There are 8 ways to get from St. John's to Colombo by plane, bus, or train
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Fly Saint John'S International Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport
best- Fly from Saint John'S International Airport (YYT) to Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB)plane YYT - CMB
23h 27mRs 239,104–661,604Fly Saint John'S International Airport to Sigiriya Airport, Mini Bus
cheapest- Fly from Saint John'S International Airport (YYT) to Sigiriya Airport (GIU)plane YYT - GIU
- Take the bus from Dambulla to Kandybus
32h 5mRs 212,304–652,904Fly Saint John'S International Airport to Kandy, train
- Fly from Saint John'S International Airport (YYT) to Kandy (KDW)plane YYT - KDW
- Take the train from Kandy to Maradanatrain
32h 45mRs 253,004–705,104Fly Saint John'S International Airport to Hatton, train
- Fly from Saint John'S International Airport (YYT) to Hatton (NUF)plane YYT - NUF
- Take the train from Hatton to Fort Stationtrain
35h 6mRs 252,334–704,254Fly Saint John'S International Airport to Koggala, train
- Fly from Saint John'S International Airport (YYT) to Koggala (KCT)plane YYT - KCT
- Take the train from Habaraduwa to Bambalapitiyatrain
33h 26mRs 250,814–703,604Fly Saint John'S International Airport to Weerawila International Airport, bus
- Fly from Saint John'S International Airport (YYT) to Weerawila International Airport (WRZ)plane YYT - WRZ
- Take the bus from Tissamaharama to Colombo Bastian Mawatha Bus Terminalbus
37h 56mRs 212,304–652,704Fly Saint John'S International Airport to Batticaloa Airport, bus
- Fly from Saint John'S International Airport (YYT) to Batticaloa Airport (BTC)plane YYT - BTC
- Take the bus from Batticaloa to Colombo Pettahbus
33h 21mRs 213,354–654,054Bus to Gander International Airport, fly to Bandaranaike International Airport
- Take the bus from St. John’s - MUN University Centre to Gander - Gander Airportbus
- Fly from Gander International Airport (YQX) to Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB)plane YQX - CMB
37h 53mRs 317,041–1,130,711
Saint John'S International Airport (YYT) to Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from St. John's to Colombo is to fly and bus which costs Rs. 210000 - Rs. 700000 and takes 37h 56m.
The fastest way to get from St. John's to Colombo is to fly which takes 23h 27m and costs Rs. 230000 - Rs. 700000.
The distance between St. John's and Colombo is 12401 km.
It takes approximately 23h 27m to get from St. John's to Colombo, including transfers.
Colombo is 8h ahead of St. John's. It is currently 1:25 PM in St. John's and 9:25 PM in Colombo.
There are 540+ hotels available in Colombo.
What companies run services between St. John's, NL, Canada and Colombo, Sri Lanka?
WestJet, SriLankan Airlines, and three other airlines fly from Saint John'S International Airport (YYT) to Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB) once daily.
- Website
- cinnamonair.com
Flights from Saint John'S International Airport to Sigiriya Airport via London Gatwick, Bandaranaike International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- Rs 210,000–1,100,000
Flights from Saint John'S International Airport to Sigiriya Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Bandaranaike International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- Rs 190,000–850,000
Flights from Saint John'S International Airport to Sigiriya Airport via Dublin, Dubai, Bandaranaike International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 30m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- Rs 250,000–700,000
Flights from Saint John'S International Airport to Sigiriya Airport via Dublin, Istanbul, Bandaranaike International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 30m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- Rs 230,000–850,000
Flights from Saint John'S International Airport to Sigiriya Airport via Dublin, Doha, Bandaranaike International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 27h
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- Rs 210,000–650,000
Flights from Saint John'S International Airport to Kandy via London Gatwick, Bandaranaike International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- Rs 210,000–1,100,000
Flights from Saint John'S International Airport to Kandy via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Bandaranaike International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- Rs 190,000–850,000
Flights from Saint John'S International Airport to Kandy via Dublin, Dubai, Bandaranaike International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 30m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- Rs 250,000–700,000
Flights from Saint John'S International Airport to Kandy via Dublin, Istanbul, Bandaranaike International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 30m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- Rs 230,000–850,000
Flights from Saint John'S International Airport to Hatton via London Gatwick, Bandaranaike International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- Rs 210,000–1,100,000
Flights from Saint John'S International Airport to Hatton via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Bandaranaike International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- Rs 190,000–850,000
Flights from Saint John'S International Airport to Hatton via Dublin, Dubai, Bandaranaike International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 30m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- Rs 250,000–700,000
Flights from Saint John'S International Airport to Hatton via Dublin, Istanbul, Bandaranaike International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 30m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- Rs 230,000–850,000
Flights from Saint John'S International Airport to Koggala via London Gatwick, Bandaranaike International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 5m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- Rs 210,000–1,100,000
Flights from Saint John'S International Airport to Koggala via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Bandaranaike International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- Rs 190,000–850,000
