There are 8 ways to get from Colombo to Wales by plane or train
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Fly to Cardiff Airport
best- Fly from Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB) to Cardiff Airport (CWL)plane CMB - CWL
17h 12m£524–1,428Fly to Bristol Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB) to Bristol Airport (BRS)plane CMB - BRS
- Take the train from Bristol Temple Meads to Newport (S Wales)train
16h 16m£354–900Fly to Manchester Airport, train
- Fly from Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB) to Manchester Airport (MAN)plane CMB - MAN
- Take the train from Manchester Airport to Chestertrain
16h 7m£384–1,568Fly 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 Newport (S Wales)train
14h 18m£406–1,670Fly 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 Newport (S Wales)train
16h 53m£413–1,607Fly 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 Newport (S Wales)train
16h 52m£364–1,100Fly 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 Newport (S Wales)train
16h 59m£487–1,477Fly to Liverpool
- Fly from Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB) to Liverpool (LPL)plane CMB - LPL
16h 43m£426–1,150
Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB) to Cardiff Airport (CWL) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Colombo to Wales is to fly and train which costs £360 - £1,100 and takes 16h 52m.
The fastest way to get from Colombo to Wales is to fly and train which takes 14h 18m and costs £400 - £1,700.
The distance between Colombo and Wales is 5597 miles.
It takes approximately 17h 12m to get from Colombo to Wales, including transfers.
Wales is 4h 30m behind Colombo. It is currently 5:35 AM in Colombo and 1:05 AM in Wales.
There are 780+ hotels available in Wales.
What companies run services between Colombo, Sri Lanka and Wales?
IndiGo Airlines, KLM, and three other airlines fly from Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB) to Cardiff Airport (CWL) 5 times a day.
- Website
- qatarairways.com
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Manchester Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £420–1,300
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £460–1,500
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Birmingham Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 12m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £410–1,300
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to London Gatwick Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £400–1,300
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Cardiff Airport via Mumbai, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £550–2,300
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Cardiff Airport via Abu Dhabi, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £500–1,400
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Cardiff Airport via Doha, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £650–2,100
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Cardiff Airport via Bengaluru, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £550–2,300
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Cardiff Airport via Kuwait, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £550–1,500
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Bristol Airport via Doha, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £410–1,300
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Bristol Airport via Abu Dhabi, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £320–850
- Website
- emirates.com
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Birmingham Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £400–1,400
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to London Gatwick Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £400–1,400
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to London Stansted Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £390–1,300
- Website
- srilankan.com
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Manchester Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £420–1,300
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 12m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £410–1,300
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Bristol Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 25m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £360–1,500
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Bristol Airport via Doha, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £410–1,300
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Bristol Airport via Abu Dhabi, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 55m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £320–850
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Liverpool via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 45m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £430–1,800
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Liverpool via Bengaluru, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 5m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £430–1,700
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Liverpool via Abu Dhabi, Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 45m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £390–1,100
- Website
- goindigo.in
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Cardiff Airport via Mumbai, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £600–2,000
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Cardiff Airport via Abu Dhabi, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £500–1,400
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Cardiff Airport via Doha, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £650–2,100
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Cardiff Airport via Bengaluru, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £550–2,300
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Cardiff Airport via Kuwait, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £550–1,500
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Manchester Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £390–1,600
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- 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 Gatwick 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
- £370–1,500
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Cardiff Airport via Bengaluru, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £550–2,300
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Cardiff Airport via Doha, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £650–2,100
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Cardiff Airport via Kuwait, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £550–1,500
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Birmingham Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 35m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £350–1,500
- Website
- etihad.com
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Manchester Airport via Abu Dhabi
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £330–900
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Bristol Airport via Abu Dhabi, Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 30m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £320–850
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Liverpool via Sharjah, Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 50m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £460–1,100
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Liverpool via Abu Dhabi, Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 30m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £390–1,100
- 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
- airarabia.com
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to London Gatwick Airport via Sharjah
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £300–400
- Phone
- 03333 211 202
- Website
- tfw.wales
Train from Manchester Airport to Chester
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £19–35
- Website
- https://tfw.wales/
- Phone
- +44 3457 000 125
- gwr.feedback@gwr.com
- Website
- gwr.com
Train from London Paddington to Newport (S Wales)
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £55–110
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Gatwick Airport to Reading
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £23–45
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Reading to Newport (S Wales)
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £40–80
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Bristol Temple Meads to Newport (S Wales)
- Ave. Duration
- 36 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £11–22
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Birmingham New Street to Newport (S Wales)
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £50–75
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Bristol Temple Meads to Newport (S Wales)
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £13–20
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
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