There are 6 ways to get from France to Colombo 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 from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
best- Fly from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport (CDG) to Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB)plane CDG - CMB
13h 19mRs 112,647–255,147Fly from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport
- Fly from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport (NCE) to Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB)plane NCE - CMB
15h 44mRs 129,913–242,413Fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport
- Fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB)plane LYS - CMB
16h 7mRs 133,788–276,288Train, train to Frankfurt, fly
- Take the train from Strasbourg to Mannheim Hbftrain
- Take the train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB)plane FRA - CMB
14h 29mRs 122,673–297,819Train to Geneva International Airport, fly
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Genevetrain
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB)plane GVA - CMB
17h 16mRs 113,873–255,801Train, train to Zurich Airport, fly
- Take the train from Strasbourg to Basel Sbbtrain
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB)plane ZRH - CMB
15h 25mRs 117,958–209,966
Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport (CDG) to Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from France to Colombo is to fly which costs Rs. 110000 - Rs. 260000 and takes 13h 19m.
The fastest way to get from France to Colombo is to fly which takes 13h 19m and costs Rs. 110000 - Rs. 260000.
The distance between France and Colombo is 8546 km.
It takes approximately 13h 19m to get from France to Colombo, including transfers.
Colombo is 4h 30m ahead of France. It is currently 11:00 PM in France and 3:30 AM in Colombo.
There are 1438+ hotels available in Colombo.
What companies run services between France and Colombo, Sri Lanka?
SriLankan Airlines, Qatar Airways, and two other airlines fly from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport (CDG) to Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB) every 4 hours.
- Website
- etihad.com
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Abu Dhabi
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Rs 100,000–160,000
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Abu Dhabi
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Rs 70,000–220,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Bandaranaike International Airport via Abu Dhabi
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Rs 100,000–250,000
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Abu Dhabi
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Rs 80,000–240,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Abu Dhabi
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Rs 90,000–130,000
- Website
- srilankan.com
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 15m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Rs 90,000–270,000
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Rs 120,000–400,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Bandaranaike International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Rs 85,000–250,000
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Rs 110,000–380,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Rs 100,000–350,000
- Website
- qatarairways.com
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Rs 120,000–400,000
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- Rs 100,000–340,000
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Rs 110,000–380,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Rs 100,000–350,000
- Website
- emirates.com
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Rs 120,000–440,000
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Rs 100,000–380,000
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Rs 110,000–420,000
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Rs 110,000–420,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Rs 100,000–380,000
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Rs 120,000–290,000
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Rs 95,000–350,000
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Rs 95,000–350,000
- Website
- airindia.in
Flights from Frankfurt to Bandaranaike International Airport via Bengaluru
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- Rs 95,000–380,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Bandaranaike International Airport via Mumbai
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Rs 95,000–380,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Delhi
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Rs 80,000–240,000
- Website
- kuwaitairways.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Kuwait
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 25m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- Rs 90,000–250,000
- Website
- flyedelweiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 5m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- Rs 80,000–310,000
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Strasbourg to Mannheim Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- Rs 10,000–23,000
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Rs 3,600–11,000
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Strasbourg to Mannheim Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- Rs 10,000–23,000
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Geneve
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- Rs 16,000–44,000
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- Rs 4,600–14,000
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- Rs 4,600–7,000
- 1st Class
- Rs 8,000–14,000
Rome2Rio's guide to Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF)
Contact Details
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Geneve
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- Rs 9,000–13,000
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Strasbourg to Basel Sbb
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Rs 10,700–10,900
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- Rs 7,500–15,000
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
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