Ampara in numbers
- Coordinates
- 7.2768, 81.5979
- Population
- 43 720
- Region
- Eastern Province
- Country
- Sri Lanka, Asia
- Capital
- Colombo — 197 km away
- Same name
- 3 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Ampara, Eastern Province, Sri Lanka
See the local time in Ampara, Eastern Province, Sri Lanka right now, measured in the Asia/Colombo time zone (+5:30).
Ampara, Sri Lanka
Thursday, 29 October 2026
UTC+5:30 · Asia/Colombo
Local time in Ampara
UTC+5:30 · no daylight saving time
Ampara keeps Asia/Colombo clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 5:52 AM Solar noon 11:48 AM Sunset 5:45 PM Daylight 11 h 53 min Night 12 h 07 min Civil twilight 5:31 AM – 6:06 PM
Weather in Ampara right now
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Ampara and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 32000
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 Eastern Province
- Trincomalee 108 420
- Kalmunai 100 171
- Batticaloa 86 742
- Pottuvil 45 727
- Eravur Town 22 982
- Vakarai 21 000
Other places named Ampara
Same time zone — Asia/Colombo
- Colombo Sri Lanka
Nearby places
- Himidurawa — 0.8 km
- Paragahakele — 3.0 km
- Paraganakele — 3.4 km
- Ambagahawela — 3.6 km
- Ganangolla — 3.6 km
- Wawinna — 5.9 km
About the time in Ampara
Addresses in Ampara fall under 1 postal code.
The clock standard in Ampara is Asia/Colombo, offset by UTC+5:30. Daylight saving time in use: No.
Today's sun rises in Ampara at 5:52 AM, then sets at 5:45 PM. The day offers 11 h 53 min of daylight.
Ampara and its neighbours Himidurawa and Paragahakele keep one clock.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone covers Ampara?
- Ampara is covered by the Asia/Colombo time zone, with an offset of +5:30.
- Is summer time applied in Ampara?
- No.
- Looking for sunrise and sunset in Ampara — what are they?
- Sunrise at 5:52 AM, sunset at 5:45 PM.