Find flights
Deals
Insights
When to book
FAQs & Tips
Airlines

MAN - CWL

£192 Find cheap flights from Manchester to Cardiff

This is the cheapest return flight price found by a KAYAK user in the last 72 hours by searching for a flight from Manchester to Cardiff departing on 20/7. Fares are subject to change and may not be available on all flights or dates of travel. Click the price to replicate the search for this deal.
1 adult
0 bags
Wed 10/7
Wed 17/7

Search hundreds of travel sites at once for deals on flights to Cardiff

 
These are the airlines KAYAK users have selected most often from within our search results in flight searches from Manchester to Cardiff, as well as popular online travel agencies
These are the airlines KAYAK users have selected most often from within our search results in flight searches from Manchester to Cardiff, as well as popular online travel agencies
In the last 7 days, travellers have searched 42,898,604 times on KAYAK, and here's why:

Save 28% or moreCompare multiple travel sites with one search.

Track pricesNot ready to book? Create a price alert for when prices drop.

Filter your dealsChoose cabin class, free Wi-Fi and more.

Bundle and saveSave money when you bundle your flight + hotel.

Cheap flight deals from Manchester to Cardiff (MAN-CWL)

Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for round-trip flights from Manchester to Cardiff that are departing in the next months. While these flights were available on KAYAK in the last 72 hours, prices and availability are subject to change and deals may expire.
Discover the best prices and deals for you by selecting your travel dates.
Choose your dates
17:25 - 22:20MAN-CWL
4h 55m1 stop
12:00 - 15:30CWL-MAN
3h 30m1 stop
Sat, 20 Jul - Wed, 24 Jul
08:25 - 12:40MAN-CWL
4h 15m1 stop
12:00 - 21:45CWL-MAN
9h 45m1 stop
Sat, 22 Jun - Mon, 24 Jun
08:10 - 14:35MAN-CWL
6h 25m1 stop
12:00 - 15:30CWL-MAN
3h 30m1 stop
Sun, 30 Jun - Wed, 3 Jul
19:55 - 11:30MAN-CWL
15h 35m1 stop
12:00 - 22:15CWL-MAN
10h 15m1 stop
Tue, 9 Jul - Tue, 16 Jul
07:15 - 11:30MAN-CWL
4h 15m1 stop
16:50 - 12:05CWL-MAN
19h 15m2 stops
Wed, 10 Jul - Wed, 17 Jul
07:15 - 11:30MAN-CWL
4h 15m1 stop
16:50 - 12:05CWL-MAN
19h 15m2 stops
Wed, 26 Jun - Wed, 26 Jun
07:15 - 11:30MAN-CWL
4h 15m1 stop
12:00 - 15:30CWL-MAN
3h 30m1 stop
Wed, 10 Jul - Wed, 17 Jul
06:05 - 11:30MAN-CWL
5h 25m1 stop
09:45 - 18:55CWL-MAN
9h 10m2 stops
Tue, 9 Jul - Tue, 16 Jul
16:15 - 11:30MAN-CWL
19h 15m1 stop
12:00 - 19:05CWL-MAN
7h 05m1 stop
£336Aer Lingus
Find Deal
Tue, 9 Jul - Tue, 16 Jul
08:25 - 12:40MAN-CWL
4h 15m1 stop
12:00 - 08:55CWL-MAN
20h 55m3 stops
£426Aer Lingus
Find Deal
Sat, 20 Jul - Tue, 23 Jul

Flights from Manchester to Cardiff - Travel Insights & Trends

Get data-powered insights and trends into flights from Manchester to Cardiff to help you find the cheapest flights, the best time to fly and much more.

What’s the cheapest day of the week to fly from Manchester to Cardiff?

The average price of all flights from Manchester to Cardiff clicked on KAYAK for each day over the last 12 months.
If you are looking for a flight deal from Manchester to Cardiff, look for departures on Sundays and avoid leaving on a Thursday, as it's usually the priciest day. When flying back from Cardiff, Friday is the cheapest day to fly and Sunday is the most expensive.

What is the cheapest month to fly from Manchester to Cardiff?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for flights from Manchester to Cardiff, removes the top 0.1% to account for outliers, and then takes the median of all values for each month.
The cheapest month for flights from Manchester to Cardiff is July, where tickets cost £117 on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are January and March, where the average cost of tickets is £364 and £330 respectively.

