Puttalam in numbers
- Coordinates
- 8.0981, 77.4640
- Population
- 13 073
- Region
- Tamil Nadu
- Country
- India, Asia
- Capital
- New Delhi — 2284 km away
- Same name
- 2 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Puttalam, Tamil Nadu, India
The clock on this page follows the local time of Puttalam, Tamil Nadu, India, in the Asia/Kolkata zone (+5:30).
Puttalam, India
Wednesday, 4 November 2026
UTC+5:30 · Asia/Kolkata
Local time in Puttalam
UTC+5:30 · no daylight saving time
Puttalam keeps Asia/Kolkata clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:10 AM Solar noon 12:05 PM Sunset 5:59 PM Daylight 11 h 49 min Night 12 h 11 min Civil twilight 5:49 AM – 6:21 PM
Weather in Puttalam right now
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Puttalam and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 629601 Parakkai — 3.3 km away
- 629602 Puthalam — 3.3 km away
- 629403 Kulasekharapuram — 6.2 km away
- 629501 Puthenthurai — 6.2 km away
Postal codes come from the free GeoNames dataset. Where a code is listed with a distance, it belongs to a nearby settlement — GeoNames spells that name differently from ours.
Largest cities in Tamil Nadu
- Chennai 4 681 087
- Coimbatore 2 136 916
- Kallakurichi 1 682 687
- Madurai 1 465 625
- Tirunelveli 1 435 844
- Teni 1 034 724
Other places named Puttalam
Same time zone — Asia/Kolkata
Nearby places
- Uppalam Melavurkudiyiruppu — 1.0 km
- Terivilakudiyiruppu — 1.7 km
- Pallarkudiyiruppu — 1.8 km
- Tengampudur — 2.1 km
- Manakkudi Mukkuvartura — 2.1 km
- Chembegaramanputtantura — 3.2 km
Puttalam: clock, sun and surroundings
Sorting mail for Puttalam involves 4 postal codes.
Puttalam keeps the Asia/Kolkata zone, which is UTC+5:30. Whether summer time is observed: No.
The sun rises today at 6:10 AM in Puttalam and sets at 5:59 PM. Daylight covers 11 h 49 min.
The clock does not change between Puttalam, Uppalam Melavurkudiyiruppu and Terivilakudiyiruppu.
Questions and answers
- What time zone corresponds to Puttalam?
- Asia/Kolkata corresponds to Puttalam and has an offset of +5:30.
- Is the hour in Puttalam changed for daylight saving at any time of year?
- No.
- What time does the day start in Puttalam?
- The sun rises at 6:10 AM.