Moratuwa
City in Sri Lanka: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
MoratuwaBahnhof: Torbenbrinker, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Moratuwa is a city in Sri Lanka, in Western Province. About 168,280 people live in the city proper, making it the 5th largest city of Sri Lanka in our atlas.
It lies at 6.77° N, 79.88° E, about 10 m (33 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Asia/Colombo time zone. It sits inside the tropics.
Location
Red dot: Moratuwa. Green dots: other major cities of Sri Lanka. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Moratuwa has a tropical rainforest climate (Köppen Af). The warmest month is usually Mar, with average highs near 31°C (87°F); the coolest nights come in Jan at about 22°C (72°F). Around 2,000 mm (79 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
- Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia · 8 km
- Maharagama · 10 km
- Sri Jayewardenepura Kotte · 13 km
- Pita Kotte · 13 km
- Colombo · 18 km
- Negombo · 49 km
- Kandy · 101 km
- Jaffna · 322 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 1234633 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q867213 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- MoratuwaBahnhof: Torbenbrinker, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)