Time in Sri Lanka now

16:30:02

DaytimeSaturday, August 15, 2026Week 33Today: International Day of Homeless Animals

Key facts

TimezoneAsia/Colombo

AbbreviationGMT+5:30

UTC offsetGMT+5:30

Unix time1786791602

UTC time2026-08-15T11:00:02.579Z

Current year2026

CountrySri Lanka

Cities listed2,171

Day of weekSaturday

Day of year227

Week number33

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Akkaraipattu on the map

Akkaraipattu is a city in Ampara, Sri Lanka.
Latitude: 7.2165. Longitude: 81.8538
Timezone: Asia/Colombo

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Time zone info for Sri Lanka

UTC+5:30

Asia/Colombo

Sri Lanka follows Asia/Colombo. The local time is shown using live browser time, refreshed every second.

Methodology and trust

About this Sri Lanka time page

This Sri Lanka page combines live clock output with timezone, offset, holiday, and daylight context so the page is useful beyond a single timestamp.

Last reviewedJune 28, 2026

Template logic, page copy, and trust notes were reviewed manually in the current rollout.

Time and DST sourceAsia/Colombo

Displayed local time follows the IANA timezone identifier assigned to this page and updates live in the browser.

Weather and solar layerOpen-Meteo + coordinate calculations

Weather context uses Open-Meteo. Sunrise, sunset, and day-length details are shown as informational timing context.

Holiday coverageLK holiday dataset

Calendar and next-holiday data use normalized HolidayFinder coverage with a date-holidays fallback. Regional holiday matches appear when the source dataset includes state or province-level coverage.

Read the full editorial methodology and data sources, see who publishes the site, or send corrections through the contact page.

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Sunrise, sunset, day length and solar time for Sri Lanka

Sunrise: 05:53
Sunset: 18:07
Day length: 12h 14m
Solar noon: 12:00
The solar values are estimated from latitude and day of year.

Sri Lanka time now, plus the city and state structure behind it

The current time reference for Sri Lanka is 16:30:02 on Saturday, August 15, 2026. A country page is the broadest practical view before the answer splits into states, regions, and individual city clocks.

That makes it useful when the question is national, when you are still narrowing down which region matters, or when you need to understand how the country's time structure is organized before you jump into local pages.

In the current dataset, Colombo is the capital and a practical national reference point, built from 52 matched city records. That helps the national page stay anchored to real places instead of reading like a generic summary.

For a solid mid-tier country page, the priority is national clarity: what the country clock means, how the regional structure is laid out, and which state or city pages deserve attention first.

Sri Lanka at a glance

Sri Lanka time right now

This page shows 16:30:02 on Saturday, August 15, 2026, using GMT+5:30 with a live UTC or GMT offset of GMT+5:30.

34 states or regions

Sri Lanka currently has 34 state or regional pages and 2,171 listed city pages in this dataset.

Colombo gives this national page a concrete place to point to when visitors need a named local reference.

National timezone structure

Sri Lanka behaves as a single-timezone country in this dataset, so the national page works as a cleaner umbrella over the city and state pages.

What the national time view tells you

A country page is most useful when the national frame still matters. That may be because the visitor is planning across several regions, because the specific city is not settled yet, or because the country's timezone structure is part of the answer.

Sri Lanka acts like a one-clock system in this dataset, so the main job of the country page is to point people quickly to the strongest state and city pages.

This is why country content should not read like a larger state page. It needs to explain scale first: how many regional pages exist, where the key city clocks sit, and when a visitor should leave the national layer for a more precise local page.

If you already know the likely destination, the fastest next move is usually one of the major city pages such as time in Colombo, time in Kandy, and time in Dambulla.

Regional routes inside Sri Lanka

Representative daylight in Sri Lanka

Using time in Colombo as the representative city reference, sunrise is 05:53, sunset is 18:07, and estimated day length is 12h 14m.

A country page cannot describe the daylight feel of every region at once, but this representative view gives a practical read on the main national clock reference shown on the page.

Quick answers about time in Sri Lanka

What time is it in Sri Lanka right now?

This page shows the current national reference time for Sri Lanka as 16:30:02 on Saturday, August 15, 2026.

Does Sri Lanka use one time zone or several?

Sri Lanka behaves as a single-timezone country in this dataset.

Should I use the country page, a state page, or a city page?

Use the country page for the national structure, a state page for regional context, and a city page when the exact local clock is the real answer.

Which place is the main reference inside Sri Lanka?

This page uses the strongest available national city reference to keep the country view connected to a real local clock instead of a purely abstract national summary.

How do I move from the country view to the most useful local pages?

Start with regional pages such as current local time in Kandy, current local time in Central, and current local time in Matale, or jump straight to major city clocks like time in Colombo and time in Kandy.

How do I compare Sri Lanka with another country?

The quickest route is the compare tool or the built-in country links such as time in India and time in United States.

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