There are 5 ways to get from Riyadh to Cardiff by plane or train
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Fly to London Heathrow Airport, train
best- Fly from Riyadh (RUH) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR)plane RUH - LHR
- Take the train from London Paddington to Cardiff Centraltrain
13h 10m£262–958Fly to Bristol Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Riyadh (RUH) to Bristol Airport (BRS)plane RUH - BRS
- Take the train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Centraltrain
15h 29m£160–451Fly to Birmingham Airport, train
- Fly from Riyadh (RUH) to Birmingham Airport (BHX)plane RUH - BHX
- Take the train from Birmingham New Street to Cardiff Centraltrain
16h 3m£199–500Fly to London Gatwick Airport, train
- Fly from Riyadh (RUH) to London Gatwick Airport (LGW)plane RUH - LGW
- Take the train from Gatwick Airport to Readingtrain
- Take the train from Reading to Cardiff Centraltrain
16h 25m£209–538Fly to Cardiff Airport
- Fly from Riyadh (RUH) to Cardiff Airport (CWL)plane RUH - CWL
18h 44m£278–912
Riyadh (RUH) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Riyadh to Cardiff is to fly and train which costs £160 - £460 and takes 15h 29m.
The fastest way to get from Riyadh to Cardiff is to fly and train which takes 13h 10m and costs £260 - £1,000.
The distance between Riyadh and Cardiff is 3273 miles.
It takes approximately 13h 10m to get from Riyadh to Cardiff, including transfers.
Cardiff is 2h behind Riyadh. It is currently 10:41 PM in Riyadh and 8:41 PM in Cardiff.
There are 853+ hotels available in Cardiff.
What companies run services between Riyadh, Saudi Arabia and Cardiff, Wales?
Saudia, Ryanair, and three other airlines fly from Riyadh (RUH) to Cardiff Airport (CWL) twice daily.
- Website
- saudia.com
Flights from Riyadh to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £140–600
Flights from Riyadh to Birmingham Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £130–550
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Riyadh to London Gatwick Airport via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 10m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £140–400
Flights from Riyadh to London Gatwick Airport via Nice
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £150–550
Flights from Riyadh to London Gatwick Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 12m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £120–550
Flights from Riyadh to Bristol Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 22m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £130–550
Flights from Riyadh to Bristol Airport via Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 25m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £150–410
Flights from Riyadh to Bristol Airport via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 10m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £150–410
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Riyadh to London Heathrow Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £140–600
Flights from Riyadh to Birmingham Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £130–550
Flights from Riyadh to London Gatwick Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £120–550
Flights from Riyadh to Cardiff Airport via Amman, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 27m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- £270–900
- Website
- virginatlantic.com
Flights from Riyadh to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £140–600
Flights from Riyadh to Cardiff Airport via Amman, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 27m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- £270–900
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Riyadh to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £150–600
Flights from Riyadh to Cardiff Airport via Malaga
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 45m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £290–1,000
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Riyadh to London Gatwick Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £120–550
Flights from Riyadh to Cardiff Airport via Amman, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 27m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- £270–900
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Riyadh to London Heathrow Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £150–650
Flights from Riyadh to Birmingham Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £140–600
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Riyadh to Birmingham Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £150–550
Flights from Riyadh to London Gatwick Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £140–550
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Riyadh to Birmingham Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 35m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £150–550
Flights from Riyadh to Bristol Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 50m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £140–410
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Riyadh to Birmingham Airport via Krakow
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 15m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £140–410
Flights from Riyadh to Cardiff Airport via Malaga
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 25m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £290–1,000
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Riyadh to Cardiff Airport via Malaga
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 45m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £290–1,000
- 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/
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
- £19–28
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
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