GreatNonstop · 3h
CAN to PEKChina
Beijing
$280
usually $435
−36%
Most monthly lows $342–$579. Cheaper than every other month on record (6).
Flights · CAN → CMB
Guangzhou to Colombo
Best fare, round trip
$382
−10%
below its usual $425
you keep $43
Found
- Depart
- Wed 11 Nov
- Return
- Sat 21 Nov
- Stay
- 10 nights
- Flight
- 1 stop · 8h
- Airline
Spring Airlines
Most of this route’s monthly lows fall between $401 and $430. The drop beats 21% of measured fares on the board, over 6 observed months.
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.
Fares bottom out in November around $382 and peak in February near $456, 19% dearer, across the 6 months we track. The cheapest itinerary we are tracking makes one stop and takes about 8 hours outbound, on a 10-night trip — ticketed under Spring Airlines, which on a connecting fare need not operate every leg. At $382 for 3,999 km each way, that works out to about $48 per 1,000 km flown. That is about the $43 per 1,000 km typical of medium-haul fares here. Across the 6 departure cities we track at a similar distance from Colombo, this fare ranks 4th — 58% above the $242 from Abu Dhabi. The best time to be in Colombo: Dec–Mar.
Cheapest day in the next 4 months: 11 Nov, $382
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The median cached fare across this calendar is 9% higher than when tracking began on 8 Aug — $392 then versus $427 now, across 19 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 $355, on 21 Dec.
October 2026
November 2026
123456Saturday 7 November: $392, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Sunday 8 November: $398, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Monday 9 November: $394, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Tuesday 10 November: $390, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Wednesday 11 November: $382, the cheapest day in view. Compare fares from this day.12Friday 13 November: $396, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.1415Monday 16 November: $400, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Tuesday 17 November: $390, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.1819202122Monday 23 November: $397, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.24252627282930
December 2026
12345678910111213141516Thursday 17 December: $402, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.1819Sunday 20 December: $417, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.21Tuesday 22 December: $404, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.2324252627Monday 28 December: $461, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.29Wednesday 30 December: $460, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.31
January 2027
Friday 1 January: $490, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.2345Wednesday 6 January: $459, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.7Friday 8 January: $427, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.9Sunday 10 January: $427, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.11Tuesday 12 January: $584, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.1314151617Monday 18 January: $544, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.1920Thursday 21 January: $489, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Friday 22 January: $489, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Saturday 23 January: $548, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Sunday 24 January: $497, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.25262728293031
CheapestBelow usualUsualAbove usualCached fares · checked 15 Oct 2026 · bands from 101 tracked fares
Cheapest in Nov, around $382
10% below the $425 typical fare
$401Oct, below the usual price. Compare October fares.$382Nov, the cheapest month. Compare November fares.$402Dec, below the usual price. Compare December fares.$427Jan ’27, around the usual price. Compare January fares.$456Feb, above the usual price. Compare February fares.$430Mar, around the usual price. Compare March fares.
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Cheapest round-trip fare found each month, Guangzhou to Colombo, from cached prices.
Route facts
- Airports
- Baiyun (CAN) ↔ Bandaranaike (CMB)
- Flight time
- ≈8 hours outbound
- Distance
- ≈3,999 km each way
- Typical price
- $425 round-trip (seasonal median)
- Airlines on the board
- Spring Airlines
- Itineraries
- Connections on current fares
- Best months to visit
- Dec–Mar
Good to know
CAN → CMB, answered.
Is $382 a good price for Guangzhou to Colombo?
Only slightly. The seasonal median is around $425 round-trip and this fare is 10% under it. We do not call a drop notable until 20%, so this is an ordinary price for the route rather than a reason to hurry.
What is the cheapest month to fly from Guangzhou to Colombo?
Across 6 months of cached-fare history, Nov comes out cheapest on this route. The best months to actually be in Colombo are Dec–Mar — when those overlap, that's your window.
How far in advance should I book CAN → 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. What we can measure is which month is cheap: across 6 months of cached fares, Nov comes out lowest on this route. Our guide Why flight prices change covers what does move a fare.
Are there nonstop flights from Guangzhou to Colombo?
The current cheapest fares involve a connection, ticketed under Spring Airlines. 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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