Common information
- Country
- Sri Lanka
- Population
- 169 102
Cost of living and prices in Jaffna
- One bedroom apartment
- outside of centre151USD/month
- in city centre168USD/month
- Three bedroom apartment
- outside of centre218USD/month
- in city centre251USD/month
Restaurants
| Meal | Inexpensive restaurant | 1 people | 3 USD |
| Meal | Mid-range restaurant | 2 people | 27 USD |
| Meal | McMeal at McDonalds | 1 pc | 3 USD |
| Drinks | Cappuccino | 1 portion | 3 USD |
| Drinks | Coke/Pepsi | 0.33 litre | 1 USD |
| Drinks | Water | 0.33 litre | 1 USD |
Markets
| Food | Loaf bread | 0.5 kg | 1 USD |
| Food | Rice white | 1 kg | 1 USD |
| Food | Eggs | 12 pc | 2 USD |
| Meat | Chicken fillets | 1 kg | 4 USD |
| Fruits | Bananas | 1 kg | 0 USD |
| Food | Potato | 1 kg | 1 USD |
| Food | Onion | 1 kg | 1 USD |
| Food | Water | 1.5 litre | 1 USD |
| Alcohol | Domestic Beer | 0.5 litre | 2 USD |
| Cigarettes | Marlboro | 1 pack | 12 USD |
Entertainment
| Sport | Fitness Club | 1 month | 7 USD |
| Rest | Cinema, International Release | 1 place | 2 USD |
Goods
| Clothing | Jeans, Levis 501 | 1 pair | 40 USD |
Accommodation
| Utilities | Electricity, Heating... for 85m2 | 1 month | 50 USD |
| Communication | Mobile Phone Monthly Plan | 1 month | 3 USD |
| Rent apartment | Apartment in City Centre | 1 bedroom | 168 USD |
| Rent apartment | Apartment Outside of Centre | 1 bedroom | 151 USD |
| Rent apartment | Apartment in City Centre | 3 bedroom | 251 USD |
| Rent apartment | Apartment Outside of Centre | 3 bedroom | 218 USD |
| Salary | Disposable Salary | 1 month | 168 USD |
Weather, climate, temperature by months in Jaffna
| Season | Autumn | Winter | Spring | Summer | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Year |
| Record high, °C | 34 | 33 | 32 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 35 | 36 | 35 | 35 | 35 | 34 | 36 |
| Average high, °C | 30 | 30 | 28 | 27 | 28 | 30 | 32 | 32 | 31 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 30 |
| Average temperature, °C | 28 | 27 | 26 | 25 | 25 | 26 | 28 | 29 | 29 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 27 |
| Average low, °C | 26 | 25 | 23 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 24 | 26 | 27 | 27 | 26 | 26 | 25 |
| Record low, °C | 21 | 20 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 21 | 22 | 16 |
| Rain, days | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 33 |
| Average precipitation, mm. | 62 | 242 | 371 | 266 | 74 | 35 | 29 | 55 | 53 | 14 | 18 | 35 | 1254 |
| Relative humidity, % | 81 | 81 | 84 | 80 | 78 | 74 | 74 | 76 | 80 | 81 | 81 | 81 | 79 |
| Day Length, часов | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 |
| Dew point, °C | 25 | 23 | 22 | 20 | 19 | 18 | 22 | 24 | 25 | 22 | 25 | 25 | 270 |
| Growing degree-day, °C | 533 | 517 | 467 | 465 | 465 | 439 | 551 | 567 | 586 | 533 | 551 | 551 | 6225 |
| Solar radiation, global, Mj/m2 | 21 | 18 | 16 | 16 | 19 | 23 | 25 | 24 | 23 | 22 | 22 | 21 | 21 |