There are 5 ways to get from Colombo to Glasgow by plane, bus, 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 Glasgow Airport
best- Fly from Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)plane CMB - GLA
15h 9m£282–426Fly to Edinburgh Airport, bus
- Fly from Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane CMB - EDI
- Take the bus from Edinburgh Airport Bus Stop D to Glasgow Buchanan Bus Stationbus
15h 41m£320–639Fly to Newcastle, train
- Fly from Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB) to Newcastle (NCL)plane CMB - NCL
- Take the train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Streettrain
17h 43m£329–1,035Fly to Dundee Riverside Airport, train
- Fly from Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB) to Dundee Riverside Airport (DND)plane CMB - DND
- Take the train from Dundee to Glasgow Queen Streettrain
24h 32m£388–1,034Fly to Manchester Airport, train
- Fly from Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB) to Manchester Airport (MAN)plane CMB - MAN
- Take the train from Manchester Airport to Prestontrain
- Take the train from Preston to Glasgow Centraltrain
18h 1m£294–633
Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB) to Glasgow Airport (GLA) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Colombo to Glasgow is to fly which costs £280 - £430 and takes 15h 9m.
The fastest way to get from Colombo to Glasgow is to fly which takes 15h 9m and costs £280 - £430.
The distance between Colombo and Glasgow is 5650 miles.
It takes approximately 15h 9m to get from Colombo to Glasgow, including transfers.
Glasgow is 5h 30m behind Colombo. It is currently 4:53 AM in Colombo and 11:23 PM in Glasgow.
There are 1387+ hotels available in Glasgow.
What companies run services between Colombo, Sri Lanka and Glasgow, Scotland?
Emirates, SriLankan Airlines, and three other airlines fly from Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB) to Glasgow Airport (GLA) 3 times a day.
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Glasgow Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £250–750
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £320–1,100
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £250–750
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Dundee Riverside Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 52m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £330–1,000
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Dundee Riverside Airport via Doha, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 51m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £320–1,500
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Dundee Riverside Airport via Kuwait, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 55m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £350–950
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Manchester Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £320–1,100
- Website
- qatarairways.com
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Glasgow Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £250–750
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £320–1,100
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £250–750
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Manchester Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £320–1,100
- Website
- emirates.com
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £330–1,200
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £330–1,200
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Newcastle via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £360–1,300
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Manchester Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £330–1,200
- Website
- loganair.co.uk
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Dundee Riverside Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 52m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £330–1,000
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Dundee Riverside Airport via Doha, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £320–1,500
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Dundee Riverside Airport via Kuwait, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 55m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £350–950
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £270–1,000
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Manchester Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £270–1,000
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 45m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £250–750
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Newcastle via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 25m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £280–850
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 20m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £250–750
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 55m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £250–750
- Phone
- +44 345 722 5333
- customers@lner.co.uk
- Website
- lner.co.uk
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £20–40
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £20–40
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 345 600 1671
- tpecustomer.relations@tpexpress.co.uk
- Website
- tpexpress.co.uk
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 44m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £8–22
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
Train from Manchester Airport to Preston
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £13–27
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
Train from Preston to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £17–95
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- enquiry@sleeper.scot
- Website
- sleeper.scot
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £60–80
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Sleeper Berth Classic
- £210–230
- Sleeper Seat
- £60–80
- Sleeper Berth Club Solo
- £240–290
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Street
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £60–75
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Sleeper Berth Classic
- £210–230
- Sleeper Seat
- £60–75
- Sleeper Berth Club Solo
- £230–260
Train from Preston to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 28m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £60–80
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Sleeper Berth Classic
- £210–230
- Sleeper Seat
- £60–80
- Sleeper Berth Club Solo
- £260–300
- Phone
- +44 344 811 0141
- Website
- scotrail.co.uk
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Street
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- £17–18
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
Train from Dundee to Glasgow Queen Street
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £14–55
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
- Phone
- 0800 031 8542
- Passengerassistance@lumo.co.uk.
- Website
- lumo.co.uk
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Street
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £17–18
- Website
- https://www.lumo.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 800 200 6060
- enquiries@northernrailway.co.uk
- Website
- northernrailway.co.uk
Train from Manchester Airport to Preston
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £6–23
- Website
- https://www.northernrailway.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 345 528 0253
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
Train from Preston to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £16–110
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
- Phone
- 0141 352 4444
- enquiries@megabus.com
- Website
- uk.megabus.com
Bus from Edinburgh Airport Bus Stop D to Glasgow Buchanan Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £8–13
- Website
- https://uk.megabus.com
Want to know more about travelling around United Kingdom
Rome2Rio's Travel Guide series provide vital information for the global traveller. Filled with useful and timely travel information, the guides answer all the hard questions - such as 'How do I buy a ticket?', 'Should I book online before I travel? ', 'How much should I expect to pay?', 'Do the trains and buses have Wifi?' - to help you get the most out of your next trip.
Related travel guides
Travelling to the UK: What do I need to know?
Read the travel guide













































