Thoothukudi in numbers
- Coordinates
- 8.7674, 78.1342
- Population
- 410 760
- Region
- Tamil Nadu
- Country
- India, Asia
- Capital
- New Delhi — 2211 km away
What time is it in Thoothukudi, Tamil Nadu, India
This page shows the current local time in Thoothukudi, Tamil Nadu, India, in the Asia/Kolkata time zone (+5:30).
Thoothukudi, India
Thursday, 29 October 2026
UTC+5:30 · Asia/Kolkata
Local time in Thoothukudi
UTC+5:30 · no daylight saving time
Thoothukudi keeps Asia/Kolkata clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:07 AM Solar noon 12:02 PM Sunset 5:57 PM Daylight 11 h 50 min Night 12 h 10 min Civil twilight 5:46 AM – 6:19 PM
Weather in Thoothukudi right now
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Thoothukudi and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 628210 Kalvilai — 4.2 km away
- 628002 Siluvaipatti — 11.3 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
Same time zone — Asia/Kolkata
Nearby places
- Talaippannai Pacheri — 17.9 km
- Āvarankādu — 18.2 km
- Melāttūr — 18.8 km
- Talaivanvadali — 18.8 km
- Kīranūr — 19.0 km
- Sugantalai — 19.8 km
About the time in Thoothukudi
Sorting mail for Thoothukudi involves 2 postal codes.
Thoothukudi sets its clocks by Asia/Kolkata, which runs UTC+5:30. Daylight saving time here: No.
Today in Thoothukudi, daylight opens at 6:07 AM and closes at 5:57 PM. That span measures 11 h 50 min.
There is no time difference between Thoothukudi and nearby Talaippannai Pacheri or Āvarankādu.
Questions and answers
- What time zone does local time in Thoothukudi follow?
- Local time in Thoothukudi follows Asia/Kolkata, with an offset of +5:30.
- Does Thoothukudi switch between standard time and daylight saving time?
- Daylight saving time in Thoothukudi: No.
- Both sunrise and sunset in Thoothukudi — what times?
- 6:07 AM and 5:57 PM.