There are 6 ways to get from Colombo to Boston by plane, train, bus, or ferry
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly to Theodore Francis Green State Airport, train
best- Fly from Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB) to Theodore Francis Green State Airport (PVD)plane CMB - PVD
- Take the train from TF Green Airport to South Stationtrain
28h 9m$496–1,348Fly to Barnstable Municipal Airport, bus
- Fly from Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB) to Barnstable Municipal Airport (HYA)plane CMB - HYA
- Take the bus from Barnstable Airport to Bostonbus
25h 56m$1,040–3,556Fly to John F. Kennedy International Airport, train
- Fly from Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB) to John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK)plane CMB - JFK
- Take the train from Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station to Bostontrain
26h 13m$591–1,151Fly to Newark Liberty International Airport, train
- Fly from Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB) to Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR)plane CMB - EWR
- Take the train from Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station to Bostontrain
27h 5m$819–2,461Fly to Provincetown Municipal Airport, ferry
- Fly from Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB) to Provincetown Municipal Airport (PVC)plane CMB - PVC
- Take the ferry from MacMillan Pier, Provincetown, MA to World Trade Center Pier, Boston, MAferry
25h 19m$813–2,142Fly to Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport, bus
- Fly from Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB) to Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport (YUL)plane CMB - YUL
- Take the bus from Montreal to Bostonbus
30h 13m$883–1,123
Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB) to Theodore Francis Green State Airport (PVD) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Colombo to Boston is to fly and train which costs $550 - $1,200 and takes 26h 13m.
The fastest way to get from Colombo to Boston is to fly and ferry which takes 25h 19m and costs $800 - $2,200.
The distance between Colombo and Boston is 8727 miles.
It takes approximately 28h 9m to get from Colombo to Boston, including transfers.
Boston is 9h 30m behind Colombo. It is currently 3:44 PM in Colombo and 6:14 AM in Boston.
There are 1794+ hotels available in Boston.
What companies run services between Colombo, Sri Lanka and Boston, MA, USA?
There is no direct connection from Colombo to Boston. However, you can take the taxi to Colombo-Airport-CMB airport, fly to Theodore Francis Green State Airport (PVD), walk to TF Green Airport, then take the train to South Station. Alternatively, you can take the taxi to Colombo-Airport-CMB airport, fly to Barnstable Municipal Airport (HYA), walk to Barnstable Airport, then take the bus to Boston.
- Website
- capeair.com
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Barnstable Municipal Airport via Doha, John F. Kennedy International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 25m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,200–3,400
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Barnstable Municipal Airport via Istanbul, Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,500
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Barnstable Municipal Airport via London Heathrow, Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 55m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,100–2,900
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Provincetown Municipal Airport via Abu Dhabi, Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 9m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,000
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Provincetown Municipal Airport via Doha, Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 18m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–2,900
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Provincetown Municipal Airport via Frankfurt, Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 53m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $950–2,500
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Provincetown Municipal Airport via London Heathrow, Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 14m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $950–2,500
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Provincetown Municipal Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 43m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $950–2,500
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 22m
- When
- Sunday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $700–1,800
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 15m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $650–1,800
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $650–1,800
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 20m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $800–2,100
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 50m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $800–2,100
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 40m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $800–2,100
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Theodore Francis Green State Airport via Istanbul, John F. Kennedy International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $600–2,000
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Theodore Francis Green State Airport via Dubai, John F. Kennedy International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $700–2,200
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $600–2,100
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $650–2,200
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 21h
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,600
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 21h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $600–1,700
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 25m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $700–1,800
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 10m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $800–2,100
- Website
- qatarairways.com
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Theodore Francis Green State Airport via Doha, John F. Kennedy International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $650–1,900
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Theodore Francis Green State Airport via Dubai, John F. Kennedy International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $700–2,200
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Barnstable Municipal Airport via Doha, John F. Kennedy International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,200–3,400
- Website
- jetblue.com
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Theodore Francis Green State Airport via Doha, John F. Kennedy International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $650–1,900
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Theodore Francis Green State Airport via Dubai, John F. Kennedy International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $700–2,200
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Barnstable Municipal Airport via Doha, John F. Kennedy International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,200–3,400
- Website
- etihad.com
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Theodore Francis Green State Airport via Abu Dhabi, John F. Kennedy International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $460–1,300
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Theodore Francis Green State Airport via Dubai, John F. Kennedy International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $700–2,200
- Website
- srilankan.com
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 10m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $600–1,700
- Website
- kuwaitairways.com
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport via Kuwait
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $430–900
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 40m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $600–1,700
- Website
- singaporeair.com
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $600–1,700
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $650–2,300
Train from TF Green Airport to South Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $9–16
- Website
- Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
- Website
- MBTA: World Cup 2026
- Adult
- $9–16
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak Acela
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station to Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 47m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $50–750
- Schedules at
- Amtrak Acela
- Website
- Amtrak
- Business Class
- $50–490
- First Class
- $200–750
Train from Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station to Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 47m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $50–750
- Schedules at
- Amtrak Acela
- Website
- Amtrak
- Business Class
- $50–490
- First Class
- $200–750
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station to Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 21m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $120–200
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station to Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 21m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $120–200
- Website
- Amtrak
- Phone
- 1-800-343-9999
- Website
- Peter Pan
Bus from Barnstable Airport to Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $13–24
- Website
- Peter Pan
- Phone
- +1 214-849-8100
- [email protected]
- Website
- Greyhound
Bus from Montreal to Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $55–85
- Website
- Greyhound
- Phone
- +1 (855) 626-8585
- Website
- Flixbus USA
Bus from Montreal to Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $50–75
- Schedules at
- Flixbus USA
- Phone
- +1 617-748-1428
- Website
- Provincetown Fast Ferry
Ferry from MacMillan Pier, Provincetown, MA to World Trade Center Pier, Boston, MA
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $87
- Website
- Provincetown Fast Ferry
- Phone
- +1 866-307-2469
- Website
- City Experiences
Ferry from MacMillan Pier, Provincetown, MA to World Trade Center Pier, Boston, MA
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $72
- Website
- City Experiences
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