Karaitivu in numbers
- Coordinates
- 8.2218, 79.8116
- Region
- North Western Province
- Country
- Sri Lanka, Asia
- Capital
- Colombo — 143 km away
- Same name
- 1 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Karaitivu, North Western Province, Sri Lanka
Below is the local time in Karaitivu, North Western Province, Sri Lanka, kept in the Asia/Colombo zone (+5:30).
Karaitivu, Sri Lanka
Saturday, 17 October 2026
UTC+5:30 · Asia/Colombo
Local time in Karaitivu
UTC+5:30 · no daylight saving time
Karaitivu keeps Asia/Colombo clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 5:59 AM Solar noon 11:57 AM Sunset 5:55 PM Daylight 11 h 56 min Night 12 h 04 min Civil twilight 5:38 AM – 6:16 PM
Weather in Karaitivu right now
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Karaitivu and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 61360 Kalpitiya — 5.6 km away
- 61362 Kirimundalama — 5.6 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
Other places named Karaitivu
- Karaitivu Eastern Province, Sri Lanka
Same time zone — Asia/Colombo
- Colombo Sri Lanka
Nearby places
- Karadipuval — 10.9 km
- Karadipuwal — 11.4 km
- Vidatamunai — 11.5 km
- Samagipura — 12.5 km
- Kandakkuda — 12.7 km
- Vattakandal — 12.7 km
About the time in Karaitivu
Time in Karadipuval and Karadipuwal, both close to Karaitivu, runs the same.
There are 2 postal code zones in Karaitivu.
People in Karaitivu keep Asia/Colombo, a zone offset of UTC+5:30. Seasonal time change: No.
Morning light reaches Karaitivu at 5:59 AM, and the sun sets at 5:55 PM. Daylight lasts a total of 11 h 56 min.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone name applies to Karaitivu?
- The time zone name for Karaitivu is Asia/Colombo, with an offset of +5:30.
- Do people in Karaitivu set their clocks forward in spring?
- Daylight saving in Karaitivu: No.
- How late does the sun set in Karaitivu?
- The last sunlight comes at 5:55 PM.