There are 4 ways to get from Riyadh Region (State) to Abu Dhabi by car, taxi, plane, subway, or train
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Drive 884.8 km
best- Drive from Riyadh to Abu Dhabicar 884.8 km
9h 57mAED 360–520Taxi to Wadi Al-Dawasir Domestic Airport, fly
- Take the taxi from Wadi ad-Dawasir to Wadi Al-Dawasir Domestic Airport (WAE)taxi
- Fly from Wadi Al-Dawasir Domestic Airport (WAE) to Abu Dhabi (AUH)plane WAE - AUH
7h 20mAED 767–1,917Line 1 subway, line 4 subway to Riyadh, fly
- Take the subway from National Museum to Kafdsubway
- Take the subway from Kafd to Airport T3-4subway
- Fly from Riyadh (RUH) to Abu Dhabi (AUH)plane RUH - AUH
6h 28mAED 379–1,524Train, taxi to Prince Nayef Bin Abdulaziz Regional Airport, fly
- Take the train from Al Majmaah to Al-Qassimtrain
- Take the taxi from Al-Qassim to Prince Nayef Bin Abdulaziz Regional Airport (ELQ)taxi
- Fly from Prince Nayef Bin Abdulaziz Regional Airport (ELQ) to Abu Dhabi (AUH)plane ELQ - AUH
6h 52mAED 777–1,868
Wadi Al-Dawasir Domestic Airport (WAE) to Abu Dhabi (AUH) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Riyadh Region (State) to Abu Dhabi is to drive which costs AED 360 - AED 550 and takes 9h 57m.
The fastest way to get from Riyadh Region (State) to Abu Dhabi is to line 1 subway and line 4 subway and fly which takes 6h 28m and costs AED 370 - AED 1600.
The distance between Riyadh Region (State) and Abu Dhabi is 885 km. The road distance is 884.8 km.
It takes approximately 9h 57m to drive 884.8 km from Riyadh to Abu Dhabi.
Abu Dhabi is 1h ahead of Riyadh Region (State). It is currently 4:26 PM in Riyadh Region (State) and 5:26 PM in Abu Dhabi.
Yes, the driving distance between Riyadh Region (State) to Abu Dhabi is 885 km. It takes approximately 9h 57m to drive from Riyadh Region (State) to Abu Dhabi.
There are 1284+ hotels available in Abu Dhabi.
What companies run services between Riyadh Region (State), Saudi Arabia and Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates?
You can drive from Riyadh to Abu Dhabi in around 9h 57m.
- Website
- saudia.com
Flights from Wadi Al-Dawasir Domestic Airport to Abu Dhabi via Jeddah
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- AED 600–1,900
Flights from Wadi Al-Dawasir Domestic Airport to Abu Dhabi via Riyadh
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- AED 500–1,600
Flights from Wadi Al-Dawasir Domestic Airport to Abu Dhabi via Riyadh, Dammam
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- AED 500–1,600
Flights from Riyadh to Abu Dhabi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 49m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- AED 340–1,400
Flights from Riyadh to Abu Dhabi via Dammam
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- AED 450–1,400
- Website
- etihad.com
Flights from Wadi Al-Dawasir Domestic Airport to Abu Dhabi via Riyadh, Manama
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- AED 480–2,000
Flights from Riyadh to Abu Dhabi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- AED 340–1,900
Flights from Prince Nayef Bin Abdulaziz Regional Airport to Abu Dhabi
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- AED 480–1,500
Flights from Prince Nayef Bin Abdulaziz Regional Airport to Abu Dhabi via Dammam
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- AED 480–2,000
- Website
- flynas.com
Flights from Riyadh to Abu Dhabi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- AED 410–1,900
Flights from Prince Nayef Bin Abdulaziz Regional Airport to Abu Dhabi via Dammam
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- AED 480–2,000
- Website
- gulfair.com
Flights from Riyadh to Abu Dhabi via Manama
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- AED 550–1,500
Flights from Prince Nayef Bin Abdulaziz Regional Airport to Abu Dhabi via Manama
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- AED 500–1,500
- Website
- qatarairways.com
Flights from Riyadh to Abu Dhabi via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Tuesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- AED 490–750
Flights from Prince Nayef Bin Abdulaziz Regional Airport to Abu Dhabi via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- AED 450–2,200
- Website
- airarabia.com
Flights from Wadi Al-Dawasir Domestic Airport to Abu Dhabi via Riyadh, Manama
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- AED 480–2,000
- Website
- jazeeraairways.com
Flights from Riyadh to Abu Dhabi via Kuwait
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- AED 650–2,000
- Phone
- 19933
- [email protected]
- Website
- rpt.sa
Subway from National Museum to Kafd
- Ave. Duration
- 24 min
- Frequency
- Every 5 minutes
- Estimated price
- AED 3–6
- Schedules at
- riyadhbus.sa
Subway from Kafd to Airport T3-4
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Every 5 minutes
- Estimated price
- AED 3–10
- Schedules at
- rpt.sa
- Standard 2 hr Pass
- AED 4
- First Class 2 hr Pass
- AED 10
- Phone
- 920000329
- [email protected]
- Website
- sar.com.sa
Train from Al Majmaah to Al-Qassim
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- AED 40–60
- Schedules at
- sar.com.sa
- Economy
- AED 40–60
- Business
- AED 70–100
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Estimated price
- AED 200–320
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