Chankanai

As a small town in Northern, Sri Lanka, Chankanai occupies its own corner of the country. Chankanai maps to 9.749°, 79.970° — squarely within the equatorial belt. The population stands at approximately 10,000. Its latitude implies a climate characterised by hot and humid year-round with little seasonal temperature variation. Open solar datasets indicate about 2,045 kWh/m² of solar irradiance per year, combined with sunshine for roughly 80% of daylight hours. The sections below expand on demographics, weather, terrain, hazards and nearby points of interest using publicly available datasets.

Summary composed automatically from structured open data on this page. See our Terms for details.