Flights from Saint John'S International Airport to Koggala via Dublin, Dubai, Bandaranaike International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 15m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- Rs 250,000–700,000
Flights from Saint John'S International Airport to Weerawila International Airport via London Gatwick, Bandaranaike International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 30m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- Rs 220,000–1,100,000
Flights from Saint John'S International Airport to Weerawila International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Bandaranaike International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- Rs 190,000–900,000
Flights from Saint John'S International Airport to Weerawila International Airport via Dublin, Dubai, Bandaranaike International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 40m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- Rs 250,000–700,000
Flights from Saint John'S International Airport to Weerawila International Airport via London Gatwick, Bandaranaike International Airport, Sigiriya Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 50m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- Rs 220,000–1,100,000
Flights from Saint John'S International Airport to Weerawila International Airport via Dublin, Doha, Bandaranaike International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 28h
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- Rs 210,000–650,000
Flights from Saint John'S International Airport to Weerawila International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Bandaranaike International Airport, Sigiriya Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 28h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- Rs 200,000–900,000
Flights from Saint John'S International Airport to Batticaloa Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Bandaranaike International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- Rs 190,000–900,000
Flights from Saint John'S International Airport to Batticaloa Airport via London Gatwick, Bandaranaike International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- Rs 220,000–1,100,000
Flights from Saint John'S International Airport to Batticaloa Airport via Dublin, Dubai, Bandaranaike International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 30m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- Rs 250,000–700,000
Flights from Saint John'S International Airport to Batticaloa Airport via Dublin, Doha, Bandaranaike International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 45m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- Rs 210,000–650,000
- Website
- srilankan.com
Flights from Saint John'S International Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- Rs 180,000–800,000
Flights from Gander International Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Halifax, Zurich, Mumbai
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 10m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- Rs 290,000–1,100,000
- Website
- emirates.com
Flights from Saint John'S International Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via London Gatwick, Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- Rs 230,000–650,000
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Saint John'S International Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- Rs 200,000–1,000,000
- Website
- flyedelweiss.com
Flights from Gander International Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Halifax, Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 55m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- Rs 95,000–1,100,000
- Phone
- +94 114 600 111
- Website
- seatreservation.railway.gov.lk
Train from Kandy to Maradana
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 26m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- Rs 1,200–3,000
- Website
- https://seatreservation.railway.gov.lk/mtktwebslr/
- 2nd Class Fare
- Rs 1,300–1,900
- 3rd Class Fare
- Rs 1,200–1,500
- Air Conditioned Saloon
- Rs 2,300–3,000
Train from Hatton to Fort Station
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 3m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- Rs 1,300–3,100
- Website
- https://seatreservation.railway.gov.lk/mtktwebslr/
- 2nd Class Fare
- Rs 1,300–1,900
- 3rd Class Fare
- Rs 1,300–1,600
- Air Conditioned Saloon
- Rs 2,400–3,100
Train from Habaraduwa to Bambalapitiya
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 32m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- Rs 214–3,000
- Website
- https://seatreservation.railway.gov.lk/mtktwebslr/
- 2nd Class Fare
- Rs 1,300–1,900
- 3rd Class Fare
- Rs 1,200–1,600
- Air Conditioned Saloon
- Rs 2,300–3,000
- 3rd Class
- Rs 1,604
- 2nd Class
- Rs 214
- 1st Class
- Rs 1,926
- Website
- traveling.com
Bus from Dambulla to Kandy
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- Rs 6,429
- Schedules at
- traveling.com
- Phone
- +94 70 311 0501
- info@eseat.lk
- Website
- sltb.eseat.lk
Bus from Dambulla to Kandy
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 58m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- Rs 850–1,200
- Schedules at
- sltb.eseat.lk
- Phone
- +94 011-2587372
- info@ntc.gov.lk
- Website
- ntc.gov.lk
Bus from Tissamaharama to Colombo Bastian Mawatha Bus Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- Rs 700–800
- Website
- https://www.ntc.gov.lk/
- Schedules at
- https://www.ntc.gov.lk/times/
- Standard
- Rs 700–800
- Semi Lux
- Rs 900–1,300
- Super Lux
- Rs 1,700–2,200
- Phone
- +94 777 382 186
- info@superline.lk
- Website
- superline.lk
Bus from Batticaloa to Colombo Pettah
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- Rs 2,300–2,900
- Website
- https://superline.lk/
- Phone
- 1-888-263-1854
- drl@eastlink.ca
- Website
- drl-lr.com
Bus from St. John’s - MUN University Centre to Gander - Gander Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 18m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- Rs 18,000–20,000
- Website
- https://drl-lr.com/
- Adult
- Rs 18,000–20,000
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