Kandy
City in Sri Lanka: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Overview
Kandy is a city in Sri Lanka, in Central Province. About 111,701 people live in the city proper, making it the 9th largest city of Sri Lanka in our atlas.
It lies at 7.29° N, 80.63° E, about 500 m (1,640 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Asia/Colombo time zone. It sits inside the tropics.
Location
Red dot: Kandy. Green dots: other major cities of Sri Lanka. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Kandy has a tropical rainforest climate (Köppen Af). The warmest month is usually Apr, with average highs near 32°C (89°F); the coolest nights come in Jan at about 19°C (66°F). Around 1,644 mm (65 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, most of it in Nov.
Bars: average daily high and low (°C) for each month; blue columns and figures: average precipitation (mm). Gridded 2001-2025 averages from NASA POWER, so mountain and coastal spots can differ from local station records.
What to eat in Sri LankaNational dishes, street food, desserts and drinks on Intercontinental Chef.Nearby major cities
- Negombo · 88 km
- Sri Jayewardenepura Kotte · 92 km
- Pita Kotte · 92 km
- Maharagama · 92 km
- Colombo · 95 km
- Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia · 98 km
- Moratuwa · 101 km
- Jaffna · 273 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 1241622 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q203197 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.