Polonnaruwa in numbers
- Coordinates
- 7.9397, 81.0027
- Population
- 13 900
- Region
- North Central Province
- Country
- Sri Lanka, Asia
- Capital
- Colombo — 169 km away
What time is it in Polonnaruwa, North Central Province, Sri Lanka
Get the current local time in Polonnaruwa, North Central Province, Sri Lanka, a location in the Asia/Colombo time zone (+5:30).
Polonnaruwa, Sri Lanka
Monday, 9 November 2026
UTC+5:30 · Asia/Colombo
Local time in Polonnaruwa
UTC+5:30 · no daylight saving time
Polonnaruwa keeps Asia/Colombo clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 5:57 AM Solar noon 11:51 AM Sunset 5:45 PM Daylight 11 h 48 min Night 12 h 12 min Civil twilight 5:35 AM – 6:07 PM
Weather in Polonnaruwa right now
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Polonnaruwa and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 51000
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
- Mihintale 5 000
Same time zone — Asia/Colombo
- Colombo Sri Lanka
Nearby places
- New Town — 2.6 km
- Nishshankamalla Pedesa — 2.8 km
- Udawela — 2.9 km
- Kusumgama — 5.8 km
- Nelumvila — 6.3 km
- Nawanagaraya — 6.3 km
Time and daylight in Polonnaruwa
1 postal code covers the territory of Polonnaruwa.
The time zone used in Polonnaruwa is Asia/Colombo, set at UTC+5:30. Whether the clocks shift for daylight saving: No.
Today's schedule for Polonnaruwa: sunrise 5:57 AM, sunset 5:45 PM. That gives 11 h 48 min of daylight.
Nearby New Town and Nishshankamalla Pedesa need no separate clock from Polonnaruwa.
Questions and answers
- What zone is used to calculate the time in Polonnaruwa?
- The time in Polonnaruwa is calculated using Asia/Colombo, with an offset of +5:30.
- Does Polonnaruwa switch between standard time and daylight saving time?
- Daylight saving time in Polonnaruwa: No.
- Sunset in Polonnaruwa is at what time?
- At 5:45 PM.