Colombo
Colombo · Sri Lanka · View on map
Sri Lanka's largest city on the Indian Ocean and a center of commerce and maritime transport. It is a major South Asian port of call where colonial-era buildings, large shopping malls, temples, and mosques stand side by side.
Port highlights
Rice with various curries (rice and curry), coconut-batter hoppers (appa), pol sambol made with grated coconut, and lamprais. Ceylon tea and king coconut are also specialties.
Unit: °C · Calculated from NOAA GHCN-Daily station observations · Period: 2012–2021 · Station: COLOMBO · about 6.3 km from port · Approximate (limited observation period) · Last checked: Oct 3, 2026 · A guide for choosing your travel month.
Compared with Tokyo, water, coffee, meals and beer are somewhat cheaper; a Big Mac is much more expensive.
Prices in Colombo. · Amounts in the recorded local currency. No currency conversion applied. · Last checked: Oct 2026 (partly estimated) · Sources: Shop and menu prices
Getting there from Japan
About 26 km from airport to port (straight-line distance)
Calculated from OurAirports coordinates
Access from Japan: A = direct flight / B = one connection / C = two or more connections (indicative)
Itineraries calling here
Ports in the same region
Sources
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