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Lankawa

Cost of Living Index

District-level index combining fuel (Octane petrol 92), property bands, and food basket estimates.

As of 2026-10-29 · Lankawa cost of living composite · Read methodology

National index (100 baseline)
49
Petrol 92 reference
LKR 414/L
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Coconut Index
LKR 148/each
CBSL Daily Price Report (price-monitor JSON) · cbsl_daily_price_report
Food price module
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Input honesty

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What moved your basket

Largest recent fuel and food staple deltas that feed the cost-of-living composite.

  • Egg (white)

    Food

    36LKR/each

    ↓ -564 (↓ -94.0%)

    2026-10-28 · live

  • Red dhal

    Food

    255LKR/kg

    ↓ -150 (↓ -37.0%)

    2026-10-28 · live

  • Big onion (local)

    Food

    310LKR/kg

    ↑ +35 (↑ +12.7%)

    2026-10-28 · live

  • Coconut

    Food

    148LKR/each

    ↑ +13 (↑ +9.6%)

    2026-10-28 · live

  • Auto Diesel

    Fuel

    382LKR/L

    ↓ -25 (↓ -6.1%)

    2026-06-30 · live

  • Petrol 92

    Fuel

    414LKR/L

    ↓ -20 (↓ -4.6%)

    2026-06-30 · live

District index map

Monochrome table-map of the COL composite by district (brighter = higher index).

colomb82galle74nuwara64trinco63ampara62matara59kandy58puttal57gampah56badull53kaluta50matale50hamban49battic48jaffna46ratnap43polonn42kurune40kegall40anurad38monara34vavuni33mannar32kilino30mullai27

Simple SVG choropleth from the composite index — not an official NCPI map.

Ranked by index

RankDistrictIndexFood basket (est.)Property scoreCompare
#1Colombo82base 49LKR 6,075100Compare
#2Galle74base 49LKR 4,208172Compare
#3Nuwara Eliya64base 49LKR 3,735156Compare
#4Trincomalee63base 49LKR 3,952142Compare
#5Ampara62base 49LKR 3,735150Compare
#6Matara59base 49LKR 4,054118Compare
#7Kandy58base 49LKR 4,36198Compare
#8Puttalam57base 49LKR 3,735129Compare
#9Gampaha56base 49LKR 4,71972Compare
#10Badulla53base 49LKR 3,926102Compare
#11Kalutara50base 49LKR 4,25973Compare
#12Matale50base 49LKR 3,735101Compare
#13Hambantota49base 49LKR 3,73599Compare
#14Batticaloa48base 49LKR 3,87585Compare
#15Jaffna46base 49LKR 4,10564Compare
#16Ratnapura43base 49LKR 3,97861Compare
#17Polonnaruwa42base 49LKR 3,73571Compare
#18Kurunegala40base 49LKR 4,02947Compare
#19Kegalle40base 49LKR 3,73560Compare
#20Anuradhapura38base 49LKR 3,86247Compare
#21Monaragala34base 49LKR 3,73538Compare
#22Vavuniya33base 49LKR 3,73535Compare
#23Mannar32base 49LKR 3,73531Compare
#24Kilinochchi30base 49LKR 3,73523Compare
#25Mullaitivu27base 49LKR 3,73510Compare

Composite refreshed from live federation inputs where available. Not an official NCPI publication.