There are 6 ways to get from London to Riyadh 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 from London Heathrow Airport
best- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Riyadh (RUH)plane LHR - RUH
10h 23mSAR 958–2,278Train to London Gatwick Airport, fly
cheapest- Take the train from London Victoria to Gatwick Airporttrain
- Fly from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Riyadh (RUH)plane LGW - RUH
12h 52mSAR 827–2,074Fly from London City Airport
- Fly from London City Airport (LCY) to Riyadh (RUH)plane LCY - RUH
12h 38mSAR 3,417–4,730Fly from London Stansted Airport
- Fly from London Stansted Airport (STN) to Riyadh (RUH)plane STN - RUH
12h 40mSAR 1,213–2,231Train to Luton Airport, fly
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Luton Airport Parkwaytrain
- Fly from Luton Airport (LTN) to Riyadh (RUH)plane LTN - RUH
14h 31mSAR 906–2,592Train to Birmingham Airport, fly
- Take the train from London Euston to Birmingham Internationaltrain
- Fly from Birmingham Airport (BHX) to Riyadh (RUH)plane BHX - RUH
13h 4mSAR 960–2,762
London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Riyadh (RUH) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from London to Riyadh is to train and fly which costs 800﷼ - 2100﷼ and takes 12h 52m.
The fastest way to get from London to Riyadh is to fly which takes 10h 23m and costs 950﷼ - 2300﷼.
The distance between London and Riyadh is 5005 km.
It takes approximately 10h 23m to get from London to Riyadh, including transfers.
Riyadh is 2h ahead of London. It is currently 5:07 AM in London and 7:07 AM in Riyadh.
There are 2553+ hotels available in Riyadh.
What companies run services between London, England and Riyadh, Saudi Arabia?
Saudia, British Airways, and five other airlines fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Riyadh (RUH) every 2 hours.
- Website
- saudia.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Riyadh
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- SAR 900–2,700
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Riyadh via Jeddah
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 17m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- SAR 1,000–2,900
Flights from London City Airport to Riyadh via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- SAR 1,200–3,500
Flights from London City Airport to Riyadh via Nice
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 10m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- SAR 1,200–3,600
Flights from London City Airport to Riyadh via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- SAR 1,100–4,200
Flights from London City Airport to Riyadh via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 55m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- SAR 1,200–3,500
Flights from London City Airport to Riyadh via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- SAR 1,200–3,500
Flights from Luton Airport to Riyadh via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 25m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- SAR 800–2,400
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Riyadh via Medina
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- SAR 750–2,200
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Riyadh via Jeddah
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 10m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- SAR 800–2,300
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Riyadh via Mykonos
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 30m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- SAR 800–2,600
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Riyadh via Jeddah
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 10m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- SAR 850–2,400
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Riyadh via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- SAR 800–2,300
- Website
- flynas.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Riyadh via Manama
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- SAR 900–2,300
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Riyadh via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- SAR 700–2,800
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Riyadh via Hurghada
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 25m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- SAR 900–2,400
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Riyadh via Manama
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 50m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- SAR 650–2,200
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Riyadh via Sharm el-Sheikh
- Ave. Duration
- 11h
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- SAR 850–2,300
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Riyadh via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- SAR 700–2,700
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Riyadh via Hurghada
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 25m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- SAR 900–2,400
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Riyadh via Sharm el-Sheikh
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- SAR 850–2,700
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Riyadh via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- SAR 1,000–3,200
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Riyadh via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- SAR 950–3,100
- Website
- gulfair.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Riyadh via Manama
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- SAR 900–2,300
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Riyadh via Manama
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- SAR 750–1,900
- Website
- flypgs.com
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Riyadh via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- SAR 700–2,800
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Riyadh via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- SAR 700–2,700
- Website
- rj.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Riyadh via Amman
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- SAR 1,000–3,200
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Riyadh via Amman
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- SAR 850–2,800
- Website
- egyptair.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Riyadh via Cairo
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- SAR 1,300–3,700
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from London City Airport to Riyadh via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 2m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- SAR 1,100–4,200
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Riyadh
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- SAR 950–5,500
- Website
- mea.com.lb
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Riyadh via Beirut
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- SAR 1,400–3,200
- Website
- kuwaitairways.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Riyadh via Kuwait
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- SAR 850–2,900
- Website
- ajet.com
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Riyadh via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- SAR 1,100–2,100
- Website
- jazeeraairways.com
Flights from Luton Airport to Riyadh via Kuwait
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- SAR 550–4,300
- Website
- flyaircairo.com
Flights from Luton Airport to Riyadh via Hurghada
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 55m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- SAR 900–2,800
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 026 4700
- Website
- thameslinkrailway.com
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Luton Airport Parkway
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- SAR 75–160
- Website
- https://www.thameslinkrailway.com/
- Phone
- 03457 125 678
- Website
- eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Luton Airport Parkway
- Ave. Duration
- 21 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- SAR 75–120
- Website
- https://www.eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 (0)3457 282930
- Website
- southernrailway.com
Train from London Victoria to Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 33 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- SAR 70–150
- Website
- https://www.southernrailway.com/
- Phone
- +44 345 850 1530
- Website
- gatwickexpress.com
Train from London Victoria to Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- SAR 95–160
- Website
- https://www.gatwickexpress.com/
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 528 0253
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
Train from London Euston to Birmingham International
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- SAR 190–320
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 333 311 0039
- [email protected]
- Website
- westmidlandsrailway.co.uk
Train from London Euston to Birmingham International
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 4m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- SAR 180–450
- Website
- https://www.westmidlandsrailway.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- [email protected]
- Website
- sleeper.scot
Train from London Euston to Birmingham International
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- SAR 150–250
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
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