Kandy in numbers
- Coordinates
- 7.2906, 80.6336
- Population
- 111 701
- Region
- Central Province
- Country
- Sri Lanka, Asia
- Capital
- Colombo — 95 km away
- Same name
- 2 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Kandy, Central Province, Sri Lanka
This page shows the time as it is now in Kandy, Central Province, Sri Lanka, in the Asia/Colombo time zone (+5:30).
Kandy, Sri Lanka
Sunday, 25 October 2026
UTC+5:30 · Asia/Colombo
Local time in Kandy
UTC+5:30 · no daylight saving time
What the clock shows right now in Kandy.
The sun today
Sunrise 5:55 AM Solar noon 11:53 AM Sunset 5:50 PM Daylight 11 h 54 min Night 12 h 06 min Civil twilight 5:34 AM – 6:11 PM
Weather in Kandy right now
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Kandy and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 20000
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
- Dambulla 66 716
- Matale 36 462
- Nuwara Eliya 27 500
- Gampola 24 283
- Hatton 15 073
- Talawakele 3 545
Other places named Kandy
Same time zone — Asia/Colombo
- Colombo Sri Lanka
Nearby places
- Huduhumpola — 2.0 km
- Hinagama — 4.5 km
- Hunuange Bogaskumburegammedda — 4.7 km
- Hettigammedda — 5.1 km
- Hunuange Imbulkotadeniya — 6.2 km
- Ittamaliyagoda — 6.5 km
Local time details for Kandy
Sunrise today is 5:55 AM in Kandy, with sunset at 5:50 PM. That works out to 11 h 54 min of light.
Places close to Kandy, among them Huduhumpola and Hinagama, share its time.
Postal codes valid in Kandy number 1.
Clocks across Kandy run on Asia/Colombo at UTC+5:30. Daylight saving time: No.
Questions and answers
- What time zone governs the clock in Kandy?
- The clock in Kandy follows Asia/Colombo, with an offset of +5:30.
- What time zone rules apply in Kandy — does the clock change for daylight saving time?
- Daylight saving time in Kandy: No.
- Sunrise in Kandy is at what time?
- At 5:55 AM.