Anuradhapura in numbers
- Coordinates
- 8.3122, 80.4131
- Population
- 60 943
- Region
- North Central Province
- Country
- Sri Lanka, Asia
- Capital
- Colombo — 165 km away
What time is it in Anuradhapura, North Central Province, Sri Lanka
This page answers what time it is in Anuradhapura, North Central Province, Sri Lanka right now, in the Asia/Colombo zone (+5:30).
Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka
Monday, 9 November 2026
UTC+5:30 · Asia/Colombo
Local time in Anuradhapura
UTC+5:30 · no daylight saving time
Anuradhapura keeps Asia/Colombo clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:00 AM Solar noon 11:53 AM Sunset 5:47 PM Daylight 11 h 47 min Night 12 h 13 min Civil twilight 5:38 AM – 6:09 PM
Weather in Anuradhapura right now
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Anuradhapura and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 50000
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 North Central Province
- Polonnaruwa 13 900
- Mihintale 5 000
Same time zone — Asia/Colombo
- Colombo Sri Lanka
Nearby places
- Kudawewa — 23.6 km
- Medawewa — 23.7 km
- Pittumudiyawa — 24.0 km
- Mahailuppallama — 24.2 km
- Gallewa — 24.5 km
- Dikwewa Senapura — 24.6 km
About the time in Anuradhapura
Anuradhapura spans 1 postal code.
Clocks in Anuradhapura follow Asia/Colombo, an offset of UTC+5:30 from Coordinated Universal Time. Daylight saving time here: No.
The sun rises over Anuradhapura today at 6:00 AM and slips away at 5:47 PM. That leaves 11 h 47 min of daylight.
Kudawewa and Medawewa sit nearby and do not run ahead of or behind Anuradhapura.
Questions and answers
- How is the time zone for Anuradhapura identified?
- The time zone for Anuradhapura is identified as Asia/Colombo, with an offset of +5:30.
- Is the local clock in Anuradhapura affected by daylight saving time?
- No.
- What time is sunrise in Anuradhapura?
- It is 6:00 AM.