How to get from Jaffna to Colombo by car, truck, bike, walk

Distance between Jaffna and Colombo is 304 kilometers (188 miles).
Driving distance from Jaffna to Colombo is 391 kilometers (242 miles)

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Routes from jaffna-northern to colombo-western
Cheapest
Car
6h 41m
391 km
cost $78
Fastest
Truck
6h 41m
price $78
Others
Bike
23h 12m
distance 408 km
Walk
3d 12h 33m
distance 422 km

4 Ways from Jaffna (Sri Lanka/Northern) to Colombo (Sri Lanka/Western)

Choose 1 of the options below and start your journey
Cheapest
Car
6h 41m
391 km
cost $78
Fastest
Truck
6h 41m
price $78
Others
Bike
23h 12m
distance 408 km
Walk
3d 12h 33m
distance 422 km

Route instructions

1. At roundabout, take exit 3 onto Jaffna - Kankesanthurai Road, AA009 630 m
2. Turn left onto Kandy - Jaffna Road, AA009 1.55 km
3. Turn left onto Kandy - Jaffna Road, AA009 6.62 km
4. Turn right onto AA032 38 m
5. Turn slight left onto Navatkuli-Karaitivu-Mannar Road, AA032 26.50 km
6. At roundabout, take exit 1 22.77 km
7. Continue 3.07 km
8. Turn left 224 m
9. Turn right onto Kandy - Jaffna Road, AA009 77.47 km
10. Keep right onto Kandy - Jaffna Road, AA009 23.65 km
11. At roundabout, take exit 2 onto AA009 57 m
12. Turn slight left onto Jaffna-Kandy Road, AA009 13.47 km
13. Keep left onto Jaffna-Kandy Road, AA009 9.33 km
14. Keep right onto Old Jaffna Road 360 m
15. Turn slight right onto Jaffna-Kandy Road, AA009 9.45 km
16. At roundabout, take exit 1 onto AA009 50 m
17. Continue onto Jaffna-Kandy Road, AA009 29.01 km
18. At roundabout, take exit 1 onto Jaffna - Kandy Road, AA009 18.65 km
19. Turn right onto Kandy - Jaffna Road, AA009, AA006 1.31 km
20. At roundabout, take exit 2 onto Kurunegala - Dambulla Road, AA006 55.67 km
21. Turn left onto Baladaksha Mawatha 534 m
22. Keep left onto Kurunegala - Dambulla Road, AA006 163 m
23. At roundabout, take exit 2 onto Ambepussa - Kurunegala Road, AA006 749 m
24. At roundabout, take exit 2 onto Ambepussa - Kurunegala Road, AA006 33.64 km
25. Turn right onto Colombo - Kandy Road, AA001 50.28 km
26. Keep left 3.33 km
27. Continue onto New Kelani Bridge Road, AA001 573 m
28. Turn left onto Sirimavo Bandaranaike Mawatha (Prince of Wales Avenue), AA001 1.41 km
29. Continue onto Maha Vidyala Mawatha, AA001 1.17 km
30. At roundabout, take exit 1 onto Sea Street, AA001 61 m
31. Enter roundabout 37 m
32. Arrive at destination 0 m
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