Is Batticaloa safe? Sri Lanka travel risk
Is Batticaloa safe right now? Checked 15 October 2026
Batticaloa scores 44/100 on our travel risk index (Moderate). The US State Department rates Sri Lanka Level 2 (Exercise Increased Caution, updated 14 Oct 2025); the UK has no advice against travel; Canada says: exercise a high degree of caution. No GDACS or USGS hazard events within 100 km in the last 14 days. No change in government advice in the last 7 days.
Batticaloa scores 44/100 (Moderate). The score combines security, crime and scams, health and medical access, natural hazards and current alerts measured for this location and Sri Lanka (how it is calculated). The sections below are specific to Batticaloa: nearest emergency and transport facilities, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: security (49/100) and health and medical access (60/100).
A score of 44 is higher than the scores of 57% of the 241 countries we cover.
Consult the Sri Lanka travel risk page for nationwide security advisories, entry protocols, and consular warnings.
Local Geographic Profile
Positioned at 7.7170° N, 81.7000° E in Eastern, Batticaloa features an altitude of 17 m. The settlement is located within Sri Lanka.
Eastern
7.7170° N, 81.7000° E
17 m
Asia/Colombo
86,227
Emergency & Transport Infrastructure
Surrounding Localities in Sri Lanka
Natural Hazard Calendar & History
5-Year Hazard Calendar (100 km Radius)
| Hazard | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Floods | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Most flood events within 100 km of Batticaloa happened in January and February (2 of 2 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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