City profile · Sri Lanka · Asia
Jaffna
City population
169,102
#4
in Sri Lanka
#1
in Northern Province
#3,376
worldwide
9.668, 80.007 · 304 km from Colombo
About Jaffna
Jaffna is a city in Northern Province, Sri Lanka with a population of 169,102. It is the 4th largest of the 60 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Sri Lanka, and the 3,376th largest worldwide. It lies 304 km from Colombo.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Rank in region
#1of 6
Elevation
7 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Asia/Colombo
Coordinates
9.668, 80.007
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.