Is Gampaha safe? Sri Lanka travel risk
Is Gampaha safe right now? Checked 15 October 2026
Gampaha scores 50/100 on our travel risk index (Elevated). 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.
Gampaha scores 50/100 (Elevated). 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 Gampaha: nearest emergency and transport facilities, local climate normals, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: security (63/100) and natural hazards (52/100).
A score of 50 is higher than the scores of 67% 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
Coordinates 7.0897° N, 79.9925° E place Gampaha within Western at an elevation of 21 meters. Heading to capital: documented regionally.
Western
7.0897° N, 79.9925° E
21 m
Asia/Colombo
62,797
Emergency & Transport Infrastructure
Surrounding Localities in Sri Lanka
Climate by Month
Hottest: February (31 °C avg high); Wettest: September (347 mm).
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High °C | 30° | 31° | 31° | 31° | 30° | 29° | 29° | 29° | 29° | 29° | 29° | 30° |
| Low °C | 23° | 23° | 24° | 25° | 25° | 25° | 25° | 25° | 24° | 24° | 24° | 23° |
| Rain mm | 74 | 54 | 64 | 107 | 318 | 317 | 229 | 233 | 347 | 330 | 228 | 149 |
Normals: Colombo (26.1 km away).
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 | — | — | — | — | 4 | 1 | — | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | — |
Most flood events within 100 km of Gampaha happened in November (5 of 17 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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