ExceptionalNonstop · 3h
BCN to EDIUnited Kingdom
Edinburgh
$47
usually $175
−73%
Most monthly lows $69–$207. Cheaper than every other month on record (5).
Flights · BCN → CMB
Barcelona to Colombo
Best fare, round trip
$740
Too little price history on this route to compare — the fare is shown as found.
Found
- Depart
- Thu 14 Jan
- Return
- Fri 22 Jan
- Stay
- 8 nights
- Flight
- 2 stops · 12.5h
- Airline
Pegasus
Cached fare — the booking search re-prices live before you pay.
Sri LankaColomboA working port city that most people leave immediately — for tea country, ruins and the south coast.Best windowDec–MarAirportsBandaranaike (CMB)Every route into ColomboFare seasonality
When this route gets cheap.
The cheapest itinerary we are tracking makes 2 stops and takes about 12.5 hours outbound, on a 8-night trip — ticketed under Pegasus, which on a connecting fare need not operate every leg. At $740 for 8,472 km each way, that works out to about $44 per 1,000 km flown. That is about the $44 per 1,000 km typical of long-haul fares here. Across the 21 departure cities we track at a similar distance from Colombo, this fare ranks 19th — 43% above the $518 from Milan. That puts it in the cheaper half of the 38 routes of similar length we watch out of Barcelona, where the middle fare is $759. We have 3 months of cached prices for this route so far — not enough to call a fare cheap or expensive, so we publish the price without a percentage. Fare history here is still too short to name a cheap season. The best time to be in Colombo: Dec–Mar.
Day-level prices for the next 4 months
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The median cached fare across this calendar is 30% higher than when tracking began on 8 Aug — $717 then versus $935 now, across 20 recorded snapshots. This is a calendar-level trend, so an individual deal above can be lower. The lowest single day we have seen here is $604, on 20 Oct.
Cached day-level data for this route is sparse — 11 of 107 days priced, from 50 tracked fares. The days below are shown as found, with no cheapest-day or below-median call.
October 2026
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November 2026
12345678910Wednesday 11 November: $745. Compare fares from this day.12131415161718192021222324252627282930
December 2026
12345678910Friday 11 December: $778. Compare fares from this day.12131415161718Saturday 19 December: $935. Compare fares from this day.Sunday 20 December: $865. Compare fares from this day.Monday 21 December: $1k. Compare fares from this day.Tuesday 22 December: $982. Compare fares from this day.Wednesday 23 December: $1k. Compare fares from this day.24252627Monday 28 December: $1.1k. Compare fares from this day.293031
January 2027
Friday 1 January: $878. Compare fares from this day.23Monday 4 January: $943. Compare fares from this day.5678910111213Thursday 14 January: $740. Compare fares from this day.1516171819202122232425262728293031
Cached fares · checked 17 Oct 2026
We are still collecting this route's months — 3 months of cached prices so far, too few to chart.
Route facts
- Airports
- El Prat (BCN) ↔ Bandaranaike (CMB)
- Flight time
- ≈12.5 hours outbound
- Distance
- ≈8,472 km each way
- Airlines on the board
- Pegasus
- Itineraries
- Connections on current fares
- Best months to visit
- Dec–Mar
Good to know
BCN → CMB, answered.
How far in advance should I book BCN → Colombo?
We do not publish a number for this, because we cannot measure it yet. Answering it honestly means watching the same departure date on this route over many weeks as it approaches, and that archive is still filling up — so any "book N days ahead" figure here would be borrowed from somewhere else rather than measured. Our guide Why flight prices change covers the levers we can measure.
Are there nonstop flights from Barcelona to Colombo?
The current cheapest fares involve a connection, ticketed under Pegasus. We hold no nonstop fare on this route right now, which does not mean none flies — search your exact dates to see what does.
Are these prices guaranteed?
No — these are cached fares found on real searches (this one on 17 October). Airlines reprice constantly, so the booking search re-checks the live price before you pay. Fresher finds are far more likely to still be available.
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