Property prices in Jaffna City
This page summarises 102 public property listings in Jaffna City, Jaffna district, collected from ikman.lk on 30 October 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 600,000 | Rs 250,000 to Rs 1.49 million | 61 |
| Houses for sale, asking price | Rs 37 million | Rs 25 million to Rs 50 million | 33 |
| Houses, asking price per sq ft | Rs 27,000 | Rs 15,000 to Rs 40,417 | 33 |
How Jaffna City compares
- Median land per perch: Rs 600,000, close to the middle town figure island-wide (Rs 550,000). Rank 39 of 87 towns with enough listings, highest first.
- Median house asking prices: Rs 37 million, close to the middle town figure island-wide (Rs 37.5 million). Rank 33 of 62 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 Jaffna City
- The sample is mostly land (61 of 94 usable ads).
- Asking-price spread for land, per perch is wider than a typical town: the middle half runs Rs 250,000 to Rs 1.49 million (a 6.0x gap between the quartiles, against 1.5x for the median town).
- Within Jaffna district, the median land, per perch here is close to the district figure (Rs 600,000 vs Rs 640,000), rank 1 of 1 priced towns in the district.
How the Jaffna City numbers have moved
- Land per perch: the median is up about 22% compared with four weeks earlier - Rs 600,000 against Rs 493,333 on 2 October, on 61 ads now and 88 then.
- Land per perch: the median is up about 9% compared with a week earlier - Rs 600,000 against Rs 550,000 on 23 October, on 61 ads now and 69 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.