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
15h 8mRs 140,134–252,989Fly from Milan Linate Airport
cheapest- Fly from Milan Linate Airport (LIN) to Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB)plane LIN - CMB
15h 11mRs 119,213–321,798Bus to Il Caravaggio International Airport, fly
- 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
15h 20mRs 120,356–289,370Train 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 52mRs 136,749–288,662Train 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
15h 56mRs 140,999–282,255Train 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 4mRs 142,391–247,645
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. 140000 - Rs. 250000 and takes 17h 4m.
The fastest way to get from Milan to Colombo is to train and fly which takes 15h 8m and costs Rs. 140000 - Rs. 260000.
The distance between Milan and Colombo is 8058 km.
It takes approximately 15h 8m to get from Milan to Colombo, including transfers.
Colombo is 3h 30m ahead of Milan. It is currently 11:11 AM in Milan and 2:41 PM in Colombo.
There are 1414+ hotels available in Colombo.
What companies run services between Milan, Italy and Colombo, Sri Lanka?
Lufthansa, SriLankan Airlines, and three other airlines fly from Milan Linate Airport (LIN) to Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB) once daily.
- Website
- emirates.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Rs 100,000–340,000
Flights from Il Caravaggio International Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Rs 160,000–370,000
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Rs 110,000–390,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Rs 110,000–370,000
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Rs 100,000–350,000
- Website
- srilankan.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Rs 100,000–310,000
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- Rs 110,000–310,000
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Munich, Bengaluru
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- Rs 110,000–410,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Rs 110,000–330,000
- Website
- etihad.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Abu Dhabi
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Rs 75,000–210,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Abu Dhabi
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Rs 85,000–190,000
- Website
- qatarairways.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Rs 100,000–310,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Rs 110,000–330,000
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Rs 120,000–260,000
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Rs 100,000–330,000
- Website
- airindia.in
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Delhi
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Rs 80,000–220,000
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Munich, Bengaluru
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- Rs 110,000–410,000
- Website
- airarabia.com
Flights from Il Caravaggio International Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Sharjah
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Rs 110,000–270,000
- Website
- flydubai.com
Flights from Il Caravaggio International Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Rs 160,000–370,000
- Website
- frenchbee.com
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Vienna, Male
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 10m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- Rs 120,000–360,000
- Website
- flyedelweiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- Rs 90,000–330,000
- 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 13,000–23,000
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Milano Rogoredo to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Rs 8,000–15,000
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- Italo Treno
Train from Milano Rogoredo to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- Rs 9,000–15,000
- Website
- Italo Treno
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- ufficiogruppi@trenitalia.it
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
Train from Milano Centrale to Zuerich Hb
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 17m
- 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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