There are 6 ways to get from Colombo to Cologne by plane or train
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Fly to Düsseldorf International Airport
best- Fly from Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)plane CMB - DUS
14h 14m€424–2,249Fly to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, train
cheapest- Fly from Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB) to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS)plane CMB - AMS
- Take the train from Schiphol Airport Train Station to Arnhem Centraaltrain
- Take the train from Arnhem Centraal to Köln Hbftrain
16h 54m€332–1,425Fly to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Fly from Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN)plane CMB - CGN
15h 41m€527–2,136Fly to Frankfurt, train
- Fly from Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane CMB - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Köln Messe/Deutz Bftrain
12h 26m€395–3,199Fly to Brussels Airport, train
- Fly from Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB) to Brussels Airport (BRU)plane CMB - BRU
- Take the train from Brussels-Nord to Koeln Hbftrain
16h 13m€357–1,824Fly to Luxembourg, train
- Fly from Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB) to Luxembourg (LUX)plane CMB - LUX
- Take the train from Pfaffenthal-Kirchberg to Liège-Guilleminstrain
- Take the train from Liege-Guillemins to Koeln Hbftrain
18h 37m€451–1,004
Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Colombo to Cologne is to fly and train which costs €330 - €1500 and takes 16h 54m.
The fastest way to get from Colombo to Cologne is to fly and train which takes 12h 26m and costs €390 - €3200.
The distance between Colombo and Cologne is 8295 km.
It takes approximately 14h 14m to get from Colombo to Cologne, including transfers.
Cologne is 3h 30m behind Colombo. It is currently 3:08 PM in Colombo and 11:38 AM in Cologne.
There are 614+ hotels available in Cologne.
What companies run services between Colombo, Sri Lanka and Cologne, Germany?
Qatar Airways, Emirates, and six other airlines fly from Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) every 4 hours.
- Website
- qatarairways.com
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €500–1,700
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Frankfurt via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €500–1,600
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Brussels Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €500–1,700
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €550–1,700
- Website
- srilankan.com
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €500–1,700
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €430–1,800
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Frankfurt via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €500–1,600
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Brussels Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €500–1,700
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €550–1,700
- Website
- emirates.com
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €500–1,800
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Frankfurt via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 51m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €480–1,700
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Brussels Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €500–1,800
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €500–2,000
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €500–2,100
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Frankfurt via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €550–1,400
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Brussels Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €500–2,000
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €500–2,100
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Luxembourg via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €500–2,100
- Website
- etihad.com
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Abu Dhabi
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €420–1,100
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Frankfurt via Abu Dhabi
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €340–470
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Brussels Airport via Abu Dhabi
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €420–1,100
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Luxembourg via Abu Dhabi
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 35m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €450–1,200
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 15m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €310–2,300
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 50m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €330–2,500
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Frankfurt via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 25m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €300–2,200
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Brussels Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 45m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €310–2,300
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 30m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €320–2,400
- Website
- kuwaitairways.com
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Frankfurt via Kuwait
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 5m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €410–1,100
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Kuwait
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 42m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €460–1,200
- Website
- luxair.lu
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Luxembourg via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 40m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €500–2,100
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Luxembourg via Abu Dhabi
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 20m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €700–2,600
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Frankfurt via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 25m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €300–2,200
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Frankfurt to Köln Messe/Deutz Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–70
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Brussels-Nord to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €40–90
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Arnhem Centraal to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–70
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Liege-Guillemins to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 43 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €21–50
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Schiphol Airport Train Station to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €10–26
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Arnhem Centraal to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 46m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €17–45
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- belgiantrain.be
Train from Pfaffenthal-Kirchberg to Liège-Guillemins
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 34m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €35–65
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Liege-Guillemins to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €35–60
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
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