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Kathmandu to Sylhet

Compare trains, coaches, flights and ferries from Kathmandu to Sylhet. From €81.56, fastest 6h 25m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

Kathmandu to Sylhet runs about 1 times a day, with the first departure around 07:30 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays €81.56, every fee included. The fastest door to door is 6h 25m over 901 km, on services run by 2 operators across 1 mode.

Checked 23 September 2026Priced for 12 October 2026One passenger, all fees included

What one seat costs

Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at €81.56, so there is no spread to show.

Typical fares · Priced for 12 October 2026

€81.56

  • 170%Moves across the booking window

When it runs, leaving Kathmandu

Typical first and last departure on this corridor.

  • 07:30First departure
  • 07:30Last departure
  • 1Services per day
  • 0%Run direct

Fares by date

What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.

Typical fares

  1. about €226.70Thu24
  2. about €202.51Fri25
  3. about €157.08Sat26
  4. about €142.33Sun27
  5. about €116.96Mon28
  6. about €153.54Tue29
  7. about €99.85Wed30
  8. about €137.02Thu1
  9. about €125.22Fri2
  10. about €135.25Sat3
  11. about €130.53Sun4
  12. about €118.73Mon5
  13. about €99.85Tue6
  14. about €108.11Wed7
  15. about €134.66Thu8
  16. about €95.72Fri9
  17. about €99.26Sat10
  18. about €90.41Sun11
  19. about €81.56Mon12
  20. about €97.49Tue13
  21. about €108.11Wed14

Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.

The flight gets you into Sylhet. These two partners take it from there, and the bed is theirs to book.

A hotel room

A room in Sylhet for the night the flight gets in

Sort by distance from Sylhet Railway Station and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.

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Booking window

When to book Kathmandu to Sylhet

The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.

  1. €88.0590 days
  2. €95.7260 days
  3. €103.3945 days
  4. €83.9230 days
  5. €108.1121 days
  6. €108.1114 days
  7. €99.857 days
  8. €157.083 days
  9. €226.701 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €83.92.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 170 percent. The dearest point is €226.70, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 30 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
€226.70€83.92137142130456090

Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 30 days ahead. You are inside that window.

This corridor, specifically

Facts that apply to Kathmandu to Sylhet and to no other route on the site.

Clocks

0.25 hours ahead on arrival. The clock moves even though you do not.

The shape of it

901 km

723 km as the crow flies, 25% further by the route services take. The bearing runs south-east.

Who lives at each end

1,442,271237,000

Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.

The route

IndiaChinaMyanmar (Burma)NepalBangladeshBhutanDhakaDhakaKanpurKanpurLucknowLucknowPatnaPatnaDhanbadDhanbadVaranasiVaranasiRanchiRanchiGuwahatiGuwahatiRajshahiRajshahiGorakhpurGorakhpurComillaComillaBokaroBokaroMohammadpurMohammadpurSiliguriSiliguriGayaGayaBhagalpurBhagalpurKathmanduKathmanduSylhetSylhetMap data: Natural Earth, GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)Map data: Natural Earth, GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)
The journey

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
0% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 100% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 901 km against 723 km in a straight line, a detour of 25 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Dhaka. The gap between arriving and leaving is 77 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 12 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 ZYL into Sylhet is set by whoever drives it.

A taxi rank outside an airport terminal

A car waiting when you land in Sylhet

Settled in advance, so the ride into Sylhet costs what it said it would rather than what the rank says.

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Who runs this route

The flight gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.

Left luggage lockers

Left luggage near Sylhet Railway Station

Most of the points near Sylhet Railway Station open before the first train and shut after the last one.

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Questions about Kathmandu to Sylhet

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 Kathmandu to Sylhet?

The fastest journey from Kathmandu to Sylhet takes 6h 25m door to door, of which 1h 59m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 6h 29m, 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 Kathmandu to Sylhet?

The cheapest fare from Kathmandu to Sylhet is €81.56, as of 23 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €118.73. 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 Kathmandu to Sylhet?

The cheapest way from Kathmandu to Sylhet is by flight, at €81.56 for one passenger on 12 October 2026. That journey takes 6h 26m 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 Kathmandu to Sylhet?

Fares from Kathmandu to Sylhet bottom out around 30 days before departure, at €83.92. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 170 percent, measured on 23 September 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.

Which day of the week is cheapest for Kathmandu to Sylhet?

Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Kathmandu to Sylhet, at €99.85. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of 23 September 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.

Which month is cheapest for Kathmandu to Sylhet?

December is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Kathmandu to Sylhet, at €88.64 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 Kathmandu to Sylhet?

2 operators sell services from Kathmandu to Sylhet across 1 mode: Air Astra, United Airways. Journey times, fares and fare conditions differ between them, and the operator table on this page compares all of them on speed, flexibility and what is provided on board.

Is there a direct service from Kathmandu to Sylhet?

0 percent of the services we sell from Kathmandu to Sylhet are direct. The rest connect at Dhaka, with about 77 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 Kathmandu to Sylhet use?

Services from Kathmandu to Sylhet by flight leave from Tribhuvan International Airport KTM and arrive at Osmany International Airport ZYL. 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 Kathmandu to Sylhet?

0 of the 2 operators we sell from Kathmandu to Sylhet 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.

Observed service A carrier record names this operator on this pair, carried through unchanged.

Prices come from the supplier wherever we hold a live quote. Elsewhere we show an indicative price built from the real distance, the real operator and a fare curve over lead time, day of the week and season. Those are labelled Estimated fare and cannot be booked.

Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon, Distances

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Kathmandu to Sylhet on 23 September 2026: 901 km of route against 723 km in a straight line, 1 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €81.56, and 6h 25m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

The flight is the simple part. What you do once you are in Sylhet is somebody else's catalogue.

A guided tour group

Day trips out of Sylhet and across Bangladesh

Day trips that leave Sylhet in the morning and cover a good part of Bangladesh by evening.

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The two ends, compared

Kathmandu reaches 79 places in 22 countries on services we hold, over distances from 88 to 9,571 km. Sylhet reaches 11 places in 4 countries, from 174 to 8,000 km.

Other ways to make this journey

Leaving Kathmandu

  • 79Places you can leave for
  • 22Countries
  • 31Operators

Arriving in Sylhet

Leaving Sylhet

  • 11Places you can leave for
  • 4Countries
  • 3Operators

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