Shawstipura
in North Central Province, Sri Lanka
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China Bay Airport (58 mi) - Bandaranaike International Colombo Airport (84 mi)
- Batticaloa Airport (98 mi)
- Beira Lake Seaplane Base (101 mi)
- Kankesanturai Airport (105 mi)
- Colombo Ratmalana Airport (107 mi)
- Amparai Airport (108 mi)
- Arugam Bay SPB (141 mi)
- Sacred City of Anuradhapura (Unesco heritage, 2 mi)
- Ancient City of Sigiriya (Unesco heritage, 35 mi)
- Golden Temple of Dambulla (Unesco heritage, 36 mi)
- Ancient City of Polonnaruwa (Unesco heritage, 50 mi)
- Central Highlands of Sri Lanka (Unesco heritage, 65 mi)
- Sacred City of Kandy (Unesco heritage, 72 mi)
- Decimal Coordinates (Latitude, Longitude):
- 8.299 and 80.374 (Lat./Lng.)
- Coordinates by Time:
- N 8° 17' 57" and E 80° 22' 24"
- Currency and Currency Code:
- Rupee - LKR
- Spoken languages:
- Sinhala, Tamil, English
- Local electricity:
- 230 V - 50 Hz (plugs: G)
- Mobile phone / cellular frequencies (MHz):
- 900 MHz, 1800 MHz, 3G, 4G
- Local Time: 10:19 AM (Saturday)
- Timezone: Asia/Colombo
- UTC/GMT offset: 5.5 hours
- Sunrise and Sunset:
- 5:56 am and 6:17 pm
- Antipode Coordinates:
- -0.850 and -91.033 (Lat./Lng.)
- Closest place to antipode coordinates:
Santo Tomas - References
- This place on Geonames.org
Safety Score: 3,1 of 5.0 based on data from 9 authorites. Meaning please reconsider your need to travel to Sri Lanka.
Travel warnings are updated daily. Source: Travel Warning Sri Lanka. Last Update: 2024-04-19 08:03:45
Explore Shawstipura
Shawstipura in North Central Province is located in Sri Lanka about 101 mi (or 163 km) north of Colombo, the country's capital.
Local time in Shawstipura is now 10:19 AM (Saturday). The local timezone is named Asia / Colombo with an UTC offset of 5.5 hours. We know of 8 airports in the wider vicinity of Shawstipura, of which one is a larger airport. The closest airport in Sri Lanka is China Bay Airport in a distance of 58 mi (or 93 km), East. Besides the airports, there are other travel options available (check left side).
There are several Unesco world heritage sites nearby. The closest heritage site in Sri Lanka is Sacred City of Anuradhapura in a distance of 2 mi (or 4 km), North. If you need a place to sleep, we compiled a list of available hotels close to the map centre further down the page.
Depending on your travel schedule, you might want to pay a visit to some of the following locations: Anuradhapura, Kurunegala, Trincomalee, Kandy and Katunayaka. To further explore this place, just scroll down and browse the available info.
Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 36°C / 97 °F
| Morning Temperature | 25°C / 77 °F |
| Evening Temperature | 31°C / 88 °F |
| Night Temperature | 26°C / 79 °F |
| Chance of rainfall | 2% |
| Air Humidity | 42% |
| Air Pressure | 1007 hPa |
| Wind Speed | Moderate breeze with 11 km/h (7 mph) from North-East |
| Cloud Conditions | Overcast clouds, covering 94% of sky |
| General Conditions | Moderate rain |
Sunday, 21st of April 2024
36°C (96 °F)
26°C (79 °F)
Light rain, moderate breeze, broken clouds.
Monday, 22nd of April 2024
36°C (97 °F)
27°C (80 °F)
Moderate rain, moderate breeze, overcast clouds.
Tuesday, 23rd of April 2024
36°C (97 °F)
27°C (80 °F)
Light rain, light breeze, broken clouds.
Hotels and Places to Stay
Indika Lake Resort
Vista Nivahana Holiday
Milano Tourist Rest
Gamodh Citadel Resort
Vista Orchid Palace
Rajarata Hotel
Ceylan Lodge
Hotel Randiya
Vista Milano Tourist Rest
Vista London Palace
Videos from this area
These are videos related to the place based on their proximity to this place.
Sri Lanka Anuradhapura 1984
スリランカの旅 2日目 【世界遺産 アヌダーダプラ 編-1 】 Sri Lanka Tour 【World heritage Sacred City of Anuradhapura -1】
世界遺産 聖地アヌダーダプラ イスルムニヤ精舎 World heritage Sacred City of Anuradhapura Isurumuniya Vihara.
Discovering the Lost City Jamieparkins's photos around Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka (ruvanvalisaya)
Preview of Jamieparkins's blog at TravelPod. Read the full blog here: http://www.travelpod.com/travel-blog-entries/jamieparkins/srilankanov2007/1197325560/tpod.html This blog preview was...
Anuradhapura Sri Lanka Acme Travels
Anuradhapura is one of the ancient capitals of Sri Lanka, world famous for its well preserved ruins of the Great Sri Lankan Civilization. The Civilization which was built upon this city was...
スリランカの旅 2日目 【世界遺産 アヌダーダプラ 編-2 】 Sri Lanka Tour 【World heritage Sacred City of Anuradhapura -2】
世界遺産 聖地アヌダーダプラ イスルムニヤ精舎 World heritage Sacred City of Anuradhapura Isurumuniya Vihara.
Construction work on Roads in Anuradhapura
This video shows the construction work being carried out on the access roads to the city of Anuradhapura, as seen on the 29th and 30th of Dec 2011. Of what I observed there seems to be a massive...
Anuradhapura in a minute, Sri Lanka
Anuradhapura is another Ancient Capital in the middle of Sri Lanka. It is a very spread out city. Even a by bicycle it was a long way to get a meal. But again Beautiful nature and interesting...
DEYATA KIRULA train through Rajarata Agri Faculty.MP4
gems of sri lanka - kurunegala, Sri Lanka - janakala gem & jewellery.
gems of sri lanka, promotional prgram at dayata kirula 2012 with the national gem and jewellery authority.
Caritas Anuradhapura Advocacy and Lobbying with Multi-stakeholders
Caritas Anuradhapura Sethsavaiya has established strong relationship and build a network to provide a voice for voiceless in order to protect their rights. This video shows one of the advocacy...
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Attractions and noteworthy things
Distances are based on the centre of the city/town and sightseeing location. This list contains brief abstracts about monuments, holiday activities, national parcs, museums, organisations and more from the area as well as interesting facts about the region itself. Where available, you'll find the corresponding homepage. Otherwise the related wikipedia article.
Dakkhina Stupa
Dakkhina Stupa also called Dakkhina Tupa is a 2nd century BC structure. This structure currently identified as a Buddhist stupa, but considered until the mid-1800s CE as Elara Sohona, the tomb of 2nd century BCE Tamil king Elara, who invaded Sri Lanka from the Chola Kingdom, in the Tamil country and ruled in Anurahapura.
These are some bigger and more relevant cities in the wider vivinity of Shawstipura.
