Route · LK

Colombo to Dhaka

1 operator run this water, from 3 h 12.

Getting from Colombo to Dhaka

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Every way across

One row per operator and speed. Where a service is sold as fast and its average does not clear 45 km/h, the word appears in quotation marks — the boat is fast craft, the crossing is not.

L, SriLankan Airlines CMB → DAC 2166 km non-stop 320 321 in the air 4 h 42 est. rate not held 675 km/h average

Other ways to reach Dhaka

If this crossing does not suit, these quays also reach Dhaka without a change. It is the question a single-route page cannot answer about itself and an atlas can.

Barisal – Dhaka 39 min United Airways

Jashore (Jessore) – Dhaka 41 min Rainbow Air Polynesia

Rajshahi – Dhaka 44 min United Airways

Sylhet – Dhaka 45 min Biman Bangladesh Airlines

Chattogram (Chittagong) – Dhaka 47 min Biman Bangladesh Airlines

Kolkata – Dhaka 48 min Air India Limited

Saidpur – Dhaka 50 min United Airways

Cox's Bazar – Dhaka 53 min Rainbow Air Polynesia

Paro – Dhaka 1 h 01 Druk Air

Kathmandu – Dhaka 1 h 20 Biman Bangladesh Airlines

And other ways to reach Colombo

Sigiriya – Colombo 40 min SriLankan Airlines

Galle – Colombo 41 min Sri Lanka Ferries, SriLankan Airlines

Madurai – Colombo 57 min L

Thiruvananthapuram – Colombo 57 min L

Tiruchirappalli – Colombo 1 h 01 L

Kochi – Colombo 1 h 08 L

Chennai – Colombo 1 h 19 Air India Limited

Bengaluru – Colombo 1 h 23 L

Malé – Colombo 1 h 28 British Airways

Gan – Colombo 1 h 56 Maldivian

Where else these quays go

Also from Colombo

Abu Dhabi · Ad Dammam · Bangkok · Bengaluru · Cape Town · Chennai · Doha · Dubai · Frankfurt am Main · Galle · Gan · Hamburg central bus station · Incheon · Jakarta

Also from Dhaka

Abu Dhabi · Ad Dammam · Bangkok · Barisal · Chattogram (Chittagong) · Chennai · Cox's Bazar · Doha · Dubai · Guangzhou (Huadu) · Hong Kong · Istanbul · Jashore (Jessore) · Jeddah

Which months this runs

Season not heldwe can say when we looked, not which months run

Our records for the Colombo–Dhaka crossing were read on 11 August 2026 and describe the network as it ran that week. We hold no month-by-month variation, so this page cannot tell you whether a crossing runs in February.

If you are travelling well outside August 2026, confirm with the operator before you plan around it.

What we do not know

No fares. Not for this crossing, not for any crossing, not for any mode.

No departure times. No rate is held for this pair either, so we cannot say how often it runs.