Property prices in Nuwara Eliya City
This page summarises 159 public property listings in Nuwara Eliya City, Nuwara Eliya district, collected from ikman.lk on 4 November 2026. Figures are asking prices, not sale prices. Each row shows the median (the middle ad), the middle half of ads (25th to 75th percentile) and the number of ads behind it.
| Measure | Median | Middle half of ads | Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| Land, per perch | Rs 750,000 | Rs 210,000 to Rs 1.37 million | 123 |
| Houses for sale, asking price | Rs 50 million | Rs 35 million to Rs 87.5 million | 25 |
| Houses, asking price per sq ft | Rs 20,000 | Rs 16,667 to Rs 36,000 | 25 |
| Apartments for sale, asking price | Rs 43 million | Rs 39 million to Rs 48 million | 10 |
| Apartments, asking price per sq ft | Rs 38,957 | Rs 37,332 to Rs 41,825 | 10 |
How Nuwara Eliya City compares
- Median land per perch: Rs 750,000, about 1.2 times the middle town figure island-wide (Rs 639,413). Rank 38 of 86 towns with enough listings, highest first.
The island reference is the median of town medians for towns with at least 30 listings, so it describes a typical town, not the national market.
What stands out in Nuwara Eliya City
- The sample is mostly land (123 of 158 usable ads).
- Asking-price spread for land, per perch is wider than a typical town: the middle half runs Rs 210,000 to Rs 1.37 million (a 6.5x gap between the quartiles, against 1.5x for the median town).
- Within Nuwara Eliya district, the median land, per perch here is about 3.6 times the district figure (Rs 750,000 vs Rs 210,000), rank 1 of 2 priced towns in the district.
How the Nuwara Eliya City numbers have moved
- House asking prices: the median is up about 43% compared with four weeks earlier - Rs 50 million against Rs 35 million on 7 October, on 25 ads now and 21 then.
- Land per perch: the median is down about 25% compared with four weeks earlier - Rs 750,000 against Rs 1 million on 7 October, on 123 ads now and 109 then.
This compares daily asking medians on changing samples of ads; it describes this site's sample, not a formal price index.
Read this before using the numbers
Sellers ask more than buyers pay, and listings expire or sell. Outliers are trimmed to the 5th to 95th percentile band and ads whose title names a different town are excluded. The method page explains every step. Nothing here is valuation or investment advice.