Is Nuwara Eliya safe? Sri Lanka travel risk
Is Nuwara Eliya safe right now? Checked 15 October 2026
Nuwara Eliya scores 47/100 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.
Nuwara Eliya scores 47/100 (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 Nuwara Eliya: 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 47 is higher than the scores of 62% of the 241 countries we cover.
Consult the Sri Lanka travel risk page for nationwide security advisories, entry protocols, and consular warnings.
Location & Spatial Data
Positioned at 6.9667° N, 80.7667° E in Central, Nuwara Eliya features an altitude of 1868 m. The settlement is located within Sri Lanka.
Central
6.9667° N, 80.7667° E
1868 m
Asia/Colombo
27,500
Transit Links & Medical Facilities
Proximate Regional Communities (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 | 1 | 4 | 1 | — | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | — |
Most flood events within 100 km of Nuwara Eliya happened in November (6 of 21 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
For consular advice on women's safety, LGBT+ travel, and local laws, see the Sri Lanka travel advice & laws.
Check the official entry requirements for your nationality before you travel. See the Sri Lanka entry requirements.
Surrounding Places with Full Dossiers
Request detailed assessment for Nuwara Eliya
Prioritizes this destination in our editorial evaluation pipeline.
Launch Calculator