There are 8 ways to get from Nairobi to Cardiff by plane or train
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly to Cardiff Airport
best- Fly from Nairobi (NBO) to Cardiff Airport (CWL)plane NBO - CWL
15h 35m£317–1,210Fly to Bristol Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Nairobi (NBO) to Bristol Airport (BRS)plane NBO - BRS
- Take the train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Centraltrain
15h 52m£208–739Fly to London Heathrow Airport, train
- Fly from Nairobi (NBO) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR)plane NBO - LHR
- Take the train from London Paddington to Cardiff Centraltrain
14h 48m£366–716Fly to London Gatwick Airport, train
- Fly from Nairobi (NBO) to London Gatwick Airport (LGW)plane NBO - LGW
- Take the train from Gatwick Airport to Readingtrain
- Take the train from Reading to Cardiff Centraltrain
15h 41m£494–841Fly to Birmingham Airport, train
- Fly from Nairobi (NBO) to Birmingham Airport (BHX)plane NBO - BHX
- Take the train from Birmingham New Street to Cardiff Centraltrain
17h 32m£258–693Fly to London City Airport, train
- Fly from Nairobi (NBO) to London City Airport (LCY)plane NBO - LCY
- Take the train from London Paddington to Cardiff Centraltrain
16h 51m£363–1,254Fly to Exeter, train
- Fly from Nairobi (NBO) to Exeter (EXT)plane NBO - EXT
- Take the train from Exeter St Davids to Bristol Parkwaytrain
- Take the train from Bristol Parkway to Cardiff Centraltrain
19h 55m£372–1,305Fly to Southampton Airport, train
- Fly from Nairobi (NBO) to Southampton Airport (SOU)plane NBO - SOU
- Take the train from Southampton Airport Parkway to Readingtrain
- Take the train from Reading to Cardiff Centraltrain
18h 4m£344–1,131
Nairobi (NBO) to Cardiff Airport (CWL) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Nairobi to Cardiff is to fly and train which costs £200 - £750 and takes 15h 52m.
The fastest way to get from Nairobi to Cardiff is to fly and train which takes 14h 48m and costs £360 - £750.
The distance between Nairobi and Cardiff is 4398 miles.
It takes approximately 15h 35m to get from Nairobi to Cardiff, including transfers.
Cardiff is 2h behind Nairobi. It is currently 9:10 PM in Nairobi and 7:10 PM in Cardiff.
There are 1671+ hotels available in Cardiff.
What companies run services between Nairobi, Kenya and Cardiff, Wales?
KLM flies from Nairobi (NBO) to Cardiff Airport (CWL) once daily.
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Nairobi to Cardiff Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £310–1,200
Flights from Nairobi to Bristol Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £190–750
Flights from Nairobi to London Heathrow Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Sunday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £220–800
Flights from Nairobi to London Gatwick Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £180–700
Flights from Nairobi to Birmingham Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £190–750
Flights from Nairobi to London City Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 21m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £290–1,200
Flights from Nairobi to Exeter via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £320–1,200
Flights from Nairobi to Southampton Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £270–1,000
- Website
- kenya-airways.com
Flights from Nairobi to Bristol Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £290–750
Flights from Nairobi to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £330–850
Flights from Nairobi to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £280–750
Flights from Nairobi to Birmingham Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 5m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- £290–750
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Nairobi to London Heathrow Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £210–800
Flights from Nairobi to London Gatwick Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £180–700
Flights from Nairobi to Birmingham Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £190–700
Flights from Nairobi to Exeter via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £320–1,200
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Nairobi to London Heathrow Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £280–900
Flights from Nairobi to London Gatwick Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £240–750
Flights from Nairobi to Birmingham Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £250–800
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Nairobi to Bristol Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 50m
- When
- Saturday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £280–750
Flights from Nairobi to Southampton Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £270–1,000
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Nairobi to London Heathrow Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £250–900
Flights from Nairobi to Birmingham Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £220–800
Flights from Nairobi to London City Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £330–1,200
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Nairobi to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £230–1,000
- Website
- saudia.com
Flights from Nairobi to London Heathrow Airport via Jeddah
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £230–700
Flights from Nairobi to Birmingham Airport via Jeddah
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 5m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £200–600
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Nairobi to London Heathrow Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 35m
- When
- Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £260–600
- Website
- egyptair.com
Flights from Nairobi to London Heathrow Airport via Cairo
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £310–900
- Website
- ethiopianairlines.com
Flights from Nairobi to London Gatwick Airport via Addis Ababa
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £320–850
- Website
- aurigny.com
Flights from Nairobi to Exeter via London Gatwick Airport, Guernsey
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 30m
- When
- Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £480–1,300
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 7000 125
- gwr.feedback@gwr.com
- Website
- gwr.com
Train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £17–35
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from London Paddington to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £65–130
- 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 26m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £50–95
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from London Paddington to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £65–130
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Exeter St Davids to Bristol Parkway
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- £35–70
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Bristol Parkway to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 36 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £15–29
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Reading to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £50–95
- 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 Bristol Parkway to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £13–23
- 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
- £20–29
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Birmingham New Street to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £55–85
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Exeter St Davids to Bristol Parkway
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £40–65
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Bristol Parkway to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 43 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- £18–25
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Southampton Airport Parkway to Reading
- Ave. Duration
- 42 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £23–35
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
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