Jaffna

38 · Sri Lanka

Jaffna is a mid-sized city of Sri Lanka, with a population of around 169k. This page covers the essentials — climate, currency, transit links — so you can plan a stop here without digging through a guidebook.

Population

169k

Timezone

Asia/Colombo

Currency

LKR

Coordinates

9.668, 80.007

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Nearest airports

JAF — Jaffna International Airport (15 km) TRR — China Bay Airport (180 km) TRZ — Tiruchirappalli International Airport (186 km)

Other cities in Sri Lanka

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

City data from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0).