Mahawanawela in numbers
- Coordinates
- 7.7000, 81.0667
- Region
- Eastern Province
- Country
- Sri Lanka, Asia
- Capital
- Colombo — 159 km away
What time is it in Mahawanawela, Eastern Province, Sri Lanka
The current local time in Mahawanawela, Eastern Province, Sri Lanka is displayed here for the Asia/Colombo time zone (+5:30).
Mahawanawela, Sri Lanka
Sunday, 8 November 2026
UTC+5:30 · Asia/Colombo
Local time in Mahawanawela
UTC+5:30 · no daylight saving time
What the clock shows right now in Mahawanawela.
The sun today
Sunrise 5:56 AM Solar noon 11:51 AM Sunset 5:45 PM Daylight 11 h 49 min Night 12 h 11 min Civil twilight 5:35 AM – 6:07 PM
Weather in Mahawanawela right now
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Mahawanawela and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 21552 Devagiriya — 17.0 km away
- 21554 Maraka — 17.0 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 Eastern Province
- Trincomalee 108 420
- Kalmunai 100 171
- Batticaloa 86 742
- Pottuvil 45 727
- Ampara 43 720
- Eravur Town 22 982
Same time zone — Asia/Colombo
- Colombo Sri Lanka
Nearby places
- Selasumgama — 3.5 km
- Sandagalathenna — 3.6 km
- Mudungama — 5.7 km
- Weeralanda — 5.9 km
- Siripura — 7.4 km
- Ihala Ellewewa — 7.5 km
Time and daylight in Mahawanawela
Sorting mail for Mahawanawela involves 2 postal codes.
Mahawanawela uses the Asia/Colombo time zone with a UTC+5:30 offset. Whether daylight saving time is used: No.
Today in Mahawanawela the sun appears at 5:56 AM and sets again at 5:45 PM. Daylight holds for 11 h 49 min.
Both Selasumgama and Sandagalathenna are near Mahawanawela and keep its time.
Questions and answers
- Should Asia/Colombo be used as the time zone for Mahawanawela?
- Yes, Mahawanawela uses Asia/Colombo, whose offset is +5:30.
- Does Mahawanawela run on daylight saving time for part of the year?
- Daylight saving in Mahawanawela: No.
- What hour brings sunset in Mahawanawela?
- The hour is 5:45 PM.