Administrative division(s):

• Level 1: Southern
• Level 2: Matara District
• Level 3: Matara Four Gravet

Current local time in Matara:

11:54 AM, Monday
Difference from your time zone: hours

Matara on map:^[1]

Matara GPS coordinates^[2]

5° 56' 54.636" North, 80° 32' 7.008" East

Map corner	latitude	longitude
Upper-left	6.64739°,	79.83216°
Center:	5.94851°,	80.53528°
Lower-right:	5.24874°,	81.23841°
Map W x H:	155.5×155.5 km	= 96.6×96.6mi

max Lat:	9.81667°   ⇑97.4% North
Matara:	5.94851°
min Lat:	⇓2.6% South 5.92825°

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min Long	Matara	max Long
79.79528°	80.53528°	81.83472°
W 67.1%⇐		⇒32.9% E

Elevation

Elevation of Matara is 9 m = 30 ft, and this is 148.4 m = 487 ft below average elevation for this country.

Max E:	1868 m = 6129 ft	78.9%
Avg.	157.4 m = 516 ft
Matara	9 m = 30 ft
Min E:	1 m = 3 ft	21.1%

See also: Matara elevation on elevation.city.

Geographical zone

Matara is located in North Torrid zone (between Equator and Tropic of Cancer). Distance of Equator is 661.4 km =411 mi to South.

Distance of	km	miles	from Matara
North Pole	9345.6	5807.1	to North
Arctic Circle	6739.8	4187.9	to North
Tropic Cancer	1944.5	1208.3	to North
Equator	661.4	411	to South

Nearby cities:

15 places around Matara: (largest is in red/bold)

• Ambalangoda 62.1 km =38.6 mi, 300°
• Bentota 79.8 km =49.6 mi, 311°
• Beruwala 84.9 km =52.8 mi, 313°
• Devinuwara 6.3 km =3.9 mi, 110°
• Galle 37.5 km =23.3 mi, 286°
• Hikkaduwa 52.5 km =32.6 mi, 293°
• Horawala Junction 74.4 km =46.2 mi, 322°
• Kalutara 95 km =59 mi, 317°
• Koggala 23.3 km =14.5 mi, 281°
• Mirissa city 8.5 km =5.3 mi, 268°
• Ratnapura 83.3 km =51.8 mi, 349°
• Talpe 28.9 km =18 mi, 281°
• Tangalle 30.2 km =18.8 mi, 73°
• Unawatuna 32.5 km =20.2 mi, 284°
• Weligama 12 km =7.5 mi, 284°

In other languages:

• In Russian: Матара
• In Chinese: 馬塔拉