Ambalantota to Malé runs about 2 times a day, with the first departure around 06:39 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays €79.79, every fee included. The fastest door to door is 4h 42m over 885 km, on services run by 1 operator across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at €79.79, so there is no spread to show.
Typical fares · Priced for 6 October 2026
€79.79
- 233%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Ambalantota
No operator has filed a timetable for this direction yet, so the first and last departure below follow the pattern of the corridor. Read them as the shape of the service day rather than as times to turn up for.
- 06:39First departure
- 07:30Last departure
- 2Services per day
- 50%Run direct
Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €204.87Sun20
- about €178.32Mon21
- about €160.62Tue22
- about €137.61Wed23
- about €188.35Thu24
- about €147.05Fri25
- about €154.13Sat26
- about €115.78Sun27
- about €110.47Mon28
- about €110.47Tue29
- about €134.07Wed30
- about €145.87Thu1
- about €124.63Fri2
- about €121.68Sat3
- about €100.44Sun4
- about €95.13Mon5
- about €79.79Tue6
- about €91.59Wed7
- about €112.83Thu8
- about €105.16Fri9
- about €114.60Sat10
Based on what this route has cost recently. The operator sets the price on the day, and the live fare is confirmed when you book.
The flight gets you into Malé. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Malé for the night the flight gets in
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When to book Ambalantota to Malé
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €97.4990 days
- €61.5060 days
- €74.4845 days
- €86.2830 days
- €114.6021 days
- €121.6814 days
- €154.137 days
- €160.623 days
- €204.871 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €61.50.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 233 percent. The dearest point is €204.87, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 60 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
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This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Ambalantota to Malé and to no other route on the site.
Clocks
0.5 hours behind on arrival. You land earlier than the journey suggests.
The shape of it
885 km
860 km as the crow flies, 3% further by the route services take. The bearing runs west.
Who lives at each end
80,506 → 103,693
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
How we know
0/1
1 of these connections were inferred from service-area overlap rather than observed in a timetable. We would rather say so.
The route
What the journey looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- Direct or connecting
- 50% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 50% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 885 km against 860 km in a straight line, a detour of 3 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Colombo. The gap between arriving and leaving is 92 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 11 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Part of this journey is a self transfer between separate tickets, so leave more time than the minimum and expect to check in again.
The fare from MLE into Malé is the one price on this journey we cannot show you, because it is not ours.
A car waiting when you land in Malé
Settled in advance, so the ride into Malé costs what it said it would rather than what the rank says.
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Who runs this route
Malé is small enough to see in an afternoon, which is easier without the luggage. Storing it is not our business.
Left luggage near Greater Male' Bus Terminal
Most of the points near Greater Male' Bus Terminal open before the first train and shut after the last one.
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Questions about Ambalantota to Malé
The questions people actually ask about this journey, answered from the same prices and times the page above is built on rather than written once and left to go stale.
How long does it take to get from Ambalantota to Malé?
The fastest journey from Ambalantota to Malé takes 4h 42m door to door, of which 1h 38m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 4h 46m, because that average includes slower stopping services and journeys with a connection. Times include reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.
How much does it cost to travel from Ambalantota to Malé?
The cheapest fare from Ambalantota to Malé is €79.79, as of 19 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €124.63. Both figures are the total for one passenger, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so nothing is added at checkout.
What is the cheapest way to get from Ambalantota to Malé?
The cheapest way from Ambalantota to Malé is by flight, at €79.79 for one passenger on 6 October 2026. That journey takes 4h 48m door to door. Cheaper is rarely faster on this corridor, and the comparison table on this page shows what each mode costs against what it saves.
When should I book Ambalantota to Malé?
Fares from Ambalantota to Malé bottom out around 60 days before departure, at €61.50. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 233 percent, measured on 19 September 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Ambalantota to Malé?
Monday is the cheapest day to depart from Ambalantota to Malé, at €110.47. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of 19 September 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Ambalantota to Malé?
February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Ambalantota to Malé, at €74.48 for one passenger. Each month is priced on its fifteenth, so the comparison is like for like rather than a mix of weekends and midweek departures.
Who runs services from Ambalantota to Malé?
No operator record names Ambalantota to Malé directly. SriLankan Airlines publish service areas covering both ends and may serve it, so we list them as possible operators rather than confirmed ones.
Is there a direct service from Ambalantota to Malé?
50 percent of the services we sell from Ambalantota to Malé are direct. The rest connect at Colombo, with about 92 minutes between the two services. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is rebooked at no charge.
Which station or terminal do services from Ambalantota to Malé use?
Services from Ambalantota to Malé by flight leave from Ambalantota HRI and arrive at Male MLE. Allow about 3h 10m in total for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one, which is already included in every door to door time on this page.
Can I change or refund a ticket from Ambalantota to Malé?
0 of the 1 operators we sell from Ambalantota to Malé allow a change or a refund. A change on a changeable fare costs €5.00. The operator table on this page names which is which, and the condition is shown again before you pay.
Where these numbers come from
Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance on this page are real and come from open data. Where a corridor has a filed timetable the departure times are real too, and ferry fares are the prices the operators publish themselves.
Derived from service area No carrier record names this exact pair. The operators listed publish a service area covering both places at a distance their mode plausibly carries people, which is evidence that the corridor is served and not evidence of a specific service. Pages state which, because presenting the two as the same thing would be dishonest.
Where no operator publishes a fare for a corridor, the price here is our own estimate, worked out from the real distance and the real operator through a fare curve that follows lead time, day of the week and season. It tells you roughly what the journey costs. It is not a seat anyone has agreed to sell, and the payment step will not take it.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon, Distances
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Ambalantota to Malé on 19 September 2026: 885 km of route against 860 km in a straight line, 2 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €79.79, and 4h 42m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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The two ends, compared
Ambalantota reaches 7 places in 6 countries on services we hold, over distances from 158 to 5,154 km. Malé reaches 31 places in 20 countries, from 612 to 8,517 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Ambalantota
- 7Places you can leave for
- 6Countries
- 1Operators
Arriving in Malé
Leaving Malé
- 31Places you can leave for
- 20Countries
- 34Operators