There are 6 ways to get from Raleigh to Cardiff by plane or train
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Fly to Bristol Airport, train
best- Fly from Raleigh-Durham International Airport (RDU) to Bristol Airport (BRS)plane RDU - BRS
- Take the train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Centraltrain
14h 46m£387–828Fly to Cardiff Airport
cheapest- Fly from Raleigh-Durham International Airport (RDU) to Cardiff Airport (CWL)plane RDU - CWL
17h 35m£254–1,009Fly to London Heathrow Airport, train
- Fly from Raleigh-Durham International Airport (RDU) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR)plane RDU - LHR
- Take the train from London Paddington to Cardiff Centraltrain
12h 52m£310–1,057Fly to Birmingham Airport, train
- Fly from Raleigh-Durham International Airport (RDU) to Birmingham Airport (BHX)plane RDU - BHX
- Take the train from Birmingham New Street to Cardiff Centraltrain
15h 29m£262–519Fly to Exeter, train
- Fly from Raleigh-Durham International Airport (RDU) to Exeter (EXT)plane RDU - EXT
- Take the train from Exeter St Davids to Bristol Temple Meadstrain
- Take the train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Centraltrain
16h 44m£309–1,278Fly to Liverpool, train
- Fly from Raleigh-Durham International Airport (RDU) to Liverpool (LPL)plane RDU - LPL
- Take the train from Liverpool South Parkway to Crewetrain
- Take the train from Crewe to Cardiff Centraltrain
18h 3m£263–991
Raleigh-Durham International Airport (RDU) to Bristol Airport (BRS) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Raleigh to Cardiff is to fly and train which costs £260 - £550 and takes 15h 29m.
The fastest way to get from Raleigh to Cardiff is to fly and train which takes 12h 52m and costs £310 - £1,100.
The distance between Raleigh and Cardiff is 3853 miles.
It takes approximately 14h 46m to get from Raleigh to Cardiff, including transfers.
Cardiff is 5h ahead of Raleigh. It is currently 9:10 AM in Raleigh and 2:10 PM in Cardiff.
There are 1568+ hotels available in Cardiff.
What companies run services between Raleigh, NC, USA and Cardiff, Wales?
Air Canada, WestJet, and five other airlines fly from Raleigh-Durham International Airport (RDU) to Cardiff Airport (CWL) twice daily.
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Bristol Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £200–950
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Bristol Airport via Boston, Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £200–950
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Bristol Airport via Washington Dulles, Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 38m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £200–950
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Cardiff Airport via New York JFK, Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 45m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £250–1,400
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Cardiff Airport via Boston, Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 50m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £250–1,400
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Cardiff Airport via Philadelphia, Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 36m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £250–1,000
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Cardiff Airport via Washington Dulles, Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 28m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £250–1,000
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £360–900
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Birmingham Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £200–950
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Birmingham Airport via Boston, Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £200–950
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Exeter via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 55m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £350–1,600
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Exeter via Boston, Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 40m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £350–1,600
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Liverpool via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £240–1,100
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Liverpool via Boston, Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 20m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- £240–1,100
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Liverpool via Washington Dulles, Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 58m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £240–1,100
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Liverpool via Hartford, Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £240–1,100
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Bristol Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £180–750
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Bristol Airport via Reykjavik Keflavik Nas
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 30m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £220–800
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Liverpool via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £220–900
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £190–750
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £360–900
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Birmingham Airport via Philadelphia, Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 56m
- When
- Wednesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- £160–650
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Cardiff Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 5m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £310–1,400
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Liverpool via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £240–1,100
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £250–1,000
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Birmingham Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 20m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £240–280
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 35m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £210–800
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Birmingham Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 40m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £180–750
- Website
- westjet.com
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Cardiff Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £310–1,400
- Website
- icelandair.com
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Reykjavik Keflavik Nas
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £300–650
- Phone
- +44 3457 000 125
- gwr.feedback@gwr.com
- Website
- gwr.com
Train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £18–24
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from London Paddington to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 56m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £40–110
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Exeter St Davids to Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £39–41
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £7–26
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Birmingham New Street to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £19–90
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Exeter St Davids to Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £9–40
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 333 311 0039
- contact.wmr@wmtrains.co.uk
- Website
- westmidlandsrailway.co.uk
Train from Liverpool South Parkway to Crewe
- Ave. Duration
- 34 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £12–16
- Website
- https://www.westmidlandsrailway.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 345 528 0253
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
Train from Liverpool South Parkway to Crewe
- Ave. Duration
- 27 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £10–15
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
- Phone
- 03333 211 202
- Website
- tfw.wales
Train from Crewe to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 32m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £30–70
- Website
- https://tfw.wales/
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