Colombo to Cairo runs about 4 times a day, with the first departure around 07:30 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays €451.49, every fee included. The fastest door to door is 12h 33m over 5,867 km, on services run by 7 operators across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at €451.49, so there is no spread to show.
Typical fares · Priced for October 13, 2026
€451.49
- 247%Moves across the booking window
247%When it runs, leaving Colombo
Typical first and last departure on this corridor.
- 07:30First departure
- 07:30Last departure
- 4Services per day
- 0%Run direct
07:30
07:30
4
0%Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €1,554.79Thu24
- about €1,099.90Fri25
- about €1,233.83Sat26
- about €1,003.73Sun27
- about €765.37Mon28
- about €760.65Tue29
- about €906.97Wed30
- about €847.97Thu1
- about €703.42Fri2
- about €696.93Sat3
- about €677.46Sun4
- about €516.39Mon5
- about €594.27Tue6
- about €640.29Wed7
- about €678.05Thu8
- about €552.38Fri9
- about €634.98Sat10
- about €563.00Sun11
- about €471.55Mon12
- about €451.49Tue13
- about €501.05Wed14
Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.
The flight gets you into Cairo. These two partners take it from there, and the bed is theirs to book.
A room in Cairo for the night the flight gets in
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When to book Colombo to Cairo
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €511.0890 days
- €447.9560 days
- €485.7145 days
- €577.1630 days
- €501.0521 days
- €640.2914 days
- €906.977 days
- €1,233.833 days
- €1,554.791 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €447.95.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 247 percent. The most expensive point is €1,554.79, 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 Colombo to Cairo and to no other route on the site.
Clocks
2.5 hours behind on arrival. You land earlier than the journey suggests.
The shape of it
5,867 km
5,676 km as the crow flies, 3% further by the route services take. The bearing runs north-west.
Who lives at each end
648,034 → 9,606,916
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 5,867 km against 5,676 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 Riyadh, Doha, Abu Dhabi, Dammam. The gap between arriving and leaving is 70 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 14 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.
Cairo is large, and the road in from CAI can take longer than the last hour of the flight. Cars are not our business.
A car waiting when you land in Cairo
Settled in advance, so the ride into Cairo 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 Stadium
Most of the points near Stadium open before the first train and close after the last one.
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Questions about Colombo to Cairo
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 Colombo to Cairo?
The fastest journey from Colombo to Cairo takes 12h 33m door to door, of which 8h 26m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 13h 23m, 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 Colombo to Cairo?
The cheapest fare from Colombo to Cairo is €451.49, as of September 23, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €724.96. 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 Colombo to Cairo?
The cheapest way from Colombo to Cairo is by flight, at €451.49 for one passenger on October 13, 2026. That journey takes 12h 46m 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 Colombo to Cairo?
Fares from Colombo to Cairo bottom out around 60 days before departure, at €447.95. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 247 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 Colombo to Cairo?
Monday is the cheapest day to depart from Colombo to Cairo, at €516.39. 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 Colombo to Cairo?
February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Colombo to Cairo, at €371.84 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 Colombo to Cairo?
7 operators sell services from Colombo to Cairo across 1 mode: Air Arabia Abu Dhabi, Egyptair, flyadeal, Qatar Airways, Royal Air Maroc, Saudia. 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 Colombo to Cairo?
0 percent of the services we sell from Colombo to Cairo are direct. The rest connect at Riyadh, Doha, Abu Dhabi, Dammam, with about 70 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 Colombo to Cairo use?
Services from Colombo to Cairo by flight leave from Bandaranaike International Colombo Airport CMB and arrive at Cairo International Airport CAI. 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 Colombo to Cairo?
0 of the 7 operators we sell from Colombo to Cairo 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 Colombo to Cairo on September 23, 2026: 5867 km of route against 5676 km in a straight line, 4 services a day, 7 operators a cheapest fare of €451.49, and 12h 33m 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 Cairo is somebody else's catalog.
Day trips out of Cairo and across Egypt
Day trips that leave Cairo in the morning and cover a good part of Egypt by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Colombo reaches 97 places in 37 countries on services we hold, over distances from 26 to 13,612 km. Cairo reaches 134 places in 64 countries, from 117 to 13,966 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Colombo
- 97Places you can leave for
- 37Countries
- 33Operators
37
33Arriving in Cairo
Leaving Cairo
- 134Places you can leave for
- 64Countries
- 72Operators