There are 6 ways to get from Kandy to Dubai by bus, plane, train, or shuttle
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Mini Bus, bus to Weerawila International Airport, fly to Dubai International Airport
best- Take the bus from Kandy to Ellabus
- Take the bus from Ella to Thanamalwilabus
- Fly from Weerawila International Airport (WRZ) to Dubai International Airport (DXB)plane WRZ - DXB
18h 15mAED 1,168–3,903Train, train to Batticaloa Airport, fly to Dubai International Airport
cheapest- Take the train from Kandy to Polgahawelatrain
- Take the train from Polgahawela to Batticaloatrain
- Fly from Batticaloa Airport (BTC) to Dubai International Airport (DXB)plane BTC - DXB
14h 27mAED 737–2,686Train, train to Batticaloa Airport, fly to Sharjah International Airport
- Take the train from Kandy to Polgahawelatrain
- Take the train from Polgahawela to Batticaloatrain
- Fly from Batticaloa Airport (BTC) to Sharjah International Airport (SHJ)plane BTC - SHJ
16h 51mAED 1,055–2,510Fly Victoria Resevour Kandy to Bandaranaike International Airport, fly to Dubai International Airport
- Fly from Victoria Resevour Kandy to Colombo Airportplane
- Fly from Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB) to Dubai International Airport (DXB)plane CMB - DXB
9h 2mAED 1,215–1,918Fly Victoria Resevour Kandy to Bandaranaike International Airport, fly to Sharjah International Airport
- Fly from Victoria Resevour Kandy to Colombo Airportplane
- Fly from Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB) to Sharjah International Airport (SHJ)plane CMB - SHJ
10h 26mAED 1,833–4,342Fly Victoria Resevour Kandy to Bandaranaike International Airport, fly to Abu Dhabi, shuttle
- Fly from Victoria Resevour Kandy to Colombo Airportplane
- Fly from Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB) to Abu Dhabi (AUH)plane CMB - AUH
- Take a shuttle bus from Abu Dhabi Airport to Dubai - Ibn Battuta Mall
11h 19mAED 1,251–1,506
Weerawila International Airport (WRZ) to Dubai International Airport (DXB) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Kandy to Dubai is to fly and shuttle which costs AED 1200 - AED 1600 and takes 11h 19m.
The fastest way to get from Kandy to Dubai is to fly which takes 9h 2m and costs AED 1200 - AED 2000.
The distance between Kandy and Dubai is 3701 km.
It takes approximately 18h 15m to get from Kandy to Dubai, including transfers.
Dubai is 1h 30m behind Kandy. It is currently 8:17 AM in Kandy and 6:47 AM in Dubai.
There are 17901+ hotels available in Dubai.
What companies run services between Kandy, Sri Lanka and Dubai, United Arab Emirates?
You can take a flight from Victoria Resevour Kandy to Burj Khalifa/ Dubai Mall Metro Station 2 via Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB), Dubai International Airport (DXB), and Airport Terminal Metro Station in around 9h 2m.
- Website
- emirates.com
Flights from Weerawila International Airport to Dubai International Airport via Bandaranaike International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- AED 1,000–3,700
Flights from Batticaloa Airport to Dubai International Airport via Bandaranaike International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- AED 850–3,800
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Dubai International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- AED 600–1,300
- Website
- flydubai.com
Flights from Weerawila International Airport to Dubai International Airport via Bandaranaike International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- AED 1,000–3,700
Flights from Batticaloa Airport to Dubai International Airport via Bandaranaike International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- AED 1,000–3,800
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Dubai International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- AED 600–950
- Website
- airarabia.com
Flights from Batticaloa Airport to Sharjah International Airport via Bandaranaike International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- AED 1,000–2,400
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Sharjah International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- AED 1,600–3,700
- Website
- etihad.com
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Abu Dhabi
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- AED 1,200–4,100
- Website
- srilankan.com
Flights from Batticaloa Airport to Dubai International Airport via Bandaranaike International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- AED 700–2,600
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Dubai International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- AED 1,000–3,900
- Website
- qatarairways.com
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Sharjah International Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- AED 1,600–6,000
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Abu Dhabi via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 35m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- AED 1,500–5,500
- Website
- airarabia.com
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Abu Dhabi
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- AED 1,400–3,100
- Website
- fitsair.com
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Dubai International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- AED 1,600–4,400
- Website
- salamair.com
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Sharjah International Airport via Muscat
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- AED 1,200–3,700
- Phone
- +94 114 600 111
- Website
- seatreservation.railway.gov.lk
Train from Kandy to Polgahawela
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- AED 13–35
- Website
- https://seatreservation.railway.gov.lk/mtktwebslr/
- 2nd Class Fare
- AED 15–21
- 3rd Class Fare
- AED 13–16
- Air Conditioned Saloon
- AED 25–35
Train from Polgahawela to Batticaloa
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 41m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- AED 15–40
- Website
- https://seatreservation.railway.gov.lk/mtktwebslr/
- 2nd Class Fare
- AED 15–21
- 3rd Class Fare
- AED 15–19
- Air Conditioned Saloon
- AED 27–40
- Website
- traveling.com
Bus from Kandy to Ella
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- AED 144
- Schedules at
- traveling.com
- Website
- traveling.com
Bus from Kandy to Ella
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- AED 124
- Schedules at
- traveling.com
- Phone
- +94 70 311 0501
- info@eseat.lk
- Website
- sltb.eseat.lk
Bus from Ella to Thanamalwila
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- AED 9–12
- Schedules at
- sltb.eseat.lk
- Website
- zayedinternationalairport.ae
Shuttle from Abu Dhabi Airport to Dubai - Ibn Battuta Mall
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- AED 35–38
- Schedules at
- zayedinternationalairport.ae
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