Time in Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka keeps one time: India Time, UTC+5:30 all year, with no daylight saving time. Its administrative capital is Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte; Colombo is its largest city.

Sri Lanka and the countries around it

India TimeUTC+05:30Colombo, Jaffna, and MoratuwaAsia/Colombo

Sri Lanka (simplified outline). Open in OpenStreetMap ↗

Population: 21,670,000 GeoNames figure; the source gives no year
Total area: 25,332 sq mi (65,610 km²)
Currency: Rupee (LKR)
Languages: Sinhala, Tamil, English
Calling code: +94
Driving side: Left
Country code (ISO): LK
Coordinates (central point): 7.878892, 80.667332

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Local time in the largest cities

Colombo, Jaffna, Moratuwa, Negombo, Kandy, Trincomalee, Kalmunai, and Galle all keep India Time, like the rest of Sri Lanka.

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