Is Nikaweratiya safe? Sri Lanka travel risk
Is Nikaweratiya safe right now? Checked 15 October 2026
Nikaweratiya scores 52/100 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.
Nikaweratiya scores 52/100 (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 Nikaweratiya: nearest emergency and transport facilities, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: security (63/100) and health and medical access (60/100).
A score of 52 is higher than the scores of 70% 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
Geographically located in North Western (7.7475° N, 80.1156° E), Nikaweratiya sits inside Sri Lanka at lowland elevation.
North Western
7.7475° N, 80.1156° E
Lowland
UTC
48,770
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 | — | — | — | — | 3 | — | — | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | — |
Most flood events within 100 km of Nikaweratiya happened in November (4 of 12 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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