There are 6 ways to get from Cologne to Colombo by train or plane
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly
best- Take the train from Köln Hbf to D-Flughafen Bftrain
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB)plane DUS - CMB
15h 49mRs 111,817–282,127Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport
cheapest- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB)plane CGN - CMB
16h 43mRs 105,054–364,849Train to Frankfurt, fly
- Take the train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB)plane FRA - CMB
13h 15mRs 115,698–276,203Train to Brussels Airport, fly
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Brussels-Nordtrain
- Fly from Brussels Airport (BRU) to Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB)plane BRU - CMB
16h 50mRs 122,299–233,103Train, train to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, fly
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Arnhem Centraaltrain
- Take the train from Arnhem Centraal to Schiphol Airporttrain
- Fly from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) to Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB)plane AMS - CMB
18h 34mRs 108,974–250,382Train, train to Luxembourg, fly
- Take the train from Koeln Sued to Koblenz Hbftrain
- Take the train from Koblenz Hauptbahnhof to Trier, Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Trier, Hauptbahnhof to Luxembourg, Gare Centraletrain
- Fly from Luxembourg (LUX) to Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB)plane LUX - CMB
21h 36mRs 155,285–296,261
Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Cologne to Colombo is to train and fly which costs Rs. 110000 - Rs. 280000 and takes 13h 15m.
The fastest way to get from Cologne to Colombo is to train and fly which takes 13h 15m and costs Rs. 110000 - Rs. 280000.
The distance between Cologne and Colombo is 8298 km.
It takes approximately 15h 49m to get from Cologne to Colombo, including transfers.
Colombo is 4h 30m ahead of Cologne. It is currently 8:22 PM in Cologne and 12:52 AM in Colombo.
There are 1425+ hotels available in Colombo.
What companies run services between Cologne, Germany and Colombo, Sri Lanka?
Turkish Airlines flies from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB) twice daily.
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Rs 100,000–360,000
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Rs 95,000–350,000
Flights from Brussels Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Rs 95,000–340,000
Flights from Luxembourg to Bandaranaike International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 13m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Rs 100,000–360,000
- Website
- qatarairways.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Rs 110,000–400,000
Flights from Brussels Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Rs 110,000–370,000
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Bandaranaike International Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Rs 140,000–480,000
- Website
- emirates.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Rs 120,000–440,000
Flights from Brussels Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Rs 110,000–410,000
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Bandaranaike International Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Rs 140,000–550,000
- Website
- srilankan.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- Rs 110,000–400,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Bandaranaike International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Rs 80,000–250,000
Flights from Brussels Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- Rs 110,000–370,000
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Bandaranaike International Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Rs 140,000–480,000
- Website
- etihad.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Abu Dhabi
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Rs 85,000–260,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Bandaranaike International Airport via Abu Dhabi
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Rs 100,000–250,000
Flights from Brussels Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Abu Dhabi
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Rs 80,000–240,000
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Bandaranaike International Airport via Abu Dhabi
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Rs 100,000–310,000
- Website
- airindia.in
Flights from Frankfurt to Bandaranaike International Airport via Bengaluru
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- Rs 95,000–380,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Bandaranaike International Airport via Mumbai
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Rs 95,000–380,000
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Bandaranaike International Airport via Delhi
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Rs 110,000–320,000
Flights from Luxembourg to Bandaranaike International Airport via Warsaw Chopin, Mumbai
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 45m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- Rs 95,000–350,000
- Website
- goindigo.in
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Bandaranaike International Airport via Mumbai
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Rs 75,000–120,000
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Köln Hbf to D-Flughafen Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Rs 2,500–8,500
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Rs 7,000–26,000
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Hbf to Brussels-Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- Rs 10,000–29,000
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Hbf to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- Rs 10,000–24,000
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Köln Hbf to D-Flughafen Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- Rs 9,000–20,000
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Standard
- Rs 9,000–13,000
- Comfort
- Rs 9,500–13,000
- Premium
- Rs 15,000–20,000
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Köln Hbf to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- Rs 9,000–31,000
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- Rs 9,000–14,000
- 1st Class
- Rs 18,000–31,000
Train from Arnhem Centraal to Schiphol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- Rs 6,000–19,000
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- Rs 6,000–9,000
- 1st Class
- Rs 11,000–19,000
- Phone
- 0221 13 999 444
- Website
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Koeln Sued to Koblenz Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Rs 5,500–8,500
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
- Phone
- +49-261-98887070
- service@trans-regio.de
- Website
- mittelrheinbahn.de
Train from Koeln Sued to Koblenz Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Rs 6,000–8,500
- Schedules at
- mittelrheinbahn.de
- Phone
- 0621 8301200
- Website
- suewex.de
Train from Koblenz Hauptbahnhof to Trier, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Rs 7,000–10,000
- Schedules at
- suewex.de
Train from Trier, Hauptbahnhof to Luxembourg, Gare Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- Rs 4,400–6,000
- Schedules at
- suewex.de
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Koblenz Hauptbahnhof to Trier, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Rs 6,500–9,500
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +352 24 89 24 89
- Website
- cfl.lu
Train from Trier, Hauptbahnhof to Luxembourg, Gare Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Rs 4,500–7,000
- Website
- https://www.cfl.lu/en-gb
- 1st Class
- Rs 4,500–7,000
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