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 7m£572–952Fly to Bristol Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Bristol Airport (BRS)plane MEL - BRS
- Take the train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Centraltrain
29h 47m£362–853Fly to London Heathrow Airport, train
- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR)plane MEL - LHR
- Take the train from London Paddington to Cardiff Centraltrain
27h 41m£526–1,030Fly 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£523–1,005Fly 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 38m£646–1,494Fly 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 37m£546–1,128Fly to Cardiff Airport
- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Cardiff Airport (CWL)plane MEL - CWL
28h 45m£521–1,324Fly 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 30m£665–1,260
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 £360 - £900 and takes 29h 47m.
The fastest way to get from Melbourne to Cardiff is to fly and train which takes 27h 41m and costs £500 - £1,100.
The distance between Melbourne and Cardiff is 10729 miles.
It takes approximately 28h 7m to get from Melbourne to Cardiff, including transfers.
Cardiff is 9h behind Melbourne. It is currently 7:26 PM in Melbourne and 10:26 AM in Cardiff.
There are 1701+ hotels available in Cardiff.
What companies run services between Melbourne, VIC, Australia and Cardiff, Wales?
Etihad, KLM, and four 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
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £480–1,200
Flights from Melbourne Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £600–800
Flights from Melbourne Airport to London Gatwick Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £600–750
Flights from Melbourne Airport to London Stansted Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £550–1,100
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Manchester Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £470–1,200
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £450–1,200
- Website
- virginaustralia.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Birmingham Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £420–1,200
Flights from Melbourne Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £480–1,200
Flights from Melbourne Airport to London Gatwick Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £460–1,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Manchester Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £470–1,100
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £450–1,000
- Website
- qatarairways.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Birmingham Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £420–1,200
Flights from Melbourne Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £480–1,200
Flights from Melbourne Airport to London Gatwick Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £460–1,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Manchester Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £470–1,100
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £450–1,000
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Cardiff Airport via Abu Dhabi, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £500–1,300
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Cardiff Airport via Dubai, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £750–1,900
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Cardiff Airport via Doha, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 27h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £650–1,800
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
- £600–2,300
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Cardiff Airport via Suvarnabhumi, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 36h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £850–2,100
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Bristol Airport via Dubai, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £470–1,200
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Bristol Airport via Dubai, Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 45m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £470–1,200
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Bristol Airport via Doha, Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £410–1,200
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Bristol Airport via Dubai, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 45m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £470–1,200
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Bristol Airport via Doha, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 55m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £410–1,200
- Website
- etihad.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Abu Dhabi
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £450–700
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Manchester Airport via Abu Dhabi
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £460–750
- 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
- £440–700
- Website
- airindia.in
Flights from Melbourne Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Delhi
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £410–650
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to London Gatwick Airport via Abu Dhabi, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £330–800
- Website
- flyedelweiss.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Bristol Airport via Doha, Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 40m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £460–1,100
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Bristol Airport via Abu Dhabi, Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 50m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £330–800
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
- 2h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £60–130
- 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 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £45–95
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 49 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 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
- +44 345 528 0253
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
Train from Haymarket to Crewe
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £85–140
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
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