City profile · Sri Lanka · Asia
Nuwara Eliya
City population
27,500
#50
in Sri Lanka
#4
in Central Province
#19,450
worldwide
6.971, 80.783 · 103 km from Colombo
About Nuwara Eliya
Nuwara Eliya is a city in Central Province, Sri Lanka with a population of 27,500. It is the 50th largest of the 60 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Sri Lanka, and the 19,450th largest worldwide. It lies 103 km from Colombo.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Rank in region
#4of 6
Elevation
1,868 m
Time zone
Asia/Colombo
Coordinates
6.971, 80.783
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.
Nearby Cities
All 60 in Sri LankaClosest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.