Arachchikattuwa in numbers
- Coordinates
- 7.6671, 79.8350
- Region
- North Western Province
- Country
- Sri Lanka, Asia
- Capital
- Colombo — 81 km away
What time is it in Arachchikattuwa, North Western Province, Sri Lanka
This is the current time in Arachchikattuwa, North Western Province, Sri Lanka, shown for the Asia/Colombo time zone (+5:30).
Arachchikattuwa, Sri Lanka
Monday, 9 November 2026
UTC+5:30 · Asia/Colombo
Local time in Arachchikattuwa
UTC+5:30 · no daylight saving time
Arachchikattuwa keeps Asia/Colombo clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:01 AM Solar noon 11:56 AM Sunset 5:50 PM Daylight 11 h 48 min Night 12 h 12 min Civil twilight 5:40 AM – 6:12 PM
Weather in Arachchikattuwa right now
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Arachchikattuwa and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 61246 Battuluoya — 0.7 km away
- 61242 Rajakadaluwa — 1.7 km away
- 61280 Palaviya — 1.9 km away
- 61244 Nalladarankattuwa — 3.1 km away
- 61238 Bangadeniya — 4.8 km away
- 61006 Wijeyakatupotha — 4.8 km away
- 61008 Wilpotha — 4.8 km away
- 61032 Kumarakattuwa — 7.0 km away
- 61014 Mugunuwatawana — 9.3 km away
- 61040 Pallama — 9.4 km away
- 61012 Adippala — 9.8 km away
- 61004 Udappuwa — 10.4 km away
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 Western Province
- Puttalam 45 661
- Kurunegala 28 571
- Chilaw 24 712
- Kuliyapitiya 6 877
Same time zone — Asia/Colombo
- Colombo Sri Lanka
Nearby places
- Helambawatawana — 2.0 km
- Ihala Mandalana — 7.7 km
- Ihalakolaeliya — 8.6 km
- Kandawa — 9.2 km
- Ihala Tammanna — 9.4 km
- Ichchampitiya — 10.1 km
Time and daylight in Arachchikattuwa
Mail delivery in Arachchikattuwa relies on 12 postal codes.
Time in Arachchikattuwa runs on Asia/Colombo, which is UTC+5:30. Does daylight saving time apply here? No.
The sun comes up over Arachchikattuwa at 6:01 AM today and drops below the horizon at 5:50 PM. That is 11 h 48 min between the two.
Neighbouring Helambawatawana and Ihala Mandalana sit in the same time as Arachchikattuwa.
Questions and answers
- What time zone is used by Arachchikattuwa?
- Arachchikattuwa uses the Asia/Colombo time zone, which has an offset of +5:30.
- Does Arachchikattuwa switch to summer time during the year?
- Daylight saving time observed in Arachchikattuwa: No.
- How early in the evening does the sun set in Arachchikattuwa?
- It sets at 5:50 PM.