Budapest to Colombo runs about 3 times a day, with the first departure around 07:30 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays €574.21, every fee included. The fastest door to door is 14h 42m over 7,554 km, on services run by 6 operators across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at €574.21, so there is no spread to show.
Typical fares · Priced for October 13, 2026
€574.21
- 255%Moves across the booking window
255%When it runs, leaving Budapest
Typical first and last departure on this corridor.
- 07:30First departure
- 07:30Last departure
- 3Services per day
- 0%Run direct
07:30
07:30
3
0%Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €2,066.32Thu24
- about €1,406.70Fri25
- about €1,456.26Sat26
- about €1,257.43Sun27
- about €903.43Mon28
- about €984.26Tue29
- about €1,018.48Wed30
- about €929.98Thu1
- about €888.68Fri2
- about €928.21Sat3
- about €915.23Sun4
- about €734.69Mon5
- about €737.64Tue6
- about €823.19Wed7
- about €860.36Thu8
- about €817.29Fri9
- about €750.03Sat10
- about €714.63Sun11
- about €586.01Mon12
- about €574.21Tue13
- about €672.74Wed14
Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.
The flight gets you into Colombo. These two partners take it from there, and the bed is theirs to book.
A room in Colombo for the night the flight gets in
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When to book Budapest to Colombo
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €633.2190 days
- €581.8860 days
- €632.0345 days
- €688.6730 days
- €672.7421 days
- €823.1914 days
- €1,018.487 days
- €1,456.263 days
- €2,066.321 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €581.88.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 255 percent. The most expensive point is €2,066.32, 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 Budapest to Colombo and to no other route on the site.
Clocks
3.5 hours ahead on arrival. The clock moves even though you do not.
The shape of it
7,554 km
7,273 km as the crow flies, 4% further by the route services take. The bearing runs east.
Who lives at each end
1,741,041 → 648,034
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
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
- 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 7,554 km against 7,273 km in a straight line, a detour of 4 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Dubai, Muscat, Istanbul. The gap between arriving and leaving is 48 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 19 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 CMB into Colombo is set by whoever drives it.
A car waiting when you land in Colombo
Settled in advance, so the ride into Colombo costs what it said it would rather than what the cab stand 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.
Baggage storage near Fort Railway Station
Most of the points near Fort Railway Station open before the first train and close after the last one.
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Questions about Budapest to Colombo
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 it take to get from Budapest to Colombo?
The fastest journey from Budapest to Colombo takes 14h 42m door to door, of which 11h 13m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 15h 30m, 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 Budapest to Colombo?
The cheapest fare from Budapest to Colombo is €574.21, as of September 23, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €928.21. 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 Budapest to Colombo?
The cheapest way from Budapest to Colombo is by flight, at €574.21 for one passenger on October 13, 2026. That journey takes 15h 11m 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 Budapest to Colombo?
Fares from Budapest to Colombo bottom out around 60 days before departure, at €581.88. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 255 percent, measured on September 23, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Budapest to Colombo?
Monday is the cheapest day to depart from Budapest to Colombo, at €734.69. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of September 23, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Budapest to Colombo?
February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Budapest to Colombo, at €492.79 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 service from Budapest to Colombo?
6 operators sell services from Budapest to Colombo across 1 mode: Astair, Emirates, MNG Airlines, Oman Air, SriLankan Airlines, Turkish 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 Budapest to Colombo?
0 percent of the services we sell from Budapest to Colombo are direct. The rest connect at Dubai, Muscat, Istanbul, with about 48 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 Budapest to Colombo use?
Services from Budapest to Colombo by flight leave from Budapest Liszt Ferenc International Airport BUD and arrive at Bandaranaike International Colombo Airport 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 Budapest to Colombo?
0 of the 6 operators we sell from Budapest 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
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 labeled 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 Budapest to Colombo on September 23, 2026: 7554 km of route against 7273 km in a straight line, 3 services a day, 6 operators a cheapest fare of €574.21, and 14h 42m 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 catalog.
Day trips out of Colombo and across Sri Lanka
Day trips that leave Colombo in the morning and cover a good part of Sri Lanka by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Budapest reaches 280 places in 69 countries on services we hold, over distances from 51 to 9,685 km. Colombo reaches 97 places in 37 countries, from 26 to 13,612 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Budapest
- 280Places you can leave for
- 69Countries
- 98Operators
69
98Arriving in Colombo
Leaving Colombo
- 97Places you can leave for
- 37Countries
- 33Operators