There are 12 ways to get from Stockholm to Cardiff by plane, train (Eurostar), bus, car, car train, train, or car ferry
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 Stockholm-Arlanda Airport (ARN) to Cardiff Airport (CWL)plane ARN - CWL
7h 45m£102–335Train via Hamburg
- Take the train from Stockholm Centralstation to Hamburg Hbftrain Ic / ...
- Take the train from Hamburg-Harburg to Amsterdam Centraaltrain Ice
- Take the train from Amsterdam Centraal to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the train from London Paddington to Cardiff Centraltrain
24h 59m£367–784Bus
- Take the bus from Stockholm, Cityterminalen to Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhofbus
- Take the bus from Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof to London Victoriabus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to University REbus 507 / ...
39h 11m£174–271Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Stockholm to Calais-Fréthuncar
- Take the cartrain from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestonecartrain
- Drive from Folkestone to Cardiffcar
22h 12m£425–570Fly to Bristol Airport, train
- Fly from Stockholm-Arlanda Airport (ARN) to Bristol Airport (BRS)plane ARN - BRS
- Take the train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Centraltrain
8h 9m£116–299Fly to London Heathrow Airport, train
- Fly from Stockholm-Arlanda Airport (ARN) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR)plane ARN - LHR
- Take the train from London Paddington to Cardiff Centraltrain
7h 47m£148–402Fly to London Gatwick Airport, train
- Fly from Stockholm-Arlanda Airport (ARN) to London Gatwick Airport (LGW)plane ARN - LGW
- Take the train from Gatwick Airport to Readingtrain
- Take the train from Reading to Cardiff Centraltrain
8h 39m£122–322Fly to London Stansted Airport, train
- Fly from Stockholm-Arlanda Airport (ARN) to London Stansted Airport (STN)plane ARN - STN
- Take the train from London Paddington to Cardiff Centraltrain
8h 22m£147–497Fly to Manchester Airport, train
- Fly from Stockholm-Arlanda Airport (ARN) to Manchester Airport (MAN)plane ARN - MAN
- Take the train from Wilmslow to Cardiff Centraltrain
9h 20m£123–325Train
- Take the train from Stockholm Centralstation to Hamburg-Harburgtrain 345
- Take the train from Hamburg-Harburg to Amsterdam Centraaltrain Ice
- Take the train from Amsterdam Centraal to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the train from London Paddington to Cardiff Centraltrain
26h 58m£371–766Bus via Berlin
- Take the bus from Stockholm Central Bus Station to Berlin Central Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof to London Victoriabus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Kingsway GRbus 509 / ...
46h 34m£210–297Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Stockholm to Calaiscar
- Take the carferry from Calais to Port of Dovercarferry
- Drive from Port of Dover to Cardiffcar
23h 16m£338–527
Stockholm to Cardiff by bus
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Stockholm to Cardiff is to fly and train which costs £120 - £330 and takes 9h 20m.
The fastest way to get from Stockholm to Cardiff is to fly which takes 7h 45m and costs £100 - £340.
No, there is no direct bus from Stockholm to Cardiff. However, there are services departing from Stockholm, Cityterminalen and arriving at University RE via Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof and London Victoria. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 39h 11m.
No, there is no direct train from Stockholm station to Cardiff. However, there are services departing from Stockholm Centralstation and arriving at Cardiff Central via Hamburg Hbf, Hamburg-Harburg, Amsterdam Centraal, King's Cross St. Pancras station and London Paddington. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 24h 59m.
The distance between Stockholm and Cardiff is 1046 miles.
The best way to get from Stockholm to Cardiff without a car is to train via Hamburg which takes 24h 59m and costs £360 - £800.
It takes approximately 7h 45m to get from Stockholm to Cardiff, including transfers.
Stockholm to Cardiff bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Stockholm, Cityterminalen station.
Stockholm to Cardiff train services, operated by Snälltåget, depart from Stockholm Centralstation.
The best way to get from Stockholm to Cardiff is to fly which takes 7h 45m and costs £100 - £340. Alternatively, you can train via Hamburg, which costs £360 - £800 and takes 24h 59m, you could also bus, which costs £170 - £280 and takes 39h 11m.
What companies run services between Stockholm, Sweden and Cardiff, Wales?
