Sri Lanka: visas, documents and safety

Sri Lanka at a glance

Key information to orient yourself in the country: current situation, essential facts and useful guidance.

Local time (UTC+05:30)

05:59:07

November 1, 2026

Capital

Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte

Data status

Update delayed

26.1 °C

Partly cloudy

High 28.1°

Low 24.3°

Precipitation 0 mm

Wind 3.9 m/s

Today · Nov 1

Showers

24.3° / 28.1°

Precipitation 2.8 mm

Tomorrow · Nov 2

Showers

26.4° / 27.9°

Precipitation 2.7 mm

Tuesday · Nov 3

Cloudy

25.9° / 27.3°

Precipitation 0 mm

Weather: Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte (capital) Official API

Essential facts

Currency: Sri Lankan rupee (LKR)
Language: Sinhala, Tamil
Capital: Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte
Population: 21,763,170
Timezone: UTC+05:30

Country overview

The Italian presence in Sri Lanka brings together essential services, community organizations, official references and cross-country collaboration opportunities to support Italians traveling, living, working or connecting between countries.

Travel in Sri Lanka

Planning a trip to Sri Lanka means understanding entry requirements, the documents you need and safety guidance before you leave.

In this guide you will find information on visas for Italian citizens, passport validity, health and safety, along with embassy contacts, consular services and emergency numbers in Sri Lanka.

Before you leave

Italian passport · citizens of Italy

Entry requirements

Visa rules, permitted stay, required documents and official sources. Always confirm what applies to you before you travel.

Electronic travel authorization

Source and verification date are shown in the card below.

Max stay · 30 days

Sri Lanka's ETA fee page says that with effect from 25 May 2026 nationals of 40 listed countries, this one among them, are eligible to obtain a tourist visa (ETA) free of charge for a period of 30 days.

Passport validity: The ETA portal says ETA holders need a passport valid for not less than 6 months from the date of arrival.
Return or onward ticket: The ETA portal says all ETA holders should have a confirmed return ticket at the port of entry.
Vaccinations: WHO's Annex 1 lists Sri Lanka as requiring proof of yellow fever vaccination from travellers aged 9 months or over arriving from countries at risk of yellow fever transmission, including travellers who have transited more than 12 hours through the airport of such a country.

Entry & documents

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Safety

Travel advisory: Level 2 - Exercise Increased Caution

There were no changes to the advisory level. The Other risk indicator was added.

Official source

Source: U.S. Department of State

Health

Official health guidance

World Health Organization (WHO) Viaggiare Sicuri (Italy) CDC Travel Health

Italian offices

1 office listed

Office

Embassy - Colombo

Colombo

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Sources and updates

Origin, time reference and terms of use for data shown for Sri Lanka.

Sources and updates

Official references, verification dates and provenance of the information published on this page.

Last institutional source check: 13 Oct 2026, 02:00

Official country sources

Data used on this page

TravelRequirements.info Entry requirements for Italian citizens (Travel tab and /travel hub)

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MET Norway Weather conditions and forecast for the capital

Weather reference: 1 Nov 2026, 00:16 · Retrieved: 1 Nov 2026, 01:00 · Update delayed

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GeoNames Capital, coordinates and time zone

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Sri Lanka

Today in the country

Today · Nov 1

Tomorrow · Nov 2

Tuesday · Nov 3

Essential facts

Country overview