City profile · Sri Lanka · Asia
Trincomalee
City population
108,420
#10
in Sri Lanka
#1
in Eastern Province
#5,307
worldwide
8.578, 81.229 · 238 km from Colombo
About Trincomalee
Trincomalee is a city in Eastern Province, Sri Lanka with a population of 108,420. It is the 10th largest of the 60 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Sri Lanka, and the 5,307th largest worldwide. It lies 238 km from Colombo.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Rank in region
#1of 7
Elevation
10 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Asia/Colombo
Coordinates
8.578, 81.229
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.