Colombo to Dubai flight

Flights from Colombo to Dubai start at €314.61 and take 7h 52m at their fastest.

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Dubai Marina with luxury yachts against a skyline of iconic skyscrapers in the morning light.

The Flights from Colombo to Dubai starts at €314.61 and takes 7h 52m door to door, run by 4 operators over 3,396 km, with around 28 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.

Checked September 10, 2026Priced for September 29, 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 7h 52mDoor to door
  • 4h 42mMoving
  • €314.61From
  • 502.6 kgCO2
Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on September 29, 2026

Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.

Cheapest€270.95
  1. Astair A215915:344h 58m20:32Colombo CMBDubai DWC

Door to door 8h 8mCO2 502.6 kgChanges 0Fixed, no changes

Fastest€304.58
  1. SriLankan Airlines SL620606:194h 42m11:01Colombo CMBDubai DWC

Door to door 7h 52mCO2 502.6 kgChanges 0Fixed, no changes

Carriers

Airlines

Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.

Every operator we sell on this corridor. Speed is the carrier's own typical cruising speed, not the average over this route.
OperatorFromFastest
Astair€270.957h 50m
Emirates€286.297h 50m
Flydubai€284.527h 51m
SriLankan Airlines€289.837h 50m

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Where to stay in Dubai

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Booking window

When to book Colombo to Dubai

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

  1. €270.3690 days
  2. €203.1060 days
  3. €262.1045 days
  4. €269.1830 days
  5. €336.4421 days
  6. €424.3514 days
  7. €534.687 days
  8. €572.443 days
  9. €692.211 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €203.10.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 241 percent. The most expensive point is €692.21, 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.
Day of the week

Which departure day costs least

Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.

  1. €371.25Sun
  2. €329.36Mon
  3. €314.61Tue
  4. €343.52Wed
  5. €424.35Thu
  6. €393.08Fri
  7. €404.29Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.

Colombo

Air
  • CMB

Dubai

Air
  • DXB
  • DWC
The journey

What the journey actually looks like

Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.

How far it really runs
The route covers 3,396 km against 3,297 km in a straight line, a detour of 3 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
First and last departure
The first service of the day leaves Colombo at 06:19 and the last at 20:34, across 28 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.

Questions about Colombo to Dubai

The questions people actually ask about this trip, 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 the Flight from Colombo to Dubai take?

The Flight from Colombo to Dubai takes 7h 52m door to door, of which 4h 42m is spent moving. The route runs 3,396 km. The difference between the two times is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end, which every time on this page includes.

How much does the Flight from Colombo to Dubai cost?

The Flight from Colombo to Dubai starts at €314.61 for one passenger, checked on September 29, 2026. A typical fare is €326.12. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.

Who runs the Flight from Colombo to Dubai?

4 operators run the Flight from Colombo to Dubai: Astair, Emirates, Flydubai, SriLankan Airlines. Between them they file around 28 departures a day. The operator table on this page compares them on fare, journey time, cruising speed, fare conditions and what is provided on board.

Which terminal does the Flight from Colombo to Dubai use?

The Flight from Colombo to Dubai leaves from Colombo CMB and arrives at Dubai DWC. Allow about 3h 10m for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one. That time is already inside every door to door figure quoted on this page.

When should I book the Flight from Colombo to Dubai?

Fares for the Flight from Colombo to Dubai bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €203.10. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 241 percent, measured on September 29, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Flight from Colombo to Dubai produce?

The Flight from Colombo to Dubai produces about 502.6 kg of CO2 per passenger over 3396 km, which works out at roughly 148 grams per passenger kilometer. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveler, not for the vehicle.

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 modeled number pass for a filed one.

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On this page
Every figure above was computed for Colombo to Dubai on September 10, 2026: 3396 km of route against 3297 km in a straight line, 28 services a day, 4 operators, a cheapest fare of €314.61, and 7h 52m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

Related journeys

Dubai is large, and the road in from DXB can take longer than the last hour of the flight. Cars are not our business.

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Getting from DXB into Dubai?

Settled in advance, so the ride into Dubai costs what it said it would rather than what the cab stand says.

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