There are 6 ways to get from Riyadh to Cardiff by plane or train
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Fly to Cardiff Airport
best- Fly from Riyadh (RUH) to Cardiff Airport (CWL)plane RUH - CWL
14h 15m£278–1,012Fly 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
14h 25m£229–541Fly to London Heathrow Airport, train
- Fly from Riyadh (RUH) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR)plane RUH - LHR
- Take the train from London Paddington to Cardiff Centraltrain
13h 11m£273–548Fly 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£249–690Fly 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 10m£250–703Fly to Exeter, train
- Fly from Riyadh (RUH) to Exeter (EXT)plane RUH - EXT
- Take the train from Exeter St Davids to Bristol Temple Meadstrain
- Take the train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Centraltrain
23h 40m£330–1,113
Riyadh (RUH) to Cardiff Airport (CWL) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Riyadh to Cardiff is to fly and train which costs £270 - £550 and takes 13h 11m.
The fastest way to get from Riyadh to Cardiff is to fly and train which takes 13h 11m and costs £270 - £550.
The distance between Riyadh and Cardiff is 3246 miles.
It takes approximately 14h 15m to get from Riyadh to Cardiff, including transfers.
Cardiff is 2h behind Riyadh. It is currently 4:59 PM in Riyadh and 2:59 PM in Cardiff.
There are 1702+ hotels available in Cardiff.
What companies run services between Riyadh, Saudi Arabia and Cardiff, Wales?
KLM flies from Riyadh (RUH) to Cardiff Airport (CWL) 6 times a week.
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Riyadh to London Gatwick Airport via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 55m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £240–650
Flights from Riyadh to London Gatwick Airport via Nice
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 40m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £180–600
Flights from Riyadh to London Gatwick Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £180–550
Flights from Riyadh to London Gatwick Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 12m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £160–600
Flights from Riyadh to Bristol Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £170–650
Flights from Riyadh to Bristol Airport via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 15m
- When
- Wednesday to Thursday
- Estimated price
- £180–650
Flights from Riyadh to Bristol Airport via Krakow
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £250–650
Flights from Riyadh to Bristol Airport via Nice
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 40m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £190–600
- Website
- saudia.com
Flights from Riyadh to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £200–650
Flights from Riyadh to Birmingham Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £170–650
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Riyadh to Cardiff Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £270–1,000
Flights from Riyadh to Birmingham Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 13h
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £170–650
Flights from Riyadh to London Gatwick Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £160–600
Flights from Riyadh to Exeter via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £280–1,000
- 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
- £190–700
Flights from Riyadh to Birmingham Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £170–650
Flights from Riyadh to London Gatwick Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £160–600
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Riyadh to London Heathrow Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £220–850
Flights from Riyadh to Birmingham Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £200–750
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Riyadh to Birmingham Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 35m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £190–600
Flights from Riyadh to Bristol Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 50m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £250–650
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Riyadh to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £220–850
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Riyadh to Birmingham Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £190–600
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Riyadh to Birmingham Airport via Krakow
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 15m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £250–650
- 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
- £60–130
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Gatwick Airport to Reading
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £23–50
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Reading to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 33m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £45–100
- 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/
Train from Exeter St Davids to Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £30–70
- 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
- £19–27
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Exeter St Davids to Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £35–55
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- 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/
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