Region · Sri Lanka
Where to stay in Western Province
This guide covers 5 destinations in Western Province, a first-level administrative division of Sri Lanka, with 20 places to stay between them. The largest by population are Colombo, Gampaha and Beruwala. The airport most of them name as their nearest is Colombo Ratmalana International Airport (RML).
- Destinations in this guide
- 5
- Places to stay
- 20
- Main airport
- RMLColombo Ratmalana International Airport
- Currency
- LKRSri Lankan rupee
- Time zone
- Asia/Colombo
Destinations
Destinations in Western Province
Every destination in this guide in Western Province, the ones with the most places to stay first. Best months are the months that are comfortable there (average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month); the nearest airport is by straight-line distance from the centre.
Where to stay
Hotels in Western Province
20 hotels in Western Province recorded in Wikidata and not marked closed. Each is listed under the destination it is within 25 km of.
| Hotel | Where | Opened |
|---|---|---|
| Cinnamon Grand Colombo | Colombo | |
| Shangri-La Hotel | Colombo | 2017 |
| The Kingsbury | Colombo | 2012 |
| Galle Face Hotel | Colombo | 1864 |
| Grand Oriental Hotel | Colombo | 1875 |
| The Tropical Inn Hotel | Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte | |
| Mount Lavinia Hotel | Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte | 1877 |
| Hilton Colombo Residences | Colombo | 2000 |
| Alexandra Family Villa | Negombo | |
| Araliya Lagoon Park Resort | Negombo | |
| Fern Colombo | Colombo | |
| Heina Villa | Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte | |
| Hilton Colombo | Colombo | 1987 |
| Hotel Riu Sri Lanka | Beruwala | |
| Negombo Bay Breeze House | Negombo | |
| Negombo This Is It | Negombo | |
| Palm Beach Inn and Sea Shells Cabanas | Beruwala | |
| Randi Homestay | Negombo | |
| Villa Shade | Negombo | |
| VJ City Hotel | Colombo |
When to go
Best time to visit Western Province
From the climate of 5 destinations in Western Province with climate data: how many are comfortable each month (average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month), and the typical high and rainfall across them. No month is comfortable in any of them by this measure.
| Month | Comfortable destinations | Typical high | Typical rainfall |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 of 5 | 32 °C | 70 mm |
| February | 0 of 5 | 32 °C | 96 mm |
| March | 0 of 5 | 32 °C | 119 mm |
| April | 0 of 5 | 32 °C | 232 mm |
| May | 0 of 5 | 31 °C | 299 mm |
| June | 0 of 5 | 31 °C | 178 mm |
| July | 0 of 5 | 30 °C | 122 mm |
| August | 0 of 5 | 31 °C | 156 mm |
| September | 0 of 5 | 31 °C | 298 mm |
| October | 0 of 5 | 31 °C | 331 mm |
| November | 0 of 5 | 31 °C | 336 mm |
| December | 0 of 5 | 31 °C | 169 mm |
Typical = the median across the destinations. 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
Airports serving Western Province
The airports with scheduled flights that the destinations in Western Province name among their nearest, by how many name each as the nearest. An airport can lie outside the region. Distances are straight lines from a destination's centre.
RML · Colombo Ratmalana International Airport
CMB · Bandaranaike International Colombo Airport
KCT · Koggala Airport
Good to know
Public holidays in Western Province, 2026
Shops and offices may close and transport may run reduced timetables on these dates. Source: python-holidays (MIT).
Nationwide in Sri Lanka
Nearby
Regions near Western Province
Other regions of Sri Lanka with a page in this guide, nearest first by the straight-line distance between the median positions of their destinations.
Sources: destinations and their regions from Wikidata; airports from OurAirports; climate from CRU TS v4.10 (University of East Anglia, ODbL); public holidays from python-holidays (MIT); further hotels from Wikidata. A region has a page here when at least 3 destinations of this guide lie in it. How this guide is made.