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 44m£502–1,602Fly 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 13m£354–1,370Fly 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 24m£373–1,100Fly 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
28h 43m£485–1,277Fly to Manchester Airport, train
- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Manchester Airport (MAN)plane MEL - MAN
- Take the train from Wilmslow to Cardiff Centraltrain
29h 55m£446–1,928Fly to Cardiff Airport
- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Cardiff Airport (CWL)plane MEL - CWL
30h 20m£491–1,324Fly 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 42m£473–953Fly 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
34h 5m£585–2,060
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 £350 - £1,400 and takes 28h 13m.
The fastest way to get from Melbourne to Cardiff is to fly and train which takes 28h 13m and costs £350 - £1,400.
The distance between Melbourne and Cardiff is 10729 miles.
It takes approximately 28h 44m to get from Melbourne to Cardiff, including transfers.
Cardiff is 11h behind Melbourne. It is currently 1:22 AM in Melbourne and 2:22 PM in Cardiff.
There are 1636+ hotels available in Cardiff.
What companies run services between Melbourne, VIC, Australia and Cardiff, Wales?
Etihad, KLM, and five other airlines fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Cardiff Airport (CWL) 5 times a day.
- Website
- emirates.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Birmingham Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £390–1,300
Flights from Melbourne Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £450–1,500
Flights from Melbourne Airport to London Gatwick Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £400–1,300
Flights from Melbourne Airport to London Stansted Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £400–1,300
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Manchester Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £400–1,300
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £500–750
- Website
- qatarairways.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Birmingham Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £390–1,200
Flights from Melbourne Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £470–850
Flights from Melbourne Airport to London Gatwick Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £400–1,200
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Manchester Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £500–900
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £400–1,200
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Cardiff Airport via Abu Dhabi, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £470–1,300
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Cardiff Airport via Dubai, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £650–2,100
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Cardiff Airport via Doha, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £650–2,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Cardiff Airport via Delhi, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 30m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £650–2,500
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 Doha, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 35m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £400–1,200
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Bristol Airport via Colombo, Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 50m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £270–1,100
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Bristol Airport via Doha, Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £400–1,300
- Website
- airindia.in
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Birmingham Airport via Delhi
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £320–1,300
Flights from Melbourne Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Delhi
- Ave. Duration
- 26h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £350–750
- Website
- etihad.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Abu Dhabi
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £390–750
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Manchester Airport via Abu Dhabi
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £360–600
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Cardiff Airport via Doha, Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 12m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £650–2,000
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Bristol Airport via Abu Dhabi, Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 30m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £290–850
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
- £19–27
- 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 54m
- 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
- £23–45
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Reading to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £45–90
- Website
- https://www.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/
- Phone
- 03333 211 202
- Website
- tfw.wales
Train from Wilmslow to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £60–110
- 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
- +44 345 528 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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