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06:05 - 11:30MAN-CWL
5h 25m1 stop
20:15 - 07:35CWL-MAN
11h 20m2 stops
Tue, 11 Jun - Tue, 11 Jun
05:40 - 11:20MAN-CWL
5h 40m1 stop
13:25 - 02:05CWL-MAN
12h 40m1 stop
Tue, 11 Jun - Tue, 11 Jun
06:05 - 11:30MAN-CWL
5h 25m1 stop
Tue, 2 Jul
20:40 - 21:10MAN-CWL
48h 30m2 stops
Tue, 2 Jul
18:00 - 16:45MAN-CWL
22h 45m3 stops
Tue, 2 Jul
05:55 - 09:15MAN-CWL
3h 20m1 stop
17:15 - 21:35CWL-MAN
4h 20m1 stop
£759KLM
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Fri, 31 May - Wed, 5 Jun
17:00 - 22:50Manchester Shudehill Interchange-
Cardiff Castle Bus
5h 50mdirect
08:20 - 19:10Cardiff Castle Bus-
Manchester Shudehill Interchange
10h 50mdirect
£24Megabus
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Tue, 9 Jul - Wed, 10 Jul
17:00 - 22:50Manchester Shudehill Interchange-
Cardiff Castle Bus
5h 50mdirect
02:20 - 12:40Cardiff Castle Bus-
Manchester Shudehill Interchange
10h 20mdirect
£24Megabus
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Tue, 9 Jul - Tue, 9 Jul
17:00 - 22:50Manchester Shudehill Interchange-
Cardiff Castle Bus
5h 50mdirect
02:20 - 12:40Cardiff Castle Bus-
Manchester Shudehill Interchange
10h 20mdirect
£24Megabus
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Thu, 27 Jun - Sat, 29 Jun
17:00 - 22:50Manchester Shudehill Interchange-
Cardiff Castle Bus
5h 50mdirect
02:20 - 12:40Cardiff Castle Bus-
Manchester Shudehill Interchange
10h 20mdirect
£24Megabus
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Fri, 28 Jun - Sat, 29 Jun
15:45 - 21:30Manchester Bus Station-
Cardiff Sophia Gardens
5h 45mdirect
13:10 - 19:35Cardiff Sophia Gardens-
Manchester Bus Station
6h 25mdirect
£26National Express
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Tue, 9 Jul - Wed, 10 Jul
08:30 - 11:53Manchester Piccadilly-
Cardiff Castle Bus
3h 23mdirect
08:30 - 12:14Cardiff Castle Bus-
Manchester Piccadilly
3h 44mdirect
£108Arriva
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Fri, 28 Jun - Sun, 30 Jun
07:30 - 10:48Manchester Piccadilly-
Cardiff Castle Bus
3h 18mdirect
04:33 - 08:13Cardiff Castle Bus-
Manchester Piccadilly
3h 40mdirect
£108Arriva
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Tue, 9 Jul - Wed, 10 Jul
06:27 - 09:59Manchester Piccadilly-
Cardiff Castle Bus
3h 32mdirect
04:35 - 08:15Cardiff Castle Bus-
Manchester Piccadilly
3h 40mdirect
£108Arriva
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Sat, 29 Jun - Sat, 6 Jul
05:11 - 08:57Manchester Piccadilly-
Cardiff Castle Bus
3h 46m1 stop
07:07 - 10:59Cardiff Castle Bus-
Manchester Piccadilly
3h 52m1 stop
£108Arriva, Cross Country
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Sat, 29 Jun - Sat, 6 Jul
05:11 - 08:54Manchester Piccadilly-
Cardiff Castle Bus
3h 43m1 stop
11:40 - 15:15Cardiff Castle Bus-
Manchester Piccadilly
3h 35mdirect
£108Arriva, Cross Country
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Fri, 28 Jun - Sun, 30 Jun

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

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April

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August

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£70
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Most popular time to fly and prices are also 10% lower on average.
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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 £89 for a one-way ticket and £393 for a return.

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    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.

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    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.

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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.
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7.8
KLMOverall score based on 1520 reviews
7.7Comfort
7.2Entertainment
7.4Food
7.9Boarding
8.4Crew
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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
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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.

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 food quality is poor. The staff are very friendly and accommodating. The entertainment program was limited. I experienced a delay of 30 minutes due to two issues. Passenger luggage had to be removed and there was a technical issue with the stairs not detaching from the aircraft. The pilot managed to compensate and we arrived only 15 minutes later. The luggage at Dubai airport was very slow. I waited over an hour.

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.

Good flight. Take off a little late but make up the time

Everything’s went straight forward, no issues, good service and friendly crew

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Recent one-way flight deals

 
Only flying one-way? Below are some of the best one-way flight deals from Manchester to Cardiff found on KAYAK in the last 72 hours.
2/7Tue
1 stop
5h 25mMAN-CWL
£70
2/7Tue
2 stops
48h 30mMAN-CWL
£123
2/7Tue
3 stops
22h 45mMAN-CWL
£166

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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.
31/5Fri
multi-stopKLM
3h 20mMAN-CWL
5/6Wed
multi-stopKLM
4h 20mCWL-MAN
£759

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Manchester - Cardiff Flights

Departure:

Manchester (MAN)United Kingdom

Destination:

Cardiff (CWL)United Kingdom

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Cardiff - Manchester

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Average priceAverage duration
Flights5h 25m
Trains£2830h 00m
Buses£275h 57m