Good to know - Cheap tickets from Manchester to Cardiff

Low season

April

High season

August

Cheapest flight

£192
Best time to beat the crowds (1% less expensive on average)
Most popular time to fly and prices are also 10% lower on average.
Flight from Manchester to Cardiff

When to book flights from Manchester to Cardiff

Are your dates flexible? Find out the best times to travel from Manchester to Cardiff based on our flight data from the last year. Discover the cheapest month and even day to fly.
Estimated return price
KAYAK looks at all historical flight data for each date to provide a predicted price for one-way trips or returns with a duration up to 40 days. While we try to provide actual minimum prices for each date, some prices are predictions and actual prices may differ.

FAQs for booking flights from Manchester to Cardiff

  • What is the cheapest flight from Manchester to Cardiff?

    In the last 3 days, the lowest price for a flight from Manchester to Cardiff was £244 for a return ticket.

  • Which airports will I be using when flying from Manchester to Cardiff?

    When flying out of Manchester you will be using Manchester. You will be landing at Cardiff, also known as Cardiff Wales.

  • Which aircraft models fly most regularly from Manchester to Cardiff?

    We unfortunately don’t have that data for this specific route.

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from Manchester to Cardiff?

    KAYAK is a travel search engine. That means we look across the web to find the best prices we can find for our users. With over 2 billion flight queries processed yearly, we are able to display a variety of prices and options on flights from Manchester to Cardiff.

  • How does KAYAK's flight Price Forecast tool help me choose the right time to buy my flight ticket from Manchester to Cardiff?

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight to Cardiff from Manchester is likely to change within 7 days, so travelers know whether to wait or book now.

  • What is the Hacker Fare option on flights from Manchester to Cardiff?

    Hacker Fares allow you to combine one-way tickets in order to save you money over a traditional return ticket. You could then fly to Cardiff with an airline and back to Manchester with another airline.

  • What is KAYAK's "flexible dates" feature and why should I care when looking for a flight from Manchester to Cardiff?

    Sometimes travel dates aren't set in stone. If your preferred travel dates have some wiggle room, flexible dates will show you all the options when flying to Cardiff from Manchester up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

See more FAQs

Top airlines flying from Manchester to Cardiff

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from Manchester to Cardiff. Airline scores are aggregated from all reviews left by passengers on KAYAK after flying with an airline. KAYAK doesn’t show reviews that are older than 5 years. Learn how KAYAK collects reviews.
Need help choosing which airline to fly with from Manchester to Cardiff? KAYAK airline reviews give an overall score for each airline based on loads of factors, including comfort, boarding, in-flight entertainment and more, to make your decision easier. See airline scores according to verified KAYAK customer reviews.
7.8
KLMOverall score based on 1473 reviews
8.4Crew
7.3Food
7.8Boarding
7.6Comfort
7.2Entertainment
Airline reviews

Quick and efficient as always. Air France managed to loose and damage my luggage that never made it onto my KLM flight.

8.0 ExcellentBartosz, May 2024CDG - AMS
Read more about KLM reviews

Quick and efficient as always. Air France managed to loose and damage my luggage that never made it onto my KLM flight.

The food from Lagos to Amsterdam was was very poor compared to AMS-YYZ

Seats are fair enough for medium tall people. Good food all the trip. Fight attendances are warm

The food was ok. The crew seemed like they were cranky. I had one guy get mad at me for passing in between the storage area to get to the other toilet. I can understand if it's not allowed but reprimanding me like I'm a student saying "This is the last time!" was not appropriate. During my meal time, there was a French family around me. No problems there but when we usually have meals, they are supposed to put their chair in the upright position. These people did not do it and the steward did not tell them to raise their seat in the upright position. However, I was told to do so! So, me and another person next to me had to eat with the monitor almost touching our faces. Furthermore, a lady in front of me was putting her feet up and preventing another elder passenger from putting her seat back. To make it worse, she was continuously hitting her back into her seat, shaking my monitor while I was watching a movie. A crew member did speak to her about it but then she accused me of pushing her seat forward! The crew member gave me a death stare and told me to stop pushing the seat forward. I did not even touch her seat at all, if I did, she would know it. Her boyfriend also stood up and tried to push her seat even further past the maximum decline to no avail. None of these people were reprimanded but the steward, some bald guy, was extremely friendly with them and did not even try to instruct them to do anything until it was time to land. I resisted the urge to really argue with them because I would have obviously been seen as the aggressor (I have no idea why). I hardly said anything on this flight except "more wine please" and "sorry" if I bumped into someone accidentally. Overall, it was an annoying flight and I had to resist the urge to yell at the steward and the people he was overly friendly with. The happiest moment of this flight was leaving it.

