Cheap flights from Cardiff to Edinburgh from £39

The month of March is, on average, the cheapest month to fly to Edinburgh from Cardiff, with most prices found around £154. If you don’t want to visit Edinburgh in March, then you should wait until January to fly from Cardiff, when ticket prices are also cheap, with an average price of £159.

The cheapest day to depart from Cardiff to Edinburgh is on a Monday when prices can be found for as low as £174. Flights from Cardiff to Edinburgh on a Saturday will generally be more expensive and average around £220. Keep in mind that these prices on both days could fluctuate depending on the season and the demand.

Our most recent data shows that the best time of day to fly to Edinburgh is in the afternoon. Flights from Cardiff to Edinburgh during this time can be as low as £182. Try not to purchase tickets in the morning because they tend to be around £244. Of course, these prices can vary depending on the time of year and what airport you fly to.

Fly from Cardiff Wales to Edinburgh Turnhouse for the best Cardiff Wales - Edinburgh Turnhouse flight prices

You are more likely to see cheaper flights to Edinburgh from Cardiff when booking weeks ahead of your departure date. In general, you can expect to find flights to Edinburgh for around £191 when searching weeks before you fly. However, flight prices might be lower outside of this timeframe. For example, people recently found flights to Edinburgh from Cardiff for as low as £145 on momondo.

You could potentially save up to 23% on your flight if you consider stops on a Cardiff to Edinburgh flight.

As of April 2026, prices for Cardiff to Edinburgh flights are approximately 156% more expensive when compared to flights at the same time last year.

Ryanair is the most popular carrier operating from Cardiff Wales to Edinburgh Turnhouse

easyJet, Loganair and KLM are the top three most popular airlines that fly to Edinburgh from Cardiff according to our data. easyJet is the first choice among our users, with 83% of people opting to fly with this airline when travelling to Edinburgh. Keep in mind that there are 5 different airlines that fly to Edinburgh on a routine basis, so you have a few additional options to choose from.

Historically, on average around 19% of flights between Cardiff and Edinburgh have experienced a delay on any given week. The average delay length over the past 12 months has been 100 minutes.

Generally, flights departing in the morning tend to experience fewer delays. Flights departing in the early afternoon have, in the past, seen delays more frequently in comparison.

Saturday is statistically the day of the week that experiences the fewest delays on this flight route. Monday has historically seen more delays on average compared to the rest of the week.

According to our data, Loganair have had the fewest delays on this route over the last 12 months, with about 19% of their flights experiencing any sort of delay.