Elevation of towns in Sri Lanka

60 towns in Sri Lanka have a reading on the GMTED2010 grid. The highest is Nuwara Eliya (Nuwara Eliya) at 1,896 m (6,220 ft); the lowest is Chāvākachchēri (Jaffna) at 3 m (10 ft). Half of the towns sit above 17 m (the mean is 223 m).

Highest towns in Sri Lanka

#	Town	Elevation
1	Nuwara Eliya Nuwara Eliya	1,896 m (6,220 ft)
2	Haputale Badulla	1,456 m (4,777 ft)
3	Talawakele Nuwara Eliya	1,296 m (4,252 ft)
4	Hatton Kandy	1,279 m (4,196 ft)
5	Bandārāwela Badulla	1,248 m (4,094 ft)
6	Badulla Badulla	674 m (2,211 ft)
7	Nāwalapiţiya Kandy	597 m (1,959 ft)
8	Kadugannawa Kandy	596 m (1,955 ft)
9	Harispattuwa Kandy	564 m (1,850 ft)
10	Kandy Kandy	564 m (1,850 ft)

Lowest towns in Sri Lanka

#	Town	Elevation
1	Chāvākachchēri Jaffna	3 m (10 ft)
2	Trincomalee Trincomalee	5 m (16 ft)
3	Pūttalama Pūttalama	5 m (16 ft)
4	Hambantoţa Hambantota	5 m (16 ft)
5	Batticaloa Batticaloa	6 m (20 ft)
6	Mannārama Mannārama	6 m (20 ft)
7	Jaffna Jaffna	6 m (20 ft)
8	Ambalamgod̨a Galle	6 m (20 ft)
9	Wattala Gampaha	7 m (23 ft)
10	Negombo Gampaha	7 m (23 ft)

Regions of Sri Lanka

Region	Towns	Mean	Highest town	Lowest town
Badulla	3	1,126 m	Haputale 1,456 m	Badulla 674 m
Batticaloa	3	8 m	Eravur 9 m	Batticaloa 6 m
Colombo	6	12 m	Seethawakapura 17 m	Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia 7 m
Gampaha	8	12 m	Minuwangoda 20 m	Wattala 7 m
Jaffna	4	7 m	Point Pedro 12 m	Chāvākachchēri 3 m
Kalatura	4	16 m	Horana 27 m	Kalutara 8 m
Kandy	6	682 m	Hatton 1,279 m	Gampola 493 m
Matale	3	264 m	Mātale 370 m	Sigiriya 204 m

All towns in Sri Lanka