Overall a good experience. We were disappointed when we had to check our carry on due to the plane being full. KLM hadn’t notified us and we had valuable items in the carry on but they still made us check it. Some of the food was great and some was mediocre. Crew is really kind and funny.

One of the vstewardeses wanted to bump me of the plane for absolutely nothing. There is CCTV in the plane ans everything can be verified. Very disappointing , you all will see, o other 5 years and the passangers who does not smile to flight attendent will be bumped off...

Mostly fine. Minor delays departing and arriving. Quite a cramped plane, not so much as regards legroom but very narrow seats. Quiet nice food. Non-working USB charger. Flight attendants were helpful but not particularly proactive — one had to work to get their attention (but all was fine once they notice you), very Dutch style:)

I travel frequently. The flight was late again... KLM should really try and be on time

The flight itself it was great nice food the crew were very nice and helpful, Checking in from Birmingham wasn't great long queues for bag dropped, And I had my hand luggage case taken away from me even though I requested to have it with me as I had breakables items. I was told I can not because of the length of the flight with no explanation at all no options was given for me to take my fragile items out of my case it was taken away with hold buggage I find the staff member who was checking me in very unpleasant !! Can we please be advise if the rules have changed about the the carry on hand luggage it will be easier to be advise on booking your tickect if we not allowed to take the hand luggage with me. Overall I had a good flight .

The plane was clean and the staff was friendly. Food and drinks as expected on international flights. The entertainment system was old style, with a pullout controller, and selections not as extensive as on other flights.

The distance between seats was narrow. So my recommendation is to increase it

The flight departed and arrived on time. A member of the staff at the gate was awful. She asked me to get the duty free purchases out of the hand luggage to see if it would fit inside their box, which it did. It was the embarrassment in front of the other passengers and the hassle of getting my stuff out of the bag and back in again that was totally unnecessary. They try to squeeze every single euro they can get out of their passengers. The seats were uncomfortable with little space in between them. The flight was quite noisy with lots of announcements trying to sell food, drinks, gifts and souvenirs etc.

Cardiff is a great airport but they pen you in at a gate way too small for passenger numbers. Called to the gate too soon and air conditioning was not in operation despite the heat. Cardiff should do better as a small relatively quiet regional airport.

Good, everything went straight forward and on time, I am satisfied

Very good, everything went straight forward, boarding, during the flight, landing and all on time Well done

flight delayed, no information given until late on, Ryanair app said "on time" until 5 minutes before expected departure time, crew rushed us to board, when it was already 3 hours late

I got denied boarding bevause they said they "ran out of seats on a plane"

Speakers were blaring. It's like being in a Moroccan market and you keep getting shouted at with what's for sale

What can you say Ryanair get you there,no frills Not so cheap anymore ..... but what is now days! Would use again as always. Good flight times for us.

Perfect timing, perfect departure, lovely crew on the ground and in the air.

Book cheap flights from Manchester to Cardiff

Cheapest flights to Cardiff from Manchester found in 2024

One-way flight deals

multi-stopMultiple Airlines
142 miMAN-CWL

Search by stops

Last minute flights from Manchester to Cardiff

Last minute flight, train and bus deals

 
These last-minute flight deals are the cheapest flights found on KAYAK in the last 72 hours for flights from Manchester to Cardiff that are departing in the next 10 days.
15/6Sat
multi-stopKLM
3h 20mMAN-CWL
22/6Sat
multi-stopKLM
4h 20mCWL-MAN
£400
15/6Sat
multi-stopKLM
3h 20mMAN-CWL
22/6Sat
multi-stopKLM
4h 20mCWL-MAN
£465

Search by stops

Search by airline

Search by price

Manchester - Cardiff Flights

Departure:

Manchester (MAN)United Kingdom

Destination:

Cardiff (CWL)United Kingdom

Return flight deals:

Cardiff - Manchester

Cabin classes:

Browse destinations:

Compare transportation modes for Manchester to Cardiff

Average priceAverage duration
Flights4h 15m
Trains£2690h 00m
Buses£285h 50m