There are 8 ways to get from Melbourne to Cardiff by plane or train
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Fly to Birmingham Airport, train
best- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Birmingham Airport (BHX)plane MEL - BHX
- Take the train from Birmingham New Street to Cardiff Centraltrain
28h 56m£542–1,902Fly to London Heathrow Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR)plane MEL - LHR
- Take the train from London Paddington to Cardiff Centraltrain
28h 27m£385–1,470Fly to London Gatwick Airport, train
- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to London Gatwick Airport (LGW)plane MEL - LGW
- Take the train from Gatwick Airport to Readingtrain
- Take the train from Reading to Cardiff Centraltrain
29h 48m£432–1,550Fly to London Stansted Airport, train
- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to London Stansted Airport (STN)plane MEL - STN
- Take the train from London Paddington to Cardiff Centraltrain
29h 6m£526–976Fly to Manchester Airport, train
- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Manchester Airport (MAN)plane MEL - MAN
- Take the train from Wilmslow to Cardiff Centraltrain
30h 21m£481–2,028Fly to Cardiff Airport
- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Cardiff Airport (CWL)plane MEL - CWL
32h 9m£501–1,124Fly to Bristol Airport, train
- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Bristol Airport (BRS)plane MEL - BRS
- Take the train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Centraltrain
31h 31m£480–709Fly to Edinburgh Airport, train
- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane MEL - EDI
- Take the train from Haymarket to Crewetrain
- Take the train from Crewe to Cardiff Centraltrain
33h 31m£620–2,055
Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Birmingham Airport (BHX) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Melbourne to Cardiff is to fly and train which costs £380 - £1,500 and takes 28h 27m.
The fastest way to get from Melbourne to Cardiff is to fly and train which takes 28h 27m and costs £380 - £1,500.
The distance between Melbourne and Cardiff is 10729 miles.
It takes approximately 28h 56m to get from Melbourne to Cardiff, including transfers.
Cardiff is 9h behind Melbourne. It is currently 10:08 PM in Melbourne and 1:08 PM in Cardiff.
There are 853+ hotels available in Cardiff.
What companies run services between Melbourne, VIC, Australia and Cardiff, Wales?
Emirates, KLM, and four other airlines fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Cardiff Airport (CWL) every 4 hours.
- Website
- emirates.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Birmingham Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £420–1,200
Flights from Melbourne Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £600–900
Flights from Melbourne Airport to London Gatwick Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £410–1,100
Flights from Melbourne Airport to London Stansted Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 23h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £390–1,100
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Manchester Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £420–1,200
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £420–1,200
- Website
- qatarairways.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Birmingham Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £380–1,100
Flights from Melbourne Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £460–650
Flights from Melbourne Airport to London Gatwick Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £370–1,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Manchester Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £380–1,100
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £380–1,000
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Cardiff Airport via Dubai, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £650–1,800
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Cardiff Airport via Doha, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £600–1,700
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Cardiff Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £340–2,500
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Cardiff Airport via Abu Dhabi, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £480–1,100
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Cardiff Airport via Suvarnabhumi, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 36h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £700–2,400
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Bristol Airport via Abu Dhabi, Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £300–700
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Bristol Airport via Doha, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 28h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £380–1,100
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Bristol Airport via Abu Dhabi, Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 55m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- £300–700
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Bristol Airport via Doha, Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £380–1,100
- Website
- airindia.in
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Birmingham Airport via Delhi
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £350–1,500
Flights from Melbourne Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Delhi
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £340–1,100
- Website
- etihad.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Abu Dhabi
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £410–750
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Manchester Airport via Abu Dhabi
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £410–750
- Website
- vietnamairlines.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Noi Bai International
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £360–1,600
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Bristol Airport via Abu Dhabi, Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 30m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £300–700
- Website
- flyedelweiss.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Bristol Airport via Doha, Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 30m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £380–1,100
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 Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £19–29
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 3457 000 125
- gwr.feedback@gwr.com
- Website
- gwr.com
Train from London Paddington to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 58m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £60–120
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Gatwick Airport to Reading
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £22–45
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Reading to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 33m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £45–90
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £16–35
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
- Phone
- 03333 211 202
- Website
- tfw.wales
Train from Wilmslow to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £55–110
- Website
- https://tfw.wales/
Train from Crewe to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 33m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £50–90
- Website
- https://tfw.wales/
- Phone
- +44 345 528 0253
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
Train from Haymarket to Crewe
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 3m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £85–140
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
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