There are 8 ways to get from Xiamen to Cardiff by plane or train
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Fly Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport to London Heathrow Airport, train
best- Fly from Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport (XMN) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR)plane XMN - LHR
- Take the train from London Paddington to Cardiff Centraltrain
18h 4m£389–1,020Fly Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport to Bristol Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport (XMN) to Bristol Airport (BRS)plane XMN - BRS
- Take the train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Centraltrain
16h 8m£271–743Fly Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport to Cardiff Airport
- Fly from Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport (XMN) to Cardiff Airport (CWL)plane XMN - CWL
20h 57m£430–1,214Fly Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport to London City Airport, train
- Fly from Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport (XMN) to London City Airport (LCY)plane XMN - LCY
- Take the train from London Paddington to Cardiff Centraltrain
17h 46m£486–1,358Fly Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport to Birmingham Airport, train
- Fly from Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport (XMN) to Birmingham Airport (BHX)plane XMN - BHX
- Take the train from Birmingham New Street to Cardiff Centraltrain
17h 49m£321–847Train to Qingyang Airport, fly to London Heathrow Airport, train
- Take the train from Xiamen North to Jinjiangtrain
- Fly from Qingyang Airport (IQN) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR)plane IQN - LHR
- Take the train from London Paddington to Cardiff Centraltrain
32h 42m£363–1,131Fly Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport to Exeter, train
- Fly from Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport (XMN) to Exeter (EXT)plane XMN - EXT
- Take the train from Exeter St Davids to Bristol Temple Meadstrain
- Take the train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Centraltrain
21h 44m£481–1,308Fly Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport to Southampton Airport, train
- Fly from Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport (XMN) to Southampton Airport (SOU)plane XMN - SOU
- Take the train from Southampton Airport Parkway to Readingtrain
- Take the train from Reading to Cardiff Centraltrain
22h 31m£452–1,235
Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport (XMN) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Xiamen to Cardiff is to fly and train which costs £270 - £750 and takes 16h 8m.
The fastest way to get from Xiamen to Cardiff is to fly and train which takes 16h 8m and costs £270 - £750.
The distance between Xiamen and Cardiff is 6207 miles.
It takes approximately 18h 4m to get from Xiamen to Cardiff, including transfers.
Cardiff is 7h behind Xiamen. It is currently 8:23 AM in Xiamen and 1:23 AM in Cardiff.
There are 1709+ hotels available in Cardiff.
What companies run services between Xiamen, China and Cardiff, Wales?
Xiamen Airlines, KLM, and two other airlines fly from Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport (XMN) to Cardiff Airport (CWL) 3 times a day.
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport to Cardiff Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £420–1,200
Flights from Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport to Cardiff Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £470–1,600
Flights from Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport to Cardiff Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 35m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £450–1,300
Flights from Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport to London City Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £410–1,200
Flights from Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport to London City Airport via Fuzhou, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 15m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £420–1,200
Flights from Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport to London City Airport via Beijing Daxing, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £460–1,500
Flights from Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport to Birmingham Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £260–750
Flights from Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport to Birmingham Airport via Fuzhou, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 15m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £270–750
Flights from Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport to Southampton Airport via Fuzhou, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 15m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £390–1,100
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 5m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £320–900
Flights from Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport to London City Airport via Beijing Capital, Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £480–1,400
Flights from Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport to Exeter via Beijing Capital, Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £490–1,400
Flights from Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport to Exeter via Amsterdam Schiphol, Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £430–1,200
Flights from Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport to Southampton Airport via Beijing Capital, Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £440–1,300
Flights from Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport to Southampton Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £390–1,100
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport to Bristol Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 30m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £250–700
Flights from Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport to Bristol Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 15m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £260–750
Flights from Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport to Bristol Airport via Fuzhou, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 35m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £260–750
Flights from Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport to Bristol Airport via Beijing Daxing, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 19h
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £280–950
Flights from Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport to Southampton Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £380–1,100
Flights from Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport to Southampton Airport via Beijing Daxing, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 50m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £420–1,400
- Website
- loganair.co.uk
Flights from Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport to Exeter via Beijing Capital, Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £490–1,400
Flights from Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport to Exeter via Amsterdam Schiphol, Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £430–1,200
Flights from Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport to Southampton Airport via Beijing Capital, Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £440–1,300
Flights from Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport to Southampton Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £390–1,100
- Website
- csair.com
Flights from Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Wuhan
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 35m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £330–1,100
Flights from Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Beijing Daxing
- Ave. Duration
- 17h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £340–1,200
Flights from Qingyang Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Beijing Daxing
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £280–950
- Website
- airchina.com
Flights from Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £310–900
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport to Cardiff Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 35m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £450–1,300
Flights from Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport to Birmingham Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 20m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £270–750
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport to Cardiff Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £440–1,200
Flights from Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport to Birmingham Airport via Beijing Capital, Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 20m
- When
- Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £310–900
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport to London City Airport via Beijing Capital, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 5m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £420–1,200
Flights from Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport to Birmingham Airport via Beijing Daxing, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £270–800
- Website
- xiamenair.com
Flights from Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £310–850
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport to London City Airport via Beijing Capital, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 5m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £420–1,200
- Website
- tianjin-air.com
Flights from Qingyang Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Chongqing
- Ave. Duration
- 33h
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £490–800
- Website
- airastana.com
Flights from Qingyang Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Urumqi, Almaty
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 45m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £450–1,200
- Website
- aurigny.com
Flights from Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport to Exeter via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Bristol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £440–1,200
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 7000 125
- [email protected]
- Website
- gwr.com
Train from London Paddington to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £65–130
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £17–35
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from London Paddington to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £65–130
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from London Paddington to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £65–130
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Exeter St Davids to Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £30–65
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £17–35
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Reading to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £45–95
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
- Phone
- 03333 211 202
- Website
- tfw.wales
Train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £15–26
- Website
- https://tfw.wales/
Train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £15–26
- Website
- https://tfw.wales/
- Phone
- +44 3447 369 123
- [email protected]
- Website
- crosscountrytrains.co.uk
Train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £20–29
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Birmingham New Street to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £55–85
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Exeter St Davids to Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £40–60
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £20–29
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Southampton Airport Parkway to Reading
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £23–35
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Xiamen North to Jinjiang
- Ave. Duration
- 25 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £4–7
- Schedules at
- chinahighlights.com
- Adult - 2nd Class
- £4–7
- Adult - 1st Class
- £4–6
Train from Xiamen North to Jinjiang
- 2nd Class Seat
- £2–3
- 1st Class Seat
- £4–5
- Business Class Seat
- £5–8
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