Country: Sri Lanka
Continent: Asia
Population: 647,100
Country Capital: Yes
For all cities with a population greater than one hundred thousand, Colombo is closest to Sri Jayawardanapura Kotte and farthest from Sullana. The closest foreign city is Tuticorin and the farthest domestic city is Kandy. See below for the top 5 closest and farthest cities (domestically, internationally and by continent) and to see which cities, if any, Colombo is the closest and farthest to. Filter to include all cities over 100k, 500k or 1 million in population.
| Farthest Cities | KM | |
|---|---|---|
 | Sullana, Peru | 17,871 |
| Piura, Peru | 17,869 |
 | Santa Elena, Ecuador | 17,800 |
| Chiclayo, Peru | 17,794 |
| Manta, Ecuador | 17,779 |
| Closest Foreign Cities | KM | |
|---|---|---|
 | Tuticorin, India | 278 |
| Nagercoil, India | 301 |
| Tirunelveli, India | 311 |
| Sivakasi, India | 360 |
| Thiruvananthapuram, India | 365 |
| Farthest Domestic Cities | KM |  | Kandy, Sri Lanka | 94 | | Negombo, Sri Lanka | 31 | | Moratuwa, Sri Lanka | 15 | | Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia, Sri Lanka | 10 | | Sri Jayawardanapura Kotte, Sri Lanka | 7 |
|---|---|---|
| Closest African Cities | KM | |
|---|---|---|
 | Mogadishu, Somalia | 3,867 |
 | Port Louis, Mauritius | 3,870 |
| Beau Bassin - Rose Hill, Mauritius | 3,878 |
| Vacoas - Phoenix, Mauritius | 3,882 |
 | Djibouti, Djibouti | 4,064 |
| Farthest African Cities | KM |  | Praia, Cape Verde | 11,244 |  | Pikine, Senegal | 10,598 | | Guediawaye, Senegal | 10,598 | | Dakar, Senegal | 10,594 | | Rufisque, Senegal | 10,585 |
|---|---|---|
| Closest Asian Cities | KM | |
|---|---|---|
| Sri Jayawardanapura Kotte, Sri Lanka | 7 |
| Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia, Sri Lanka | 10 |
| Moratuwa, Sri Lanka | 15 |
| Negombo, Sri Lanka | 31 |
| Kandy, Sri Lanka | 94 |
| Farthest Asian Cities | KM |  | Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia | 8,647 |  | Kushiro, Japan | 7,424 | | Kitami, Japan | 7,406 | | Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Russia | 7,406 | | Yakutsk, Russia | 7,334 |
|---|---|---|
| Closest Australia and Oceania Cities | KM | |
|---|---|---|
 | Perth, Australia | 5,754 |
| Darwin, Australia | 6,034 |
 | Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea | 7,684 |
| Adelaide, Australia | 7,701 |
| Cairns, Australia | 7,715 |
| Farthest Australia and Oceania Cities | KM |  | Tauranga, New Zealand | 11,034 | | Hamilton, New Zealand | 10,956 | | Lower Hutt, New Zealand | 10,937 | | Wellington, New Zealand | 10,926 | | Auckland, New Zealand | 10,906 |
|---|---|---|
| Closest European Cities | KM | |
|---|---|---|
| Derbent, Russia | 4,981 |
| Kaspiysk, Russia | 5,082 |
| Makhachkala, Russia | 5,098 |
| Hasaviurt, Russia | 5,174 |
 | Atirau, Kazakhstan | 5,187 |
| Farthest European Cities | KM |  | San Cristóbal De La Laguna, Spain | 10,250 | | Santa Cruz De Tenerife, Spain | 10,245 | | Telde, Spain | 10,172 | | Las Palmas De Gran Canaria, Spain | 10,171 |  | Reykjavík, Iceland | 9,882 |
|---|---|---|
| Closest North American Cities | KM | |
|---|---|---|
 | Anchorage (AK), United States of America | 11,319 |
 | St. John's (NL), Canada | 12,395 |
| Honolulu (HI), United States of America | 12,997 |
| Edmonton (AB), Canada | 13,187 |
| Halifax (NS), Canada | 13,228 |
| Farthest North American Cities | KM |  | Alajuela, Costa Rica | 17,445 |  | Escuintla, Guatemala | 17,444 | | San Jose, Costa Rica | 17,442 |  | Tapachula, Mexico | 17,441 |  | Santa Tecla, El Salvador | 17,435 |
|---|---|---|
| Closest South American Cities | KM | |
|---|---|---|
 | Joao Pessoa, Brazil | 12,831 |
| Olinda, Brazil | 12,837 |
| Paulista, Brazil | 12,839 |
| Recife, Brazil | 12,840 |
| Santa Rita, Brazil | 12,844 |
| Farthest South American Cities | KM | | Sullana, Peru | 17,871 | | Piura, Peru | 17,869 | | Santa Elena, Ecuador | 17,800 | | Chiclayo, Peru | 17,794 | | Manta, Ecuador | 17,779 |
|---|---|---|
| Closest City To | KM | |
|---|---|---|
| Negombo | 31 |
| Farthest City From | KM | |
|---|---|---|
| Not the farthest city from any other city | ||