Gampola in numbers
- Coordinates
- 7.1643, 80.5696
- Population
- 24 283
- Region
- Central Province
- Country
- Sri Lanka, Asia
- Capital
- Colombo — 84 km away
- Same name
- 1 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Gampola, Central Province, Sri Lanka
The page gives the present local time in Gampola, Central Province, Sri Lanka, whose time zone is Asia/Colombo (+5:30).
Gampola, Sri Lanka
Sunday, 1 November 2026
UTC+5:30 · Asia/Colombo
Local time in Gampola
UTC+5:30 · no daylight saving time
Gampola keeps Asia/Colombo clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 5:56 AM Solar noon 11:52 AM Sunset 5:49 PM Daylight 11 h 52 min Night 12 h 08 min Civil twilight 5:35 AM – 6:10 PM
Weather in Gampola right now
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Gampola and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 20500
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 Central Province
- Kandy 111 701
- Dambulla 66 716
- Matale 36 462
- Nuwara Eliya 27 500
- Hatton 15 073
- Talawakele 3 545
Other places named Gampola
- Gampola North Western Province, Sri Lanka
Same time zone — Asia/Colombo
- Colombo Sri Lanka
Nearby places
- Illawatura — 0.9 km
- Kahatapitiya — 1.1 km
- Harakola — 3.0 km
- Inguruwatta — 3.9 km
- Hatnagoda — 5.4 km
- Kamburadeniya — 6.7 km
Time and daylight in Gampola
The clock reading for Gampola covers nearby Illawatura and Kahatapitiya as well.
Postal service in Gampola uses 1 codes.
The time standard for Gampola is Asia/Colombo at UTC+5:30. Daylight saving time applies here: No.
Sunrise happens at 5:56 AM in Gampola today and sunset at 5:49 PM. That marks 11 h 52 min of daylight.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone is observed in Gampola?
- Gampola observes the Asia/Colombo time zone, with an offset of +5:30.
- Does Gampola adjust its clocks for part of the year?
- No.
- When does the sun appear in Gampola?
- It appears at 5:56 AM.