1,100
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
- £340–1,300
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Birmingham Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £290–1,200
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Birmingham Airport via Boston, Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £290–1,200
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Exeter via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £460–1,800
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Exeter via Philadelphia, Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £310–1,800
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Liverpool via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 11h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £340–1,300
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Liverpool via Philadelphia, Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £220–1,300
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Southampton Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £400–1,600
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Southampton Airport via Hartford, Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 29m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £400–1,600
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Bristol Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £210–750
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Bristol Airport via Reykjavik Keflavik Nas
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 35m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £240–900
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Liverpool via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £260–900
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Liverpool via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 5m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £340–1,300
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Cardiff Airport via Boston, Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £450–1,800
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £230–800
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
- £340–1,300
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £250–900
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Birmingham Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £220–800
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £300–1,100
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Birmingham Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 13h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £270–1,000
- Website
- westjet.com
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Cardiff Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 18h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £410–1,500
- Website
- icelandair.com
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Reykjavik Keflavik Nas
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £300–900
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 7000 125
- gwr.feedback@gwr.com
- Website
- gwr.com
Train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £16–35
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from London Paddington to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 58m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £60–130
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Exeter St Davids to Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £30–70
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Reading to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 33m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £45–95
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
- Phone
- 03333 211 202
- Website
- tfw.wales
Train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £15–26
- Website
- https://tfw.wales/
Train from Crewe to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 32m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £55–95
- Website
- https://tfw.wales/
- Phone
- +44 3447 369 123
- customer.relations@crosscountrytrains.co.uk
- Website
- crosscountrytrains.co.uk
Train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £19–28
- 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 Exeter St Davids to Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £35–55
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Southampton Airport Parkway to Reading
- Ave. Duration
- 43 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £22–35
- 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
- £10–25
- Website
- https://www.westmidlandsrailway.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 (0)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/
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