Colombo

36 · Sri Lanka

Colombo is a large city of Sri Lanka, with a population of around 648k. This page covers the essentials — climate, currency, transit links — so you can plan a stop here without digging through a guidebook.

Population

648k

Timezone

Asia/Colombo

Currency

LKR

Coordinates

6.935, 79.849

🗺 Map 📖 Wikipedia

Nearest airports

RML — Colombo Ratmalana International Airport (13 km) CMB — Bandaranaike International Colombo Airport (28 km) KCT — Koggala Airport (117 km)

Other cities in Sri Lanka

Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia Maharagama Jaffna Moratuwa Negombo Pita Kotte Sri Jayewardenepura Kotte Kandy Trincomalee Kalmunai

City data from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0).