KLM, Scandinavian Airlines, and Ryanair fly from Stockholm-Arlanda Airport (ARN) to Cardiff Airport (CWL) 4 times a day. Alternatively, you can take a train from Stockholm Centralstation to Cardiff Central via Hamburg Hbf, Hamburg-Harburg, Amsterdam Centraal, London St Pancras Intl, King's Cross St. Pancras station, Paddington, and London Paddington in around 24h 59m.
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Stockholm-Arlanda Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £45–190
Flights from Stockholm-Arlanda Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £45–190
Flights from Stockholm-Arlanda Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £60–250
Flights from Stockholm-Arlanda Airport to Manchester Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £60–250
Flights from Stockholm-Arlanda Airport to Manchester Airport via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £60–250
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Stockholm-Arlanda Airport to Cardiff Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £85–350
Flights from Stockholm-Arlanda Airport to Bristol Airport via Gdansk
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £65–170
Flights from Stockholm-Arlanda Airport to Bristol Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 57m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £65–170
Flights from Stockholm-Arlanda Airport to London Stansted Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £30–160
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Stockholm-Arlanda Airport to Cardiff Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £70–360
Flights from Stockholm-Arlanda Airport to Bristol Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £45–230
Flights from Stockholm-Arlanda Airport to Manchester Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £45–230
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from Stockholm-Arlanda Airport to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £24–120
Flights from Stockholm-Arlanda Airport to London Gatwick Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 56m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- £24–120
Flights from Stockholm-Arlanda Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £90–180
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Stockholm-Arlanda Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £45–170
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Stockholm-Arlanda Airport to Bristol Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £110–280
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Stockholm-Arlanda Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- £50–210
- Phone
- +46 40 669 62 00
- snalltaget@snalltaget.se
- Website
- Snälltåget
Train from Stockholm Centralstation to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 14m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £100–270
- Website
- Snälltåget
Train from Stockholm Centralstation to Hamburg-Harburg
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 6m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £100–270
- Website
- Snälltåget
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Hamburg-Harburg to Amsterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 42m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £40–85
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Hamburg-Harburg to Amsterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 42m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £40–85
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
- service@govolta.nl
- Website
- GoVolta
Train from Hamburg-Harburg to Amsterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 8m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- £22–29
- Website
- GoVolta
Train from Hamburg-Harburg to Amsterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 8m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- £22–29
- Website
- GoVolta
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Amsterdam Centraal to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 17m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £180–300
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Amsterdam Centraal to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 17m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £180–300
- Website
- Eurostar
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 7000 125
- gwr.feedback@gwr.com
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from London Paddington to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £60–110
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £16–29
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from London Paddington to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £60–110
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Gatwick Airport to Reading
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £21–40
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Reading to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £45–85
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from London Paddington to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £60–110
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from London Paddington to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £60–110
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- customer.support@eurotunnel.com
- Website
- LeShuttle
Car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestone
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £117
- Website
- LeShuttle
- Standard fare
- £117
- Phone
- 03333 211 202
- Website
- Transport for Wales
Train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £12–21
- Website
- Transport for Wales
Train from Wilmslow to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £50–85
- Website
- Transport for Wales
Train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £16–25
- Website
- Cross Country
- Phone
- +46 77 175 75 75
- Website
- Swedish Railways (SJ)
Train from Stockholm Centralstation to Hamburg-Harburg
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 51m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £110–160
- Website
- Swedish Railways (SJ)
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Stockholm, Cityterminalen to Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £75–120
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 5m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- £75–120
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 11m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- £80–130
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +44 (0)3717 81 81 81
- Website
- National Express
Bus from London Victoria to University RE
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £24–40
- Website
- National Express
Bus from London Victoria to Kingsway GR
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £24–40
- Website
- National Express
- Phone
- 0040 723 450 475
- info@comati-psg.ro
- Website
- Comati PSG
Bus from Stockholm Central Bus Station to Berlin Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 21m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £100–130
- Website
- Comati PSG
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- info@irishferries.fr
- Website
- Irish Ferries
Car ferry from Calais to Port of Dover
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £25–75
- Website
- Irish Ferries
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Booking & Getting There
Stockholm to Cardiff bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof station.
Cardiff is 1h behind Stockholm. It is currently 6:29 AM in Stockholm and 5:29 AM in Cardiff.
Stockholm to Cardiff train services, operated by Snälltåget, arrive at Hamburg Hbf station.
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