There are 8 ways to get from Colombo to Cardiff by plane or train
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly to Cardiff Airport
best- Fly from Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB) to Cardiff Airport (CWL)plane CMB - CWL
19h 34m£445–1,232Fly to London Heathrow Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR)plane CMB - LHR
- Take the train from London Paddington to Cardiff Centraltrain
14h 58m£351–769Fly to Birmingham Airport, train
- Fly from Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB) to Birmingham Airport (BHX)plane CMB - BHX
- Take the train from Birmingham New Street to Cardiff Centraltrain
17h 25m£387–751Fly to London Gatwick Airport, train
- Fly from Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB) to London Gatwick Airport (LGW)plane CMB - LGW
- Take the train from Gatwick Airport to Readingtrain
- Take the train from Reading to Cardiff Centraltrain
16h 2m£406–699Fly to London Stansted Airport, train
- Fly from Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB) to London Stansted Airport (STN)plane CMB - STN
- Take the train from London Paddington to Cardiff Centraltrain
17h 54m£470–1,468Fly to Manchester Airport, train
- Fly from Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB) to Manchester Airport (MAN)plane CMB - MAN
- Take the train from Wilmslow to Cardiff Centraltrain
18h 26m£371–582Fly to London City Airport, train
- Fly from Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB) to London City Airport (LCY)plane CMB - LCY
- Take the train from London Paddington to Cardiff Centraltrain
17h 34m£638–1,657Fly to Bristol Airport, train
- Fly from Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB) to Bristol Airport (BRS)plane CMB - BRS
- Take the train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Centraltrain
17h 18m£384–1,006
Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB) to Cardiff Airport (CWL) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Colombo to Cardiff is to fly and train which costs £370 - £600 and takes 18h 26m.
The fastest way to get from Colombo to Cardiff is to fly and train which takes 14h 58m and costs £350 - £800.
The distance between Colombo and Cardiff is 5607 miles.
It takes approximately 19h 34m to get from Colombo to Cardiff, including transfers.
Cardiff is 5h 30m behind Colombo. It is currently 8:40 AM in Colombo and 3:10 AM in Cardiff.
There are 1781+ hotels available in Cardiff.
What companies run services between Colombo, Sri Lanka and Cardiff, Wales?
IndiGo Airlines, KLM, and three other airlines fly from Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB) to Cardiff Airport (CWL) every 4 hours.
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £440–1,300
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Birmingham Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £380–1,100
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £310–1,100
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to London Gatwick Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £370–1,100
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Manchester Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £370–1,100
- Website
- qatarairways.com
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £440–1,300
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Birmingham Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £380–1,100
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to London Gatwick Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £370–1,100
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Manchester Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £370–1,100
- Website
- srilankan.com
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £420–1,100
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Birmingham Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £380–1,100
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Manchester Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £370–1,100
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Cardiff Airport via Bengaluru, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £470–1,700
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Cardiff Airport via Abu Dhabi, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £420–1,200
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Cardiff Airport via Doha, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £550–1,700
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Cardiff Airport via Dammam, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 45m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £480–1,700
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Cardiff Airport via Mumbai, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £470–1,700
- Website
- emirates.com
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Birmingham Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £380–1,200
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to London Gatwick Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £370–1,200
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to London Stansted Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £400–1,300
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £410–1,400
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Birmingham Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £350–1,200
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to London Gatwick Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £350–1,200
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to London Stansted Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £370–1,300
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Manchester Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £340–1,200
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Birmingham Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £320–1,200
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to London Gatwick Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 50m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £310–1,100
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Manchester Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 55m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- £310–1,100
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to London City Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 30m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- £490–1,800
- Website
- goindigo.in
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Cardiff Airport via Mumbai, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £550–1,400
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Cardiff Airport via Abu Dhabi, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £420–1,200
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Cardiff Airport via Doha, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £550–1,700
- Website
- etihad.com
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Manchester Airport via Abu Dhabi
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £270–750
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to London City Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 5m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £550–1,500
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Bristol Airport via Bengaluru, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £340–1,200
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Bristol Airport via Doha, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 21h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £360–1,100
- Website
- kuwaitairways.com
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Kuwait
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £290–750
- Website
- airarabia.com
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to London Gatwick Airport via Sharjah
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £320–480
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to London City Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 5m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £550–1,500
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Bristol Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £350–950
- Website
- airbus.com
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Bristol Airport via Doha, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 21h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £360–1,100
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 7000 125
- gwr.feedback@gwr.com
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from London Paddington to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 56m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £60–110
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Gatwick Airport to Reading
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £21–40
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Reading to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £45–85
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from London Paddington to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 56m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £60–110
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from London Paddington to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 56m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £60–110
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £15–29
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Birmingham New Street to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £45–70
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £16–25
- Website
- Cross Country
- Phone
- 03333 211 202
- Website
- Transport for Wales
Train from Wilmslow to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £50–85
- Website
- Transport for Wales
Train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £12–20
- Website
- Transport for Wales
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