City profile · Sri Lanka · Asia
Badulla
Uva Province · Sri Lanka
City population
47,587
#29
in Sri Lanka
#1
in Uva Province
#11,959
worldwide
6.980, 81.058 · 134 km from Colombo
About Badulla
Badulla is a city in Uva Province, Sri Lanka with a population of 47,587. It is the 29th largest of the 60 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Sri Lanka, and the 11,959th largest worldwide. It lies 134 km from Colombo.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Uva Province
Rank in region
#1of 2
Elevation
683 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Asia/Colombo
Coordinates
6.980, 81.058
Record updated
2026-04-14
Entry edited, not measured
City population, GeoNames. GeoNames publishes no year for its population figures, so “record updated” is when the entry was last edited — not the date the population was measured. Elevation is modelled from a digital elevation model rather than surveyed, so it is approximate.
Nearby Cities
All 60 in Sri LankaClosest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.