Cheapest€259.15
- China Eastern Airlines CE134506:404h 34m11:14Kunming KMGColombo CMB
Door to door 7h 44mCO2 481.1 kgChanges 0Fixed, no changes
Traveling from Kunming to Colombo costs €259.15 at the cheapest and takes 7h 41m 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 41m
- Average
- 8h
- 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 September 28, 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 traveled
The cheapest and the fastest on September 28, 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 modeled until our booking connectors are live.
No live timetable for this trip yet.
Live from the operators' own published timetables, through the open transit feeds they publish. Times and services are real. Fares are modeled 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 traveling are marked.
| Cheapest fare by mode and day for Kunming to Colombo | ThuSep 10 | FriSep 11 | SatSep 12 | SunSep 13 | MonSep 14 | TueSep 15 | WedSep 16 | ThuSep 17 | FriSep 18 | SatSep 19 | SunSep 20 | MonSep 21 | TueSep 22 | WedSep 23 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flight | €815.52 | €674.51 | €724.66 | €556.51 | €473.91 | €388.36 | €492.79 | €551.79 | €491.61 | €476.86 | €445.59 | €453.85 | €326.41 | €341.16 |
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 stay in Colombo
Filter by neighborhood and by nightly price, and the map tells you what is a walk and what is a cab.
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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.
- €266.2390 days
- €329.3660 days
- €334.0845 days
- €297.5030 days
- €357.6821 days
- €341.1614 days
- €492.797 days
- €724.663 days
- €815.521 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 90 days ahead, at €266.23.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 206 percent. The most expensive point is €815.52, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 90 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 30 days ahead. You are inside that window.
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
- €551.79Thu
- €491.61Fri
- €476.86Sat
How the fare moves month by month
The same journey priced on the fifteenth of each of the next six months.
- €388.36Sep
- €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
Bus
- Kunming East Bus Terminal
- 北市区车场
Air
- KMG
Colombo
Rail
- Fort Railway Station
- Maradana Railway Station
- Ganemulla railway station
Bus
- Nugegoda Bus Station
- Kaduwela Bus Terminal
Air
- CMB
CMB is not in Colombo, and the drive 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 cab stand 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 41m | 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 baggage check, because plenty of stations closed theirs.
Baggage storage near Fort Railway Station
Stores, cafes and hotels that take luggage, with the 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 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 Kunming to Colombo?
The fastest journey from Kunming to Colombo takes 7h 41m door to door, of which 4h 34m is spent moving, on the Flight. Most services take around 8h, 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 September 28, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €453.85. 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 September 28, 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 90 days before departure, at €266.23. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 206 percent, measured on September 28, 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 September 28, 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 service 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 modeled 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 September 9, 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 41m 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.
Things to do in Colombo
The tickets worth having in advance, because the line 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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