ExceptionalNonstop · 2h
ROM to OTPRomania
Bucharest
$59
usually $165
−64%
Most monthly lows $79–$165. Cheaper than every other month on record (3).
Flights · ROM → CMB
Rome to Colombo
Best fare, round trip
$577
−10%
below its usual $640
you keep $63
Found
- Depart
- Tue 20 Apr
- Return
- Sun 25 Apr
- Stay
- 5 nights
- Flight
- 1 stop · 10.5h
- Airline
Air Arabia
Most of this route’s monthly lows fall between $628 and $664. The drop beats 21% of measured fares on the board, over 8 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 April around $577 and peak in July near $850, 47% dearer, across the 8 months we track. The cheapest itinerary we are tracking makes one stop and takes about 10.5 hours outbound, on a 5-night trip — ticketed under Air Arabia, which on a connecting fare need not operate every leg. At $577 for 7,627 km each way, that works out to about $38 per 1,000 km flown. That is below the $44 per 1,000 km typical of long-haul fares here. Across the 23 departure cities we track at a similar distance from Colombo, this fare ranks 7th — 29% above the $448 from Seoul. That puts it in the cheaper half of the 29 routes of similar length we watch out of Rome, where the middle fare is $729. The best time to be in Colombo: Dec–Mar.
Cheapest day in the next 4 months: 7 Dec, $592
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The median cached fare across this calendar is 22% higher than when tracking began on 8 Aug — $669 then versus $817 now, across 21 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 $554, on 10 Oct.
October 2026
November 2026
123Wednesday 4 November: $643, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.567Sunday 8 November: $642, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.91011Thursday 12 November: $642, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.13Saturday 14 November: $642, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.15161718192021222324252627282930
December 2026
Tuesday 1 December: $643, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Wednesday 2 December: $643, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.345Sunday 6 December: $650, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Monday 7 December: $592, the cheapest day in view. Compare fares from this day.89101112131415Wednesday 16 December: $817, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.171819Sunday 20 December: $1.1k, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Monday 21 December: $1.1k, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Tuesday 22 December: $863, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Wednesday 23 December: $928, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Thursday 24 December: $946, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Friday 25 December: $965, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Saturday 26 December: $923, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Sunday 27 December: $896, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Monday 28 December: $901, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Tuesday 29 December: $863, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Wednesday 30 December: $847, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Thursday 31 December: $771, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.
January 2027
123456Thursday 7 January: $629, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.8910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031
CheapestBelow usualUsualAbove usualCached fares · checked 17 Oct 2026 · bands from 53 tracked fares
Cheapest in Apr, around $577
10% below the $640 typical fare
$664Oct, around the usual price. Compare October fares.$642Nov, around the usual price. Compare November fares.$592Dec, below the usual price. Compare December fares.$629Jan ’27, around the usual price. Compare January fares.$628Feb, around the usual price. Compare February fares.$577Apr, the cheapest month. Compare April fares.$850Jul, above the usual price. Compare July fares.$775Aug, above the usual price. Compare August fares.
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Cheapest round-trip fare found each month, Rome to Colombo, from cached prices.
Route facts
- Airports
- Fiumicino (FCO) · Ciampino (CIA) ↔ Bandaranaike (CMB)
- Flight time
- ≈10.5 hours outbound
- Distance
- ≈7,627 km each way
- Typical price
- $640 round-trip (seasonal median)
- Airlines on the board
- Air Arabia
- Itineraries
- Connections on current fares
- Best months to visit
- Dec–Mar
Good to know
ROM → CMB, answered.
Is $577 a good price for Rome to Colombo?
Only slightly. The seasonal median is around $640 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 Rome to Colombo?
Across 8 months of cached-fare history, Apr 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 ROM → 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 8 months of cached fares, Apr comes out lowest on this route. Our guide Why flight prices change covers what does move a fare.
Are there nonstop flights from Rome to Colombo?
The current cheapest fares involve a connection, ticketed under Air Arabia. 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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