Medawachchiya in numbers
- Coordinates
- 8.5345, 80.4923
- Region
- North Central Province
- Country
- Sri Lanka, Asia
- Capital
- Colombo — 191 km away
- Same name
- 4 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Medawachchiya, North Central Province, Sri Lanka
Below is the local time in Medawachchiya, North Central Province, Sri Lanka, kept in the Asia/Colombo zone (+5:30).
Medawachchiya, Sri Lanka
Friday, 16 October 2026
UTC+5:30 · Asia/Colombo
Local time in Medawachchiya
UTC+5:30 · no daylight saving time
Medawachchiya keeps Asia/Colombo clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 5:57 AM Solar noon 11:55 AM Sunset 5:53 PM Daylight 11 h 56 min Night 12 h 04 min Civil twilight 5:35 AM – 6:14 PM
Weather in Medawachchiya right now
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Medawachchiya and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 50500
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
- Anuradhapura 60 943
- Polonnaruwa 13 900
- Mihintale 5 000
Other places named Medawachchiya
- Medawachchiya North Central Province, Sri Lanka
- Medawachchiya North Western Province, Sri Lanka
- Medawachchiya North Western Province, Sri Lanka
- Medawachchiya Eastern Province, Sri Lanka
Same time zone — Asia/Colombo
- Colombo Sri Lanka
Nearby places
- Anuradhapura District — 22.4 km
- Iluppakanniya — 22.4 km
- Sattambikulama — 22.4 km
- Wellemorana — 22.5 km
- Kuda Kirindegama — 22.5 km
- Thariyankulama — 22.7 km
About the time in Medawachchiya
Today the day starts in Medawachchiya at 5:57 AM with sunrise and ends at 5:53 PM with sunset. Daylight lasts 11 h 56 min.
The same hours are kept in Medawachchiya and in nearby Iluppakanniya and Sattambikulama.
Postal codes tied to Medawachchiya number 1.
The local zone in Medawachchiya is Asia/Colombo, standing at UTC+5:30. Whether daylight saving applies: No.
Questions and answers
- What time zone includes Medawachchiya?
- The time zone that includes Medawachchiya is Asia/Colombo, with an offset of +5:30.
- Does Medawachchiya move its clocks forward at any time?
- No.
- How late in the morning does the sun rise in Medawachchiya?
- It rises at 5:57 AM.