There are 12 ways to get from Kraków to Cardiff by plane, train, bus, car, car 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 Bristol Airport, train
best- Fly from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice (KRK) to Bristol Airport (BRS)plane KRK - BRS
- Take the train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Centraltrain
6h 28m£55–243Train, bus via Amsterdam
- Take the train from Krakow Glowny to Wroclaw Glownytrain Ic / ...
- Take the train from Wroclaw Glowny to Poznan Glownytrain Ic / ...
- Take the bus from Poznań to Amsterdam Centraal Stationbus
- Take the train from Amsterdam Centraal to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the train from London Paddington to Cardiff Centraltrain
26h 47m£356–586Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Kraków to Calais-Fréthuncar
- Take the cartrain from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestonecartrain
- Drive from Folkestone to Cardiffcar
17h 35m£363–480Fly to Cardiff Airport
- Fly from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice (KRK) to Cardiff Airport (CWL)plane KRK - CWL
7h 34m£71–259Fly to Birmingham Airport, train
- Fly from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice (KRK) to Birmingham Airport (BHX)plane KRK - BHX
- Take the train from Birmingham New Street to Cardiff Centraltrain
7h 58m£83–248Fly to London Gatwick Airport, train
- Fly from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice (KRK) to London Gatwick Airport (LGW)plane KRK - LGW
- Take the train from Gatwick Airport to Readingtrain
- Take the train from Reading to Cardiff Centraltrain
8h 18m£102–306Fly to London Stansted Airport, train
- Fly from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice (KRK) to London Stansted Airport (STN)plane KRK - STN
- Take the train from London Paddington to Cardiff Centraltrain
8h 11m£116–321Fly to Luton Airport, train
- Fly from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice (KRK) to Luton Airport (LTN)plane KRK - LTN
- Take the train from Luton Airport Parkway to Farringdontrain
- Take the train from London Paddington to Cardiff Centraltrain
8h 4m£119–313Train, bus
- Take the train from Krakow Glowny to Praha Hlavni Nadrazitrain 410 / ...
- Take the bus from Prague Florenc Central Bus Station to London Victoria Green Line Stationbus
- Take the train from London Paddington to Cardiff Centraltrain
27h 58m£149–311Bus
- Take the bus from Krakow, MDA Bus Station to Plzeňbus
- Take the bus from Pilsen Central Bus Station to London Victoria Green Line Stationbus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to University REbus 507 / ...
31h 41m£124–201Train, bus #2
- Take the train from Krakow Glowny to Lodz Widzewtrain Ic
- Take the bus from Lodz, Bus Station to London Victoriabus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Kingsway GRbus 509 / ...
33h 9m£158–256Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Kraków to Calaiscar
- Take the carferry from Calais to Port of Dovercarferry
- Drive from Port of Dover to Cardiffcar
18h 39m£275–437
Kraków to Cardiff by bus
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Kraków to Cardiff is to fly and train which costs £55 - £250 and takes 6h 28m.
The fastest way to get from Kraków to Cardiff is to fly and train which takes 6h 28m and costs £55 - £250.
No, there is no direct bus from Kraków station to Cardiff. However, there are services departing from Krakow, MDA Bus Station and arriving at University RE via Pilsen Central Bus Station and London Victoria. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 31h 41m.
The distance between Kraków and Cardiff is 1046 miles.
The best way to get from Kraków to Cardiff without a car is to train and bus via Amsterdam which takes 26h 47m and costs £350 - £600.
It takes approximately 6h 28m to get from Kraków to Cardiff, including transfers.
Kraków to Cardiff bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Krakow, MDA Bus Station.
The best way to get from Kraków to Cardiff is to fly which takes 7h 34m and costs £70 - £260. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs £120 - £210 and takes 31h 41m.
Kraków to Cardiff bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Plzeň station.
Cardiff is 1h behind Kraków. It is currently 1:22 PM in Kraków and 12:22 PM in Cardiff.
What companies run services between Kraków, Poland and Cardiff, Wales?
KLM and Ryanair fly from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice (KRK) to Cardiff Airport (CWL) twice daily. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Krakow, MDA Bus Station to University RE via Pilsen Central Bus Station, London Victoria Green Line Station, and London Victoria in around 31h 41m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Bristol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £35–190
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Cardiff Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 2m
- When
- Sunday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £65–250
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Birmingham Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £35–140
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to London Stansted Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £35–140
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to London Stansted Airport via Eindhoven
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £35–140
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to London Stansted Airport via Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £35–140
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to London Stansted Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £35–140
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Luton Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 32m
- When
- Thursday, Monday, Friday, Sunday, Tuesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £35–170
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Bristol Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 14m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £45–240
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Cardiff Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £75–380
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Birmingham Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £50–250
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Bristol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £60–250
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Birmingham Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £40–180
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £65–200
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Luton Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Sunday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £45–190
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Bristol Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £55–170
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Birmingham Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £70–250
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Birmingham Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 2m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- £70–260
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Birmingham Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £28–150
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to London Stansted Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £55–180
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Bristol Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £50–260
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £30–130
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to London Gatwick Airport via Stuttgart
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £45–190
- 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
- £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)
Train from London Paddington to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £60–110
- 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
- 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
- Phone
- +48 22 322 22 22
- [email protected]
- Website
- PKP Intercity
Train from Krakow Glowny to Wroclaw Glowny
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 6m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £24–45
- Website
- PKP Intercity
Train from Wroclaw Glowny to Poznan Glowny
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £15–29
- Website
- PKP Intercity
Train from Krakow Glowny to Praha Hlavni Nadrazi
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £45–90
- Website
- PKP Intercity
Train from Krakow Glowny to Lodz Widzew
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 23m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £24–45
- Website
- PKP Intercity
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Wroclaw Glowny to Poznan Glowny
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £30–40
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Phone
- +48 22 474 00 44
- [email protected]
- Website
- Polregio
Train from Wroclaw Glowny to Poznan Glowny
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 29m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- £5–8
- Website
- Polregio
- Phone
- +420 221 111 122
- [email protected]
- Website
- Czech Railways (ČD)
Train from Wroclaw Glowny to Poznan Glowny
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £11
- Website
- Czech Railways (ČD)
- 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
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- [email protected]
- Website
- LeShuttle
Car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestone
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £117
- Website
- LeShuttle
- Standard fare
- £117
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 026 4700
- Website
- Thameslink
Train from Luton Airport Parkway to Farringdon
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- £16–21
- Website
- Thameslink
- Phone
- +420 220 311 700
- [email protected]
- Website
- LEO Express
Train from Krakow Glowny to Praha Hlavni Nadrazi
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 39m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £20–29
- Website
- LEO Express
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- [email protected]
- Website
- RegioJet
Train from Krakow Glowny to Praha Hlavni Nadrazi
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £20–35
- Website
- RegioJet
- Phone
- +38 098-888-11-08
- [email protected]
- Website
- Grand Bus
Bus from Poznań to Amsterdam Centraal Station
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 7m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £80–90
- Website
- Grand Bus
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- [email protected]
- Website
- RegioJet
Bus from Prague Florenc Central Bus Station to London Victoria Green Line Station
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 30m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- £65–110
- Website
- RegioJet
Bus from Pilsen Central Bus Station to London Victoria Green Line Station
- Ave. Duration
- 17h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £60–100
- Website
- RegioJet
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Krakow, MDA Bus Station to Plzeň
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £40–65
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Lodz, Bus Station to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 35m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- £110–170
- 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
- £23–40
- Website
- National Express
Bus from London Victoria to Kingsway GR
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £23–40
- Website
- National Express
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- [email protected]
- 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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