Port-to-port sea distance
Jubail to Colombo distance
The sea distance from Jubail (Saudi Arabia) to Colombo (Sri Lanka) is about 2,196 nautical miles (4,066 km), via the Strait of Hormuz. At 12 knots that is about 7 days 15 hours at sea.
Distance
2,196 nm
4,066 km
Sea days @ 12 kn
7.6
7 days 15 hours
ECA miles
0 nm
No ECA on route
Canals & straits
1
Strait of Hormuz
Sea days by speed
| Speed | One way | Round voyage |
|---|---|---|
| 10 knots | 9.1 days | 18.3 days |
| 11 knots | 8.3 days | 16.6 days |
| 12 knots | 7.6 days | 15.2 days |
| 13 knots | 7.0 days | 14.1 days |
| 14 knots | 6.5 days | 13.1 days |
| 15 knots | 6.1 days | 12.2 days |
Steaming time only, with no allowance for weather, canal waiting or port time. The round voyage assumes the ship ballasts back on the same route.
Routes compared
Voyage estimates by ship size
About this trade
Arabian Gulf & India → clean products. Naphtha, jet and diesel from the big export refineries at Ruwais, Jubail, Yanbu and Jamnagar, going east to Japan and Singapore, west to Europe, and to East Africa.
- Typical ship sizes
- LR2, LR1, MR
- Related benchmark routes
- TC1 (MEG–Japan LR2 naphtha), TC17 (MEG–East Africa MR)
Questions
How far is Jubail from Colombo by sea?
The sea distance from Jubail to Colombo is about 2,196 nautical miles (4,066 km), via the Strait of Hormuz.
How long does a tanker take to sail from Jubail to Colombo?
About 7 days 15 hours at 12 knots, or 6.5 days at 14 knots. That is steaming time only; add time for port calls, canal transits and weather.
Which canals and straits does the Jubail–Colombo route pass?
The shortest route passes the Strait of Hormuz.
How much of the voyage is inside an Emission Control Area?
None. The whole route is outside Emission Control Areas, so the 0.50% global sulphur cap applies throughout.
Terms on this page
Distances are calculated by Vessbook on a modelled global shipping-lane network for a tanker at 12 m draft, from berth area to berth area.
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- Sitra to Colombo2,128 nm
- Mina Abdullah to Colombo2,312 nm
- Yanbu to Colombo2,797 nm
- Mailiao to Colombo3,413 nm
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