There are 8 ways to get from Mecca to Cardiff by train, plane, car, car train, or car ferry
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Train, fly to Cardiff Airport
best- Take the train from Makkah to Jeddah Airport
- Fly from Jeddah (JED) to Cardiff Airport (CWL)JED - CWL
15h 19m£200–637Train, fly to Bristol Airport
cheapest- Take the train from Makkah to Jeddah Airport
- Fly from Jeddah (JED) to Bristol Airport (BRS)JED - BRS
- Take the train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Central
14h 5m£124–374Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Mecca to Calais-Fréthun
- Take the car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestone
- Drive from Folkestone to Cardiff
2d 15hTrain, fly to London Heathrow Airport
- Take the train from Makkah to Jeddah Airport
- Fly from Jeddah (JED) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR)JED - LHR
- Take the train from London Paddington to Cardiff Central
12h 27m£236–547Train, fly to Birmingham Airport
- Take the train from Makkah to Jeddah Airport
- Fly from Jeddah (JED) to Birmingham Airport (BHX)JED - BHX
- Take the train from Birmingham New Street to Cardiff Central
13h 3m£128–397Train, fly to London Gatwick Airport
- Take the train from Makkah to Jeddah Airport
- Fly from Jeddah (JED) to London Gatwick Airport (LGW)JED - LGW
- Take the train from Gatwick Airport to Reading
- Take the train from Reading to Cardiff Central
13h 22m£217–530Train, fly to Manchester Airport
- Take the train from Makkah to Jeddah Airport
- Fly from Jeddah (JED) to Manchester Airport (MAN)JED - MAN
- Take the train from Wilmslow to Cardiff Central
14h 29m£183–370Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Mecca to Calais
- Take the car ferry from Calais to Port of Dover
- Drive from Port of Dover to Cardiff
2d 16h£894–1,294
Jeddah (JED) to Cardiff Airport (CWL) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Mecca to Cardiff is to train and fly which costs £120 - £400 and takes 13h 3m.
The fastest way to get from Mecca to Cardiff is to train and fly which takes 12h 27m and costs £230 - £550.
The distance between Mecca and Cardiff is 3154 miles.
It takes approximately 15h 19m to get from Mecca to Cardiff, including transfers.
Cardiff is 3h behind Mecca. It is currently 11:19 PM in Mecca and 8:19 PM in Cardiff.
There are 1537+ hotels available in Cardiff.
What companies run services between Mecca, Saudi Arabia and Cardiff, Wales?
There is no direct connection from Mecca to Cardiff. However, you can take the train to Jeddah Airport, take the taxi to Jeddah (JED) airport, fly to Cardiff Airport (CWL), walk to Cardiff Airport, take the line 304 bus to Barry Hotel, walk to Barry, then take the train to Cardiff Central. Alternatively, you can take a vehicle from Mecca to Cardiff via Calais-Fréthun and Folkestone in around 2d 15h.
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- Website
- saudia.com
Flights from Jeddah to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £130–410
Flights from Jeddah to Birmingham Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £120–370
Flights from Jeddah to Birmingham Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 17m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £120–370
Flights from Jeddah to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £110–360
Flights from Jeddah to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £110–370
Flights from Jeddah to Manchester Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £110–370
Flights from Jeddah to Manchester Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £110–370
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Jeddah to Cardiff Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £180–600
Flights from Jeddah to Cardiff Airport via Cairo, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £220–700
Flights from Jeddah to Bristol Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £120–370
Flights from Jeddah to Birmingham Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £120–380
Flights from Jeddah to Manchester Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £110–370
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Jeddah to London Heathrow Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £130–420
Flights from Jeddah to Birmingham Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 17m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £120–370
Flights from Jeddah to Manchester Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £110–370
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Jeddah to Bristol Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- When
- Monday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £110–370
Flights from Jeddah to Bristol Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £110–370
Flights from Jeddah to Bristol Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 35m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- £110–370
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Jeddah to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £130–500
Flights from Jeddah to Manchester Airport via London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £110–460
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Jeddah to London Heathrow Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 25m
- When
- Monday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £190–350
Flights from Jeddah to London Gatwick Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 25m
- When
- Wednesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- £120–350
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Jeddah to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £170–360
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Jeddah to Bristol Airport via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 40m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £100–320
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Jeddah to Manchester Airport via Stuttgart
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 55m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £130–380
- Phone
- 920000329
- customerservices@sar.com.sa
- Website
- sar.com.sa
Train from Makkah to Jeddah Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £8–20
- Schedules at
- sar.hhr.sa
- Economy
- £8–10
- Business
- £9–13
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- Website
- leshuttle.com
Car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestone
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.leshuttle.com/uk-en
- Phone
- +44 3457 000 125
- gwr.feedback@gwr.com
- Website
- gwr.com
Train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £18–24
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from London Paddington to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 52m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £40–110
- 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
- £45–100
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £8–24
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Birmingham New Street to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £25–90
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- 03333 211 202
- Website
- tfw.wales
Train from Wilmslow to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 52m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £55–85
- Website
- https://tfw.wales/
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- info@irishferries.com
- Website
- irishferries.com
Car ferry from Calais to Port of Dover
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £30–40
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
- Car
- £65–170
- On Foot
- £30–40
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