Batticaloa in numbers
- Coordinates
- 7.7102, 81.6924
- Population
- 86 742
- Region
- Eastern Province
- Country
- Sri Lanka, Asia
- Capital
- Colombo — 221 km away
What time is it in Batticaloa, Eastern Province, Sri Lanka
The current local time in Batticaloa, Eastern Province, Sri Lanka — time zone Asia/Colombo (+5:30) — is shown right here.
Batticaloa, Sri Lanka
Thursday, 29 October 2026
UTC+5:30 · Asia/Colombo
Local time in Batticaloa
UTC+5:30 · no daylight saving time
Batticaloa keeps Asia/Colombo clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 5:52 AM Solar noon 11:48 AM Sunset 5:44 PM Daylight 11 h 52 min Night 12 h 08 min Civil twilight 5:31 AM – 6:06 PM
Weather in Batticaloa right now
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Batticaloa and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 30000
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
- Pottuvil 45 727
- Ampara 43 720
- Eravur Town 22 982
- Vakarai 21 000
Same time zone — Asia/Colombo
- Colombo Sri Lanka
Nearby places
- Puliyantivu — 0.3 km
- Veechukalmunai — 1.9 km
- Uppodai — 2.1 km
- Thimilatheevu — 2.3 km
- Periyakulam — 2.4 km
- Punochchimunai — 2.5 km
About the time in Batticaloa
Addresses in Batticaloa fall under 1 postal code.
The time standard for Batticaloa is Asia/Colombo at UTC+5:30. Daylight saving time applies here: No.
Today at Batticaloa, the sun rises at 5:52 AM and sets at 5:44 PM. That gives 11 h 52 min of daylight.
Puliyantivu and Veechukalmunai are close to Batticaloa and observe the same time.
Questions and answers
- Should Asia/Colombo be used as the time zone for Batticaloa?
- Yes, Batticaloa uses Asia/Colombo, whose offset is +5:30.
- Is there a spring or autumn clock change in Batticaloa?
- Daylight saving in Batticaloa: No.
- Tell me the sunset hour in Batticaloa.
- The sunset hour is 5:44 PM.