There are 8 ways to get from Johannesburg to Cardiff by plane or train
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 Johannesburg International Airport (JNB) to Cardiff Airport (CWL)plane JNB - CWL
16h 55m£306–1,033Fly to Bristol Airport, train
- Fly from Johannesburg International Airport (JNB) to Bristol Airport (BRS)plane JNB - BRS
- Take the train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Centraltrain
16h 14m£425–487Fly to London Heathrow Airport, train
- Fly from Johannesburg International Airport (JNB) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR)plane JNB - LHR
- Take the train from London Paddington to Cardiff Centraltrain
14h 12m£342–770Fly to Birmingham Airport, train
- Fly from Johannesburg International Airport (JNB) to Birmingham Airport (BHX)plane JNB - BHX
- Take the train from Birmingham New Street to Cardiff Centraltrain
17h 4m£328–752Fly to London City Airport, train
- Fly from Johannesburg International Airport (JNB) to London City Airport (LCY)plane JNB - LCY
- Take the train from London Paddington to Cardiff Centraltrain
17h 10m£389–1,009Fly to Southampton Airport, train
- Fly from Johannesburg International Airport (JNB) to Southampton Airport (SOU)plane JNB - SOU
- Take the train from Southampton Airport Parkway to Readingtrain
- Take the train from Reading to Cardiff Centraltrain
23h 11m£354–1,138Fly to Manchester Airport, train
- Fly from Johannesburg International Airport (JNB) to Manchester Airport (MAN)plane JNB - MAN
- Take the train from Wilmslow to Cardiff Centraltrain
18h 10m£392–763Fly to Exeter, train
- Fly from Johannesburg International Airport (JNB) to Exeter (EXT)plane JNB - EXT
- Take the train from Exeter St Davids to Bristol Parkwaytrain
- Take the train from Bristol Parkway to Cardiff Centraltrain
23h 25m£364–1,218
Johannesburg International Airport (JNB) to Cardiff Airport (CWL) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Johannesburg to Cardiff is to fly and train which costs £420 - £490 and takes 16h 14m.
The fastest way to get from Johannesburg to Cardiff is to fly and train which takes 14h 12m and costs £340 - £800.
The distance between Johannesburg and Cardiff is 5752 miles.
It takes approximately 16h 55m to get from Johannesburg to Cardiff, including transfers.
Cardiff is 1h behind Johannesburg. It is currently 9:54 PM in Johannesburg and 8:54 PM in Cardiff.
There are 1756+ hotels available in Cardiff.
What companies run services between Johannesburg, South Africa and Cardiff, Wales?
KLM and Lufthansa fly from Johannesburg International Airport (JNB) to Cardiff Airport (CWL) once daily.
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Johannesburg International Airport to Cardiff Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £280–1,000
Flights from Johannesburg International Airport to Cardiff Airport via Frankfurt, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 30m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £310–1,100
Flights from Johannesburg International Airport to Bristol Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £180–650
Flights from Johannesburg International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £220–800
Flights from Johannesburg International Airport to Birmingham Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £190–700
Flights from Johannesburg International Airport to London City Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 25m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £300–1,100
Flights from Johannesburg International Airport to Southampton Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £270–1,000
Flights from Johannesburg International Airport to Manchester Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £180–650
Flights from Johannesburg International Airport to Exeter via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £300–1,100
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Johannesburg International Airport to Bristol Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 37m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £180–750
Flights from Johannesburg International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £240–850
Flights from Johannesburg International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £240–850
Flights from Johannesburg International Airport to Birmingham Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- When
- Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £210–750
Flights from Johannesburg International Airport to London City Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 52m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £300–1,200
Flights from Johannesburg International Airport to Manchester Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £200–750
Flights from Johannesburg International Airport to Manchester Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £200–750
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Johannesburg International Airport to Bristol Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 20m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £180–600
Flights from Johannesburg International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £220–750
Flights from Johannesburg International Airport to Birmingham Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 40m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £190–650
Flights from Johannesburg International Airport to London City Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £300–1,000
Flights from Johannesburg International Airport to Manchester Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £190–650
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Johannesburg International Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £200–800
Flights from Johannesburg International Airport to London City Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 55m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- £380–1,200
Flights from Johannesburg International Airport to Manchester Airport via London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £170–700
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Johannesburg International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £210–750
Flights from Johannesburg International Airport to Birmingham Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £180–650
Flights from Johannesburg International Airport to Manchester Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £180–650
Flights from Johannesburg International Airport to Exeter via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £300–1,100
- Website
- virginatlantic.com
Flights from Johannesburg International Airport to Cardiff Airport via Frankfurt, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 30m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £310–1,100
Flights from Johannesburg International Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £210–750
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Johannesburg International Airport to Bristol Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 20m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £170–650
Flights from Johannesburg International Airport to Bristol Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £180–600
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Johannesburg International Airport to Birmingham Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 17m
- When
- Monday, Friday, Sunday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £220–750
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Johannesburg International Airport to Bristol Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £230–700
- Website
- airbus.com
Flights from Johannesburg International Airport to Bristol Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 18h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £180–550
- Website
- egyptair.com
Flights from Johannesburg International Airport to Birmingham Airport via Cairo
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 45m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £280–700
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Johannesburg International Airport to London City Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £300–850
- Website
- aurigny.com
Flights from Johannesburg International Airport to Southampton Airport via London Heathrow Airport, Guernsey
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 30m
- When
- Wednesday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- £270–1,000
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 7000 125
- [email protected]
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £15–29
- 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 London Paddington to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £60–110
- 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 Exeter St Davids to Bristol Parkway
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- £30–65
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Bristol Parkway to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £14–25
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
- 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 Parkway to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £11–18
- Website
- Transport for Wales
- Phone
- +44 3447 369 123
- [email protected]
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £16–25
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Birmingham New Street to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £45–70
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Southampton Airport Parkway to Reading
- Ave. Duration
- 42 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £18–28
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Exeter St Davids to Bristol Parkway
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £35–55
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Bristol Parkway to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 43 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- £14–22
- Website
- Cross Country
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