Cheapest€259.15
- China Eastern Airlines CE134506:404h 34m11:14Kunming KMGColombo CMB
Door to door 7h 44mCO2 481.1 kgChanges 0Fixed, no changes
Travelling from Kunming to Colombo costs €259.15 at the cheapest and takes 7h 43m door to door at the fastest, across 1 mode and 1 operator. The route covers 3,251 km. Cheapest is by Flight, fastest is by Flight.
At a glance
- Distance
- 3,251 km
- Fastest
- 7h 43m
- Average
- 8h 2m
- Services per day
- 4
- Cheapest
- €259.15
- CO2 per passenger
- 481.1 kg
Every way to make this journey
Journey times below are door to door, so they include getting to the terminal and away from it at the other end. Fares are the cheapest we currently sell on 28 September 2026.
| Mode | Door to door | Moving | At the ends | From | CO2 | Per day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flight | 7h 44m | 4h 34m | 3h 10m | €326.41 | 481.1 kg | 4 |
- 7h 44mFastest, by Flight
- €326.41Cheapest, by Flight
- 481.1 kgLowest CO2, by Flight
- 3,251 kmDistance travelled
The cheapest and the fastest on 28 September 2026
Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.
Today's real departures
Live from the operators' own published timetables, through the open transit feeds they publish. Times and services are real. Fares are modelled until our booking connectors are live.
No live timetable for this journey yet.
Live from the operators' own published timetables, through the open transit feeds they publish. Times and services are real. Fares are modelled until our booking connectors are live.
Prices over the next three weeks
Live from our own engine, refreshed on every request. The cheapest days for each way of travelling are marked.
| Cheapest fare by mode and day for Kunming to Colombo | Sat12 Sept | Sun13 Sept | Mon14 Sept | Tue15 Sept | Wed16 Sept | Thu17 Sept | Fri18 Sept | Sat19 Sept | Sun20 Sept | Mon21 Sept | Tue22 Sept | Wed23 Sept | Thu24 Sept | Fri25 Sept |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flight | €724.66 | €684.54 | €473.91 | €388.36 | €492.79 | €687.49 | €491.61 | €476.86 | €445.59 | €453.85 | €326.41 | €341.16 | €486.30 | €452.08 |
Cheapest day: 2026-09-28 · €259.15
The flight gets you into Colombo. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
Where to sleep in Colombo
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When to book Kunming to Colombo
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €391.3190 days
- €230.8360 days
- €232.6045 days
- €247.9430 days
- €377.1521 days
- €452.0814 days
- €491.617 days
- €473.913 days
- €724.661 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €230.83.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 214 percent. The dearest point is €724.66, 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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Which departure day costs least
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
- €445.59Sun
- €453.85Mon
- €326.41Tue
- €357.68Wed
- €486.30Thu
- €452.08Fri
- €476.86Sat
How the fare moves month by month
The same journey priced on the fifteenth of each of the next six months.
- €388.36Sept
- €325.82Oct
- €312.25Nov
- €310.48Dec
- €251.48Jan
- €205.46Feb
The route
What the journey actually looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- Direct or connecting
- 25% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 75% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 3,251 km against 3,156 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 Kuala Lumpur, Dhaka, Bangkok. The gap between arriving and leaving is 56 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 17 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.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves Kunming at 06:40 and the last at 07:30, across 4 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Kunming
Rail
- Kunming South Station
- Kunming railway station
- Kunming Railway Station
Coach
- Kunming East Bus Terminal
- 北市区车场
Air
- KMG
Colombo
Rail
- Fort Railway Station
- Maradana Railway Station
- Ganemulla railway station
Coach
- Nugegoda Bus Station
- Kaduwela Bus Terminal
Air
- CMB
CMB is not in Colombo, and the road in from it is the part of the trip nobody plans. We sell the flight and stop at the terminal door.
Getting from CMB into Colombo?
Settled in advance, so the ride into Colombo costs what it said it would rather than what the rank says.
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Who runs this route
Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.
| Operator | From | Fastest | Typical speed | Flexibility | On board |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| China Eastern Airlines | €259.15 | 7h 43m | 740 km/h | Fixed fare | Not published |
What the fare is made of
Every part of the total, so the number at checkout is the number here.
| Part | Amount | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Operator fare | €212.00 | 82% |
| Taxes | €38.16 | 15% |
| Supplier fees | €7.00 | 3% |
| Our service fee | €1.99 | 1% |
| Total you pay | €259.15 | 100% |
We cannot promise Fort Railway Station still has a left luggage office, because plenty of stations closed theirs.
Left luggage near Fort Railway Station
Shops, cafes and hotels that take luggage, with the opening hours on the map so you know what is still open when you come back.
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Questions about Kunming to Colombo
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 Kunming to Colombo?
The fastest journey from Kunming to Colombo takes 7h 43m door to door, of which 4h 34m is spent moving, on the Flight. Most services take around 8h 2m, 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 Kunming to Colombo?
The cheapest fare from Kunming to Colombo is €259.15, checked on 28 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €451.49. 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 Kunming to Colombo?
The cheapest way from Kunming to Colombo is by Flight, at €326.41 for one passenger on 28 September 2026. That journey takes 7h 44m 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 Kunming to Colombo?
Fares from Kunming to Colombo bottom out around 60 days before departure, at €230.83. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 214 percent, measured on 28 September 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Kunming to Colombo?
Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Kunming to Colombo, at €326.41. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, checked on 28 September 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Kunming to Colombo?
February is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Kunming to Colombo, at €205.46 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 Kunming to Colombo?
1 operators sell services from Kunming to Colombo across 1 modes: China Eastern Airlines. 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 Kunming to Colombo?
25 percent of the services we sell from Kunming to Colombo are direct. The rest connect at Kuala Lumpur, Dhaka, Bangkok, with about 56 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 Kunming to Colombo use?
Services from Kunming to Colombo by Flight leave from Kunming KMG and arrive at Colombo CMB. 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 Kunming to Colombo?
0 of the 1 operators we sell from Kunming to Colombo 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
Observed service A carrier record shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.
Schedules, seat counts and fares are generated by our own model until the supplier contracts are signed. Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance are real. We would rather say that on every page than let a modelled number pass for a filed one.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon, Distances
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Kunming to Colombo on 11 September 2026: 3251 km of route against 3156 km in a straight line, 4 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €259.15, and 7h 43m 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 Colombo is somebody else's catalogue.
Things to do in Colombo
The tickets worth having in advance, because the queue at the door is usually the whole morning.
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Other ways to make this journey
Arriving in Colombo
Leaving Colombo
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- 28Countries
- 29Operators
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