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 1m£222–1,048Fly 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
16h 15m£129–369Fly 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 14m£164–301Fly to Manchester Airport, train
- Fly from Riyadh (RUH) to Manchester Airport (MAN)plane RUH - MAN
- Take the train from Wilmslow to Cardiff Centraltrain
16h 27m£189–297Fly to Cardiff Airport
- Fly from Riyadh (RUH) to Cardiff Airport (CWL)plane RUH - CWL
17h 28m£186–560
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 - £310 and takes 16h 14m.
The fastest way to get from Riyadh to Cardiff is to fly and train which takes 13h 1m and costs £220 - £1,100.
The distance between Riyadh and Cardiff is 3273 miles.
It takes approximately 13h 1m to get from Riyadh to Cardiff, including transfers.
Cardiff is 3h behind Riyadh. It is currently 5:33 AM in Riyadh and 2:33 AM in Cardiff.
There are 1568+ hotels available in Cardiff.
What companies run services between Riyadh, Saudi Arabia and Cardiff, Wales?
Flynas, KLM, and Lufthansa fly from Riyadh (RUH) to Cardiff Airport (CWL) 5 times a week.
- Website
- saudia.com
Flights from Riyadh to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 59m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £110–450
Flights from Riyadh to Birmingham Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £110–360
Flights from Riyadh to Manchester Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £100–410
- Website
- virginatlantic.com
Flights from Riyadh to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £110–450
Flights from Riyadh to Cardiff Airport via Munich, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 20m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £170–700
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Riyadh to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £120–450
Flights from Riyadh to Manchester Airport via London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £110–410
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Riyadh to London Heathrow Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £110–450
Flights from Riyadh to Birmingham Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £100–410
Flights from Riyadh to Manchester Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £100–410
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Riyadh to London Heathrow Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 35m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £120–500
Flights from Riyadh to Birmingham Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £110–440
Flights from Riyadh to Birmingham Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £110–440
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Riyadh to Birmingham Airport via Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £120–340
Flights from Riyadh to Bristol Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 22m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £100–410
Flights from Riyadh to Bristol Airport via Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 40m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £120–340
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Riyadh to Birmingham Airport via Krakow
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £120–340
Flights from Riyadh to Manchester Airport via Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £120–340
Flights from Riyadh to Bristol Airport via Krakow
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 50m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £120–340
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Riyadh to Birmingham Airport via Nice
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 40m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £120–360
Flights from Riyadh to Bristol Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 35m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £120–340
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Riyadh to Cardiff Airport via Prague, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 40m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £180–550
Flights from Riyadh to Cardiff Airport via Munich, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 20m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £170–700
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Riyadh to Birmingham Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £110–350
- Phone
- +44 3457 000 125
- gwr.feedback@gwr.com
- Website
- 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 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 Birmingham New Street to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £19–90
- 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
- £7–26
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- 03333 211 202
- Website
- tfw.wales
Train from Wilmslow to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 53m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £35–80
- Website
- https://tfw.wales/
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