Vakarai in numbers
- Coordinates
- 8.1333, 81.4333
- Population
- 21 000
- Region
- Eastern Province
- Country
- Sri Lanka, Asia
- Capital
- Colombo — 220 km away
- Same name
- 1 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Vakarai, Eastern Province, Sri Lanka
The local time in Vakarai, Eastern Province, Sri Lanka — in the Asia/Colombo time zone (+5:30) — is shown on this page.
Vakarai, Sri Lanka
Sunday, 1 November 2026
UTC+5:30 · Asia/Colombo
Local time in Vakarai
UTC+5:30 · no daylight saving time
Local time in Vakarai, Eastern Province.
The sun today
Sunrise 5:54 AM Solar noon 11:49 AM Sunset 5:44 PM Daylight 11 h 50 min Night 12 h 10 min Civil twilight 5:32 AM – 6:06 PM
Weather in Vakarai right now
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Vakarai and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 30450
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
Other places named Vakarai
- Vakarai Siauliai, Lithuania
Same time zone — Asia/Colombo
- Colombo Sri Lanka
Nearby places
- Oddumadu — 0.0 km
- Vakarai Central — 1.2 km
- Vellaiyadimadu — 1.9 km
- Uriyankaddu — 1.9 km
- Kandaladi — 1.9 km
- Thaddumunai — 2.6 km
About the time in Vakarai
Vakarai runs on Asia/Colombo, which sits UTC+5:30 relative to Coordinated Universal Time. Daylight saving in effect: No.
The day begins at Vakarai with sunrise at 5:54 AM and ends with sunset at 5:44 PM. Daylight totals 11 h 50 min.
Same time, different place: Oddumadu and Vakarai Central near Vakarai.
Coverage of Vakarai by postal code amounts to 1 entries.
Questions and answers
- Can you tell me the time zone for Vakarai?
- Vakarai is in Asia/Colombo, with an offset of +5:30.
- Is there a seasonal clock change in Vakarai?
- No.
- How do I know when the sun rises in Vakarai?
- Sunrise there is at 5:54 AM.