There are 6 ways to get from Milan to Colombo by train, plane, or bus
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Train to Milano Malpensa Airport, fly
best- Take the train from Milano Porta Garibaldi to Malpensa Aeroporto T1train
- Fly from Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP) to Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB)plane MXP - CMB
14h 58mRs 120,134–252,989Bus to Il Caravaggio International Airport, fly
cheapest- Take the bus from Piazza Luigi di Savoia to Milan Bergamo Orio al Serio Airportbus
- Fly from Il Caravaggio International Airport (BGY) to Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB)plane BGY - CMB
14h 50mRs 110,356–269,369Fly from Milan Linate Airport
- Fly from Milan Linate Airport (LIN) to Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB)plane LIN - CMB
17h 1mRs 119,213–341,798Train to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport, fly
- Take the train from Milano Rogoredo to Bologna Centraletrain
- Fly from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ) to Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB)plane BLQ - CMB
16h 17mRs 146,984–288,547Train to Zurich Airport, fly
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Zuerich Hbtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB)plane ZRH - CMB
16h 2mRs 140,999–312,254Train to Venice Marco Polo Airport, fly
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Venezia Mestretrain
- Fly from Venice Marco Polo Airport (VCE) to Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB)plane VCE - CMB
17h 30mRs 133,171–267,501
Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP) to Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Milan to Colombo is to train and fly which costs Rs. 120000 - Rs. 260000 and takes 14h 58m.
The fastest way to get from Milan to Colombo is to bus and fly which takes 14h 50m and costs Rs. 110000 - Rs. 270000.
The distance between Milan and Colombo is 8058 km.
It takes approximately 14h 58m to get from Milan to Colombo, including transfers.
Colombo is 4h 30m ahead of Milan. It is currently 6:56 PM in Milan and 11:26 PM in Colombo.
There are 1356+ hotels available in Colombo.
What companies run services between Milan, Italy and Colombo, Sri Lanka?
Lufthansa, SriLankan Airlines, and five other airlines fly from Milan Linate Airport (LIN) to Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB) twice daily.
- Website
- srilankan.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Rs 95,000–280,000
Flights from Il Caravaggio International Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Kuwait
- Ave. Duration
- 13h
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- Rs 110,000–300,000
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 25m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- Rs 120,000–310,000
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Munich, Bengaluru
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- When
- Tuesday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- Rs 100,000–380,000
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Frankfurt, Bengaluru
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- Rs 110,000–400,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Rs 100,000–300,000
- Website
- emirates.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Rs 95,000–300,000
Flights from Il Caravaggio International Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 12m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Rs 140,000–340,000
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Rs 110,000–340,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Rs 100,000–320,000
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Rs 100,000–320,000
- Website
- etihad.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Abu Dhabi
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Rs 70,000–190,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Abu Dhabi
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Rs 100,000–170,000
- Website
- qatarairways.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Rs 95,000–280,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Rs 100,000–300,000
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Rs 130,000–260,000
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Rs 95,000–320,000
- Website
- airarabia.com
Flights from Il Caravaggio International Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Sharjah
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 50m
- When
- Thursday, Saturday, Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Rs 100,000–250,000
- Website
- flydubai.com
Flights from Il Caravaggio International Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Rs 140,000–340,000
- Website
- frenchbee.com
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Vienna, Male
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 10m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- Rs 110,000–330,000
- Website
- vietjetair.com
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Rome, Male
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 35m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- Rs 110,000–330,000
- Website
- flyedelweiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- Rs 80,000–310,000
- Phone
- +39 02 7249 4494
- my-link@trenord.it
- Website
- Trenord
Train from Milano Porta Garibaldi to Malpensa Aeroporto T1
- Ave. Duration
- 43 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- Rs 1,600–2,000
- Website
- Trenord
- Phone
- +39 06 5210550
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Milano Rogoredo to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- Rs 10,000–18,000
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Milano Centrale to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 16m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Rs 13,000–22,000
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Milano Rogoredo to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 23m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Rs 8,500–15,000
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- Italo Treno
Train from Milano Rogoredo to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- Rs 8,500–15,000
- Website
- Italo Treno
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- ufficiogruppi@trenitalia.it
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
Train from Milano Centrale to Zuerich Hb
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 18m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Rs 21,000–39,000
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
- 1st Class
- Rs 27,000–39,000
- 2nd Class
- Rs 21,000–28,000
- customerservices@terravision.eu
- Website
- TERRAVISION
Bus from Piazza Luigi di Savoia to Milan Bergamo Orio al Serio Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- Rs 1,800–8,500
- Website
- TERRAVISION
- Phone
- 035.319366
- ticket@orioshuttle.com
- Website
- orioshuttle.com
Bus from Piazza Luigi di Savoia to Milan Bergamo Orio al Serio Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- Rs 4,200–5,500
- Schedules at
- orioshuttle.com
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