There are 4 ways to get from Zurich to Colombo by plane or train
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Fly from Zurich Airport
best- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB)plane ZRH - CMB
12h 47mRs 111,153–264,047Train to Basel, fly
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB)plane BSL - CMB
18h 15mRs 112,976–234,289Train, train to Stuttgart Airport, fly
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Singentrain
- Take the train from Singen to Böblingentrain
- Fly from Stuttgart Airport (STR) to Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB)plane STR - CMB
17h 15mRs 130,014–197,970Train, train to Munich International Airport, fly
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Bregenztrain
- Take the train from Lindau, Reutin Bahnhof to München Hbftrain
- Fly from Munich International Airport (MUC) to Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB)plane MUC - CMB
19h 32mRs 150,239–504,337
Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Zurich to Colombo is to train and fly which costs Rs. 110000 - Rs. 240000 and takes 18h 15m.
The fastest way to get from Zurich to Colombo is to fly which takes 12h 47m and costs Rs. 110000 - Rs. 270000.
The distance between Zurich and Colombo is 8065 km.
It takes approximately 12h 47m to get from Zurich to Colombo, including transfers.
Colombo is 4h 30m ahead of Zurich. It is currently 9:57 PM in Zurich and 2:27 AM in Colombo.
There are 1428+ hotels available in Colombo.
What companies run services between Zurich, Switzerland and Colombo, Sri Lanka?
Edelweiss Air, Etihad, and three other airlines fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB) every 4 hours.
Airlines
- Website
- etihad.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Abu Dhabi
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Rs 100,000–140,000
Flights from Munich International Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Abu Dhabi
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Rs 85,000–240,000
- Website
- srilankan.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Rs 100,000–350,000
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Rs 130,000–370,000
Flights from Munich International Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Rs 110,000–380,000
- Website
- emirates.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Rs 100,000–350,000
Flights from Basel to Bandaranaike International Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Rs 140,000–380,000
Flights from Munich International Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Rs 100,000–380,000
- Website
- qatarairways.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Rs 100,000–350,000
Flights from Munich International Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Rs 110,000–380,000
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Basel to Bandaranaike International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Rs 100,000–370,000
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 2m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Rs 110,000–380,000
- Website
- airindia.in
Flights from Munich International Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Bengaluru
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- Rs 95,000–390,000
Flights from Munich International Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Mumbai
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Rs 95,000–390,000
Flights from Munich International Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Delhi
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Rs 100,000–400,000
- Website
- flyedelweiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 5m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- Rs 85,000–310,000
- Website
- kuwaitairways.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Kuwait
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- Rs 80,000–230,000
- Website
- flydubai.com
Flights from Basel to Bandaranaike International Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Rs 140,000–380,000
- Website
- airarabia.com
Flights from Munich International Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Sharjah
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 45m
- When
- Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Rs 110,000–430,000
Train operators
- Phone
- +49 (0) 7531 915109
- info@sbb-deutschland.de
- Website
- sbb-deutschland.de
Train from Zürich HB to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- Rs 3,100–4,000
- Schedules at
- sbb-deutschland.de
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Zürich HB to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- Rs 10,000–12,000
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Singen to Böblingen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 33m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Rs 6,500–11,000
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Lindau, Reutin Bahnhof to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 6m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- Rs 10,000–20,000
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
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- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Zürich HB to Singen
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Rs 10,000–19,000
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Zürich HB to Bregenz
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- Rs 17,000–31,000
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Singen to Böblingen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- Rs 8,000–12,000
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Lindau, Reutin Bahnhof to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- Rs 10,000–15,000
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 731 1550-0
- servicecenter@dbregiobus-rab.de
- Website
- meine-rab.de
Train from Singen to Böblingen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- Rs 6,500–8,500
- Schedules at
- meine-rab.de
- Phone
- +49 821 899 825 44
- servus@arverio.de
- Website
- arverio-by.de
Train from Lindau, Reutin Bahnhof to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 43m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Schedules at
- arverio-by.de
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