Current local time in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka has one time zone: IST (India Standard Time), UTC+5:30. The current time in 60 cities, with daylight saving dates and the time zone of each.
Colombo (capital)
IST
Tuesday, October 27, 2026
UTC+5:30
- Capital
- Colombo
- Continent
- Asia
- Time zones
- 1
- Population
- 21,756,000
- Area
- 65,610 km²
- Currency
- Rupee (LKR)
- Languages
- Sinhala, Tamil, English
- Dialling code
- +94
- Internet domain
- .lk
Time zone in Sri Lanka
One zone covers the whole country. Its largest city stands for it below.
| City | Local time | Compared to Colombo |
|---|---|---|
| ColomboIST (India Standard Time) · Asia/Colombo | Tue 2:27 PM | Same time |
Current local time in 60 cities in Sri Lanka
Every city in Sri Lanka with 15,000 people or more, alphabetically, with its current local time. Open a city for its time zone, clock changes, sunrise and sunset.
- AmbalangodaTue 2:27 PM
- AmbalantotaTue 2:27 PM
- AmparaTue 2:27 PM
- AnuradhapuraTue 2:27 PM
- BadullaTue 2:27 PM
- Battaramulla SouthTue 2:27 PM
- BatticaloaTue 2:27 PM
- BeliattaTue 2:27 PM
- BentotaTue 2:27 PM
- BeruwalaTue 2:27 PM
- ChilawTue 2:27 PM
- ColomboTue 2:27 PM
- DambullaTue 2:27 PM
- Dehiwala-Mount LaviniaTue 2:27 PM
- DevinuwaraTue 2:27 PM
- Eravur TownTue 2:27 PM
- GalleTue 2:27 PM
- GampolaTue 2:27 PM
- HambantotaTue 2:27 PM
- Hanwella IhalaTue 2:27 PM
- HattonTue 2:27 PM
- HendalaTue 2:27 PM
- HomagamaTue 2:27 PM
- Ja ElaTue 2:27 PM
- JaffnaTue 2:27 PM
- KalmunaiTue 2:27 PM
- KalutaraTue 2:27 PM
- KandanaTue 2:27 PM
- KandyTue 2:27 PM
- KataragamaTue 2:27 PM
- KatunayakaTue 2:27 PM
- KegalleTue 2:27 PM
- KelaniyaTue 2:27 PM
- KolonnawaTue 2:27 PM
- KotikawattaTue 2:27 PM
- KurunegalaTue 2:27 PM
- MaharagamaTue 2:27 PM
- MannarTue 2:27 PM
- MataleTue 2:27 PM
- MataraTue 2:27 PM
- MoratuwaTue 2:27 PM
- MullaittivuTue 2:27 PM
- MulleriyawaTue 2:27 PM
- NegomboTue 2:27 PM
- Nuwara EliyaTue 2:27 PM
- PanaduraTue 2:27 PM
- PeliyagodaTue 2:27 PM
- Pita KotteTue 2:27 PM
- Point PedroTue 2:27 PM
- PottuvilTue 2:27 PM
- PuttalamTue 2:27 PM
- RatnapuraTue 2:27 PM
- Sri Jayewardenepura KotteTue 2:27 PM
- TrincomaleeTue 2:27 PM
- VakaraiTue 2:27 PM
- ValvedditturaiTue 2:27 PM
- VavuniyaTue 2:27 PM
- WattalaTue 2:27 PM
- WeligamaTue 2:27 PM
- WelisaraTue 2:27 PM
Frequently asked questions
The clock at the top of this page shows the current local time in Colombo, the capital of Sri Lanka. Every city in Sri Lanka keeps the same time.
One. All of Sri Lanka is on IST (India Standard Time) (Asia/Colombo).
No. Clocks stay on UTC+5:30 all year.
Place data from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Times follow the IANA time zone database; sunrise and sunset are computed for the city's coordinates.