There are 6 ways to get from Colombo to Southampton by plane or train
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Fly to Southampton Airport
best- Fly from Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB) to Southampton Airport (SOU)plane CMB - SOU
21h 54m£573–1,830Fly to London Gatwick Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB) to London Gatwick Airport (LGW)plane CMB - LGW
- Take the train from Gatwick Airport to Chichestertrain
- Take the train from Chichester to Southampton Centraltrain
14h 36m£341–1,055Fly to London Heathrow Airport, train
- Fly from Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR)plane CMB - LHR
- Take the train from London Paddington to Readingtrain
- Take the train from Reading to Southampton Centraltrain
14h 14m£402–1,645Fly to Birmingham Airport, train
- Fly from Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB) to Birmingham Airport (BHX)plane CMB - BHX
- Take the train from Birmingham International to Southampton Centraltrain
17h 15m£442–1,735Fly to London Stansted Airport, train
- Fly from Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB) to London Stansted Airport (STN)plane CMB - STN
- Take the train from London Waterloo to Southampton Centraltrain
17h 33m£461–1,439Fly to Manchester Airport, train
- Fly from Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB) to Manchester Airport (MAN)plane CMB - MAN
- Take the train from Manchester Piccadilly to Southampton Centraltrain
19h 27m£485–1,703
Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB) to Southampton Airport (SOU) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Colombo to Southampton is to fly and train which costs £340 - £1,100 and takes 14h 36m.
The fastest way to get from Colombo to Southampton is to fly and train which takes 14h 14m and costs £400 - £1,700.
The distance between Colombo and Southampton is 5510 miles.
It takes approximately 21h 54m to get from Colombo to Southampton, including transfers.
Southampton is 4h 30m behind Colombo. It is currently 11:53 PM in Colombo and 7:23 PM in Southampton.
There are 1202+ hotels available in Southampton.
What companies run services between Colombo, Sri Lanka and Southampton, England?
IndiGo Airlines, KLM, and three other airlines fly from Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB) to Southampton Airport (SOU) 4 times a day.
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to London Gatwick Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £380–1,500
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £480–1,100
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Birmingham Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £380–1,500
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to London Stansted Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 20m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- £380–1,500
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Manchester Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £390–1,600
- Website
- qatarairways.com
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to London Gatwick Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £410–1,300
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £380–1,600
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Birmingham Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £410–1,300
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Manchester Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £420–1,300
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Manchester Airport via London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £360–1,500
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Southampton Airport via Bengaluru, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 57m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £500–2,100
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Southampton Airport via Frankfurt, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 10m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £500–2,200
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Southampton Airport via Mumbai, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £550–1,800
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Southampton Airport via Hyderabad, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £500–2,100
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £330–1,400
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £380–1,600
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Birmingham Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £410–1,300
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Manchester Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £420–1,300
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Manchester Airport via London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £360–1,500
- Website
- emirates.com
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to London Gatwick Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £400–1,400
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Birmingham Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £400–1,400
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to London Stansted Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £390–1,300
- Website
- srilankan.com
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £400–1,700
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Birmingham Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £410–1,300
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Manchester Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £420–1,300
- Website
- etihad.com
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Manchester Airport via Abu Dhabi
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £330–900
- Website
- aurigny.com
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Southampton Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Guernsey
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 30m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £500–2,200
- Website
- airarabia.com
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to London Gatwick Airport via Sharjah
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £310–400
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 35m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £260–2,000
- Website
- kuwaitairways.com
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Kuwait
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 20m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £390–1,000
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Birmingham Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 35m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £360–1,500
- Phone
- +44 3451 27 29 20
- Website
- southernrailway.com
Train from Gatwick Airport to Chichester
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £22–45
- Website
- https://www.southernrailway.com/
Train from Chichester to Southampton Central
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £17–35
- Website
- https://www.southernrailway.com/
- Phone
- +44 3457 000 125
- gwr.feedback@gwr.com
- Website
- gwr.com
Train from London Paddington to Reading
- Ave. Duration
- 36 min
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Estimated price
- £16–30
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
- Phone
- 0343 222 1234
- Website
- tfl.gov.uk
Train from London Paddington to Reading
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £24–50
- Website
- https://tfl.gov.uk/modes/elizabeth-line/
Train from Reading to Southampton Central
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £24–35
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Birmingham International to Southampton Central
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 29m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £70–110
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Manchester Piccadilly to Southampton Central
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 17m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £120–170
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- 0345 6000 650
- Website
- southwesternrailway.com
Train from London Waterloo to Southampton Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £30–75
- Website
- https://www.southwesternrailway.com/
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