There are 8 ways to get from Cape Town to Cardiff by plane or train
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Fly to Cardiff Airport
best- Fly from Cape Town International Airport (CPT) to Cardiff Airport (CWL)plane CPT - CWL
17h 59m£381–1,015Fly to Bristol Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Cape Town International Airport (CPT) to Bristol Airport (BRS)plane CPT - BRS
- Take the train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Centraltrain
18h 1m£242–844Fly to London Heathrow Airport, train
- Fly from Cape Town International Airport (CPT) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR)plane CPT - LHR
- Take the train from London Paddington to Cardiff Centraltrain
14h 46m£360–971Fly to Birmingham Airport, train
- Fly from Cape Town International Airport (CPT) to Birmingham Airport (BHX)plane CPT - BHX
- Take the train from Birmingham New Street to Cardiff Centraltrain
17h 46m£312–1,048Fly to London City Airport, train
- Fly from Cape Town International Airport (CPT) to London City Airport (LCY)plane CPT - LCY
- Take the train from London Paddington to Cardiff Centraltrain
17h 23m£577–1,659Fly to Exeter, train
- Fly from Cape Town International Airport (CPT) to Exeter (EXT)plane CPT - EXT
- Take the train from Exeter St Davids to Bristol Temple Meadstrain
- Take the train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Centraltrain
20h 41m£442–1,509Fly to Southampton Airport, train
- Fly from Cape Town International Airport (CPT) to Southampton Airport (SOU)plane CPT - SOU
- Take the train from Southampton Airport Parkway to Readingtrain
- Take the train from Reading to Cardiff Centraltrain
19h 23m£423–1,336Fly to Manchester Airport, train
- Fly from Cape Town International Airport (CPT) to Manchester Airport (MAN)plane CPT - MAN
- Take the train from Wilmslow to Cardiff Centraltrain
18h 45m£446–919
Cape Town International Airport (CPT) to Cardiff Airport (CWL) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Cape Town to Cardiff is to fly and train which costs £240 - £850 and takes 18h 1m.
The fastest way to get from Cape Town to Cardiff is to fly and train which takes 14h 46m and costs £360 - £1,000.
The distance between Cape Town and Cardiff is 6108 miles.
It takes approximately 17h 59m to get from Cape Town to Cardiff, including transfers.
Cardiff is 1h behind Cape Town. It is currently 12:45 PM in Cape Town and 11:45 AM in Cardiff.
There are 1709+ hotels available in Cardiff.
What companies run services between Cape Town, South Africa and Cardiff, Wales?
KLM, British Airways, and four other airlines fly from Cape Town International Airport (CPT) to Cardiff Airport (CWL) 4 times a day.
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Cardiff Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £380–1,400
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Cardiff Airport via Frankfurt, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Sunday, Monday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £370–1,400
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Bristol Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £230–800
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £280–1,000
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Birmingham Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £240–850
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to London City Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £370–1,300
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Exeter via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £390–1,400
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Southampton Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £350–1,200
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Manchester Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £230–850
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £320–1,100
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £310–1,000
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Birmingham Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday, and Monday
- Estimated price
- £230–900
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to London City Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Sunday, and Monday
- Estimated price
- £360–1,400
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Manchester Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £260–850
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Manchester Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £260–850
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Cardiff Airport via London Heathrow Airport, Belfast City
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £370–1,500
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £260–1,100
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Exeter via London Heathrow Airport, Jersey
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £360–1,500
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Southampton Airport via London Heathrow Airport, Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 8m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £330–1,300
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Manchester Airport via London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £210–900
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Cardiff Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £380–1,400
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £270–950
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Birmingham Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 25m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £230–850
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Exeter via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £390–1,400
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Manchester Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £230–800
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 25m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £270–1,000
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Birmingham Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £240–850
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to London City Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 5m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £370–1,300
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Manchester Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 30m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £230–850
- Website
- virginatlantic.com
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Cardiff Airport via London Heathrow Airport, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 18h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £400–1,400
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Cardiff Airport via Frankfurt, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £440–1,400
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £270–950
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Bristol Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 5m
- When
- Wednesday and Monday
- Estimated price
- £220–800
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Birmingham Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £290–850
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Manchester Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 18h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £280–850
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to London City Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 55m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £360–1,000
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 7000 125
- [email protected]
- Website
- gwr.com
Train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £17–35
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from London Paddington to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £65–130
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from London Paddington to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £65–130
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Exeter St Davids to Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £30–65
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £17–35
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Reading to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £45–95
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
- 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/
Train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £15–26
- Website
- https://tfw.wales/
Train from Wilmslow to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £60–110
- Website
- https://tfw.wales/
- Phone
- +44 3447 369 123
- [email protected]
- Website
- crosscountrytrains.co.uk
Train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £20–29
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Birmingham New Street to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £55–85
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Exeter St Davids to Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £40–60
- 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
- £20–29
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Southampton Airport Parkway to Reading
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £23–35
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
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