City profile · Sri Lanka · Asia
Matara
City population
76,254
#18
in Sri Lanka
#3
in Southern Province
#7,570
worldwide
5.949, 80.535 · 133 km from Colombo
About Matara
Matara is a city in Southern Province, Sri Lanka with a population of 76,254. It is the 18th largest of the 60 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Sri Lanka, and the 7,570th largest worldwide. It lies 133 km from Colombo.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Rank in region
#3of 9
Elevation
9 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Asia/Colombo
Coordinates
5.949, 80.535
Record updated
2022-01-10
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.