City profile · Sri Lanka · Asia
Kandy
City population
111,701
#9
in Sri Lanka
#1
in Central Province
#5,160
worldwide
7.291, 80.634 · 95 km from Colombo
About Kandy
Kandy is a city in Central Province, Sri Lanka with a population of 111,701. It is the 9th largest of the 60 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Sri Lanka, and the 5,160th largest worldwide. It lies 95 km from Colombo.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Rank in region
#1of 6
Elevation
500 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Asia/Colombo
Coordinates
7.291, 80.634
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.