Eastern Province · Sri Lanka
Batticaloa travel guide
Batticaloa is a city in Eastern Province, Sri Lanka, home to about 95,000 people.
- Nearest airport
- BTC3 km · Batticaloa International Airport
- Currency
- LKRSri Lankan rupee
- Time zone
- Asia/Colombo
- Language
- Sinhala, Tamil
When to go
The best time to visit Batticaloa
Batticaloa has no month that is both mild and dry by the measure used here. May is the warmest month, with average highs of 33 °C; December is the wettest, with about 402 mm of rain.
Comfortable means average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month. Averages for 1991–2020 over the surrounding area, a grid square about 50 km across, so a coast or a nearby mountain can make the town itself warmer or cooler. Data: CRU TS v4.10, Climatic Research Unit, University of East Anglia (Open Database License).
Getting there
Getting to Batticaloa: airports and arrival
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Batticaloa International Airport (BTC), about 2.8 km from the city centre in a straight line; China Bay Airport (TRR, 108 km) is also within reach.
BTC · Batticaloa International Airport
TRR · China Bay Airport
Questions
Batticaloa: questions travellers ask
When is the best time to visit Batticaloa?
Batticaloa has no month that is both mild and dry by the measure used here. May is the warmest month, with average highs of 33 °C; December is the wettest, with about 402 mm of rain.
Which airport is closest to Batticaloa?
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Batticaloa International Airport (BTC), about 2.8 km from the city centre in a straight line; China Bay Airport (TRR, 108 km) is also within reach.
What currency is used in Batticaloa?
Sri Lankan rupee (LKR).
Nearby
Destinations near Batticaloa
Sources: city facts from Wikidata and Wikipedia; airports from OurAirports; climate from CRU TS v4.10 (University of East Anglia Climatic Research Unit), 1991–2020 monthly means, 0.5° grid; places to stay, guest scores and amenities from each operator's own public pages. How this guide is made.