There are 8 ways to get from Cardiff to Dubai by plane, train, or shuttle
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Fly Cardiff Airport to Dubai International Airport
best- Fly from Cardiff Airport (CWL) to Dubai International Airport (DXB)plane CWL - DXB
13h 38mAED 936–3,550Train to Birmingham Airport, fly to Dubai International Airport
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Birmingham New Streettrain
- Fly from Birmingham Airport (BHX) to Dubai International Airport (DXB)plane BHX - DXB
11h 51mAED 1,060–2,649Train to Bristol Airport, fly to Dubai International Airport
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meadstrain
- Fly from Bristol Airport (BRS) to Dubai International Airport (DXB)plane BRS - DXB
13h 4mAED 1,043–1,980Train to London Heathrow Airport, fly to Dubai International Airport
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to London Paddingtontrain
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Dubai International Airport (DXB)plane LHR - DXB
11h 27mAED 1,385–2,968Train, train to London Gatwick Airport, fly to Dubai International Airport
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Readingtrain
- Take the train from Reading to Gatwick Airporttrain
- Fly from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Dubai International Airport (DXB)plane LGW - DXB
12h 38mAED 1,064–2,580Train to London Heathrow Airport, fly to Abu Dhabi, shuttle
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to London Paddingtontrain
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Abu Dhabi (AUH)plane LHR - AUH
- Take a shuttle bus from Abu Dhabi Airport to Dubai - Ibn Battuta Mall
13h 39mAED 1,371–3,206Train to London Heathrow Airport, fly to Dubai World Central - Al Maktoum International Airport
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to London Paddingtontrain
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Dubai World Central - Al Maktoum International Airport (DWC)plane LHR - DWC
12h 1mAED 1,394–4,580Train to Manchester Airport, fly to Abu Dhabi, shuttle
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Wilmslowtrain
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Abu Dhabi (AUH)plane MAN - AUH
- Take a shuttle bus from Abu Dhabi Airport to Dubai - Ibn Battuta Mall
15h 28mAED 1,262–2,977
Cardiff Airport (CWL) to Dubai International Airport (DXB) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Cardiff to Dubai is to train and fly which costs AED 1000 - AED 2000 and takes 13h 4m.
The fastest way to get from Cardiff to Dubai is to train and fly which takes 11h 27m and costs AED 1300 - AED 3000.
The distance between Cardiff and Dubai is 5731 km.
It takes approximately 13h 38m to get from Cardiff to Dubai, including transfers.
Dubai is 3h ahead of Cardiff. It is currently 1:59 AM in Cardiff and 4:59 AM in Dubai.
There are 17008+ hotels available in Dubai.
What companies run services between Cardiff, Wales and Dubai, United Arab Emirates?
KLM, Emirates, and two other airlines fly from Cardiff Airport (CWL) to Dubai International Airport (DXB) 3 times a day.
- Website
- emirates.com
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Dubai International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- AED 1,000–3,700
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Dubai International Airport via Antalya
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 35m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- AED 900–3,600
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Dubai International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- AED 850–3,000
Flights from Bristol Airport to Dubai International Airport via Larnaca
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- AED 900–2,400
Flights from Bristol Airport to Dubai International Airport via Antalya
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 40m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- AED 850–2,700
Flights from Bristol Airport to Dubai International Airport via Bodrum
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- AED 1,100–3,100
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Dubai International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 59m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- AED 1,000–3,600
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Dubai International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- AED 850–3,000
- Website
- qatarairways.com
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Dubai International Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- AED 900–2,800
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Dubai International Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- AED 1,100–2,700
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Dubai International Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- AED 850–2,800
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Abu Dhabi via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- AED 1,300–4,100
Flights from Manchester Airport to Abu Dhabi via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- AED 1,100–3,500
- Website
- gulfair.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Dubai International Airport via Manama
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- AED 1,100–2,200
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Dubai International Airport via Manama
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 22m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- AED 700–1,900
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Abu Dhabi via Manama
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- AED 1,000–2,800
Flights from Manchester Airport to Abu Dhabi via Manama
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 10m
- When
- Wednesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- AED 900–2,400
- Website
- etihad.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Abu Dhabi
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- AED 1,000–3,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Abu Dhabi
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- AED 900–2,600
- Website
- sunexpress.com
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Dubai International Airport via Izmir
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- AED 900–2,300
Flights from Bristol Airport to Dubai International Airport via Antalya
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 32m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- AED 850–2,400
Flights from Manchester Airport to Abu Dhabi via Antalya
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 15m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- AED 1,100–2,900
- Website
- flydubai.com
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Dubai International Airport via Antalya
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 35m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- AED 900–3,600
Flights from Bristol Airport to Dubai International Airport via Antalya
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 40m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- AED 850–2,700
Flights from Bristol Airport to Dubai International Airport via Bodrum
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- AED 1,100–3,100
- Website
- flypgs.com
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Dubai International Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- AED 750–2,900
Flights from Bristol Airport to Dubai International Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- AED 700–2,800
Flights from Manchester Airport to Abu Dhabi via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- AED 950–3,600
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Dubai International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- AED 1,000–3,900
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Abu Dhabi
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- AED 1,300–4,800
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Dubai International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- AED 900–3,500
- Website
- ajet.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Dubai International Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 45m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- AED 800–2,100
- Website
- flyroyalbrunei.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Dubai International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- AED 950–2,500
- Website
- mea.com.lb
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Dubai International Airport via Beirut
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- AED 1,600–3,900
- Website
- omanair.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Dubai International Airport via Muscat
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- AED 1,100–2,400
- Website
- elal.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Dubai International Airport via Tel Aviv
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- AED 1,500–7,000
- Website
- zanair.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Dubai World Central - Al Maktoum International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- AED 1,000–3,800
- Website
- rj.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Abu Dhabi via Amman
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- AED 1,000–3,300
- Phone
- +44 3447 369 123
- [email protected]
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Cardiff Central to Birmingham New Street
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- AED 290–410
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- AED 100–150
- Website
- Cross Country
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 7000 125
- [email protected]
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- AED 85–160
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Cardiff Central to London Paddington
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 49m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- AED 330–600
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Cardiff Central to Reading
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- AED 240–460
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Reading to Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- AED 110–220
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Cardiff Central to London Paddington
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 49m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- AED 330–600
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Cardiff Central to London Paddington
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 49m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- AED 330–600
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
- Phone
- 03333 211 202
- Website
- Transport for Wales
Train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- AED 75–130
- Website
- Transport for Wales
Train from Cardiff Central to Wilmslow
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- AED 310–550
- Website
- Transport for Wales
- Website
- zayedinternationalairport.ae
Shuttle from Abu Dhabi Airport to Dubai - Ibn Battuta Mall
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- AED 35–38
- Schedules at
- zayedinternationalairport.ae
Shuttle from Abu Dhabi Airport to Dubai - Ibn Battuta Mall
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- AED 35–38
- Schedules at
- zayedinternationalairport.ae
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