THE COST OF LIVING IN SRI LANKA

Budget Breakdown
Details
AIESEC in Colombo North
Content
Currency of Sri Lanka
Visa costs
Food budget in Sri Lanka
Transportation budget in Sri Lanka
Places to visit and its budget
Medical care budget in Sri Lanka
Average EP budget
Currency
The currency here is the Sri Lankan
Rupee and can be written as either
LKR or Rs.
At the time of writing this
$1USD = 199.05 LKR.
ATMs are available when you arrive in
the airport and they are available
almost everywhere across Sri Lanka.
Visa Costs
TYPE OF EXPENSE COST
Entry Visa 35$
Medical Check-Up 75$
Visa Extension (Residential Visa Under 200$
Student Category)

Total 310$

The EP will arrive Sri Lanka with entry visa

The EP will have to obtain entry visa a month before the realization
Our Visa Coordinator will guide and support the EP during the whole visa process.
Please note that there's a possibility for these costs to change by the time of the EP's
arrival. So make sure to always keep you updated.
Food Budget in Sri Lanka

Average Daily Costs

While meal prices in Sri Lanka can vary, the average cost of food in Sri Lanka
is $3.92 per day.
Breakfast prices are usually a little cheaper than lunch or dinner.
The price of food in sit-down restaurants in Sri Lanka is often higher than fast
food prices or street food prices.
Average meal
prices in
restaurants
CUISINE PRICE (USD)
Sri Lankan Cuisine $ 1.42

American Restaurant $ 7.50

Asian Restaurant $ 9.00

Bakery $ 3.90

Café $ 6.50

Chinese Restaurant $ 6.50

Indian Restaurant $ 8.50

French Restaurant $ 12.00

Italian Restaurant $ 11.00

Fast Food Bar $ 4.20

Desserts $ 3.60

Juice Shops $ 2.40

Grocery Item List
ITEM PRICE
Milk (regular), (1 liter) $1.20

Nescafe 100g Classic $4.13

White Sugar 1Kg $0.54

Loaf of Fresh White Bread (500g) $0.36

Rice (1kg) $0.58

Eggs (regular) (12) $1.27

Local Cheese (1kg) $10.97

Chicken Fillets (1kg) $3.13

Where to buy ?

NAME LOCATION
Keels Super In each main city

Food City In each main city

Laughs In each main city

Arpico In each main city

Transportation
Budget in Sri Lanka

MODE OF TRANSPORT PRICE

One-way Ticket (Local Transport) $ 0.15

Monthly Pass (Regular Price) $ 5.16

Taxi for 1 Km $ 0.26

Taxi 1 hour Waiting $ 0.72

Transportation fare by a tuk tuk from the EP house to the train station/ bus stand

EP house to the closest train station - $ 0.52

EP house to the closest bus stand - $ 0.31

Transportation fare by bus from the EP house to some of the close by cities

Bus stand to Kadawatha - $ 0.18

Bus stand to Kiribathgoda - $ 0.16

Bus stand to Kelaniya - $ 0.21

Bus stand to Colombo Fort - $ 0.27

Transportation fare by train from the EP house to some of the close by train

stations

Train station to Colombo Fort - $ 0.27

Train station to Ragama - $ 0.0052

Train station to Maradana - $ 0.13

SOME PLACES
TO VISIT
(Without Entrance Tickets)
The Colombo Racecourse
Arcade Independence Square
Galle Face
Dutch Fort
Kandy City Centre
Galle Fort
Mirissa
Hikkaduwa
Jungle Beach

And there are many more!

 Some of the places
where you need a
ticket to visit

The National Museum, Colombo

Temple of Tooth Relic, Kandy
Peradeniya Botanical Garden, Kandy
Yala National Park
Sigiriya Rock
Water Rafting, Kitulgala

*Some of these tourist attraction places can be visited for local tickets

price once you get the residential visa.

Medical care budget

For on arrival PCR tests

https://www.srilanka.travel/helloagain/

(Refer the above link for latest updates)

Personal Care

ITEM PRICE
Cold medicine for 6 days $ 3.08

1 box of antibiotics (12 doses) $ 1.61

Short visit to a private doctor (15 mins) $ 14.00

 Hospitals and Medical Centres

HOSPITAL NAME LOCATION

Nawaloka Medical Centre Kandy Road, Kelaniya

Hemas Hospital Negombo Road, Wattala

Leesons Hospital Thewatta Road, Ragama

 Average EP budget
(for 30 days in USD)

ACTIVITY PRICE
$ 15
AIRPORT PICKUP (FROM AIRPORT TO ACCOMMODATION)
$ 30
TRANSPORTATION

FOOD $ 120

ACCOMMODATION $ 100

OTHER (TICKET PRICES FOR TOURIST PLACES INCLUDED) $ 75

TOTAL $ 340

This is a rough budget (approximated values are included) prepared for the EPs and this doesn't
include any personal expenses.
The EP will have to bear the damage cost if any harm is done to the property of the accommodation.
Make sure to take a traveling insurance for yourself before arrival.
The above- mentioned budget does not include visa costs.
THANK YOU!