Trincomalee in numbers
- Coordinates
- 8.5778, 81.2289
- Population
- 108 420
- Region
- Eastern Province
- Country
- Sri Lanka, Asia
- Capital
- Colombo — 238 km away
What time is it in Trincomalee, Eastern Province, Sri Lanka
Check the current local time in Trincomalee, Eastern Province, Sri Lanka, which sits in the Asia/Colombo time zone (+5:30).
Trincomalee, Sri Lanka
Tuesday, 27 October 2026
UTC+5:30 · Asia/Colombo
Local time in Trincomalee
UTC+5:30 · no daylight saving time
Local time in Trincomalee, Eastern Province.
The sun today
Sunrise 5:54 AM Solar noon 11:50 AM Sunset 5:46 PM Daylight 11 h 51 min Night 12 h 09 min Civil twilight 5:33 AM – 6:07 PM
Weather in Trincomalee right now
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Trincomalee and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 31000
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
- Kalmunai 100 171
- Batticaloa 86 742
- Pottuvil 45 727
- Ampara 43 720
- Eravur Town 22 982
- Vakarai 21 000
Same time zone — Asia/Colombo
- Colombo Sri Lanka
Nearby places
- Navaladitottam — 13.0 km
- Thaqwanagar — 13.6 km
- Thamaravillu — 13.7 km
- Ralkully — 13.8 km
- Thahanagar — 13.9 km
- Mutur — 14.0 km
Local time details for Trincomalee
Local timekeeping in Trincomalee uses Asia/Colombo, equal to UTC+5:30. Summer clock change: No.
Today's times for Trincomalee: the sun is up at 5:54 AM and down at 5:46 PM. That means 11 h 51 min of daylight.
For nearby Navaladitottam and Thaqwanagar, use the time shown for Trincomalee.
A total of 1 postal code belong to Trincomalee.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone is local to Trincomalee?
- The time zone local to Trincomalee is Asia/Colombo, with an offset of +5:30.
- Does Trincomalee switch between standard time and daylight saving time?
- Daylight saving time in Trincomalee: No.
- When is the sun down in Trincomalee?
- The sun goes down at 5:46 PM.