Poonapitiya in numbers
- Coordinates
- 7.7972, 79.7807
- Region
- North Western Province
- Country
- Sri Lanka, Asia
- Capital
- Colombo — 96 km away
What time is it in Poonapitiya, North Western Province, Sri Lanka
This page reports the local time in Poonapitiya, North Western Province, Sri Lanka, set by the Asia/Colombo time zone (+5:30).
Poonapitiya, Sri Lanka
Saturday, 17 October 2026
UTC+5:30 · Asia/Colombo
Local time in Poonapitiya
UTC+5:30 · no daylight saving time
Poonapitiya keeps Asia/Colombo clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 5:59 AM Solar noon 11:57 AM Sunset 5:56 PM Daylight 11 h 57 min Night 12 h 03 min Civil twilight 5:38 AM – 6:17 PM
Weather in Poonapitiya right now
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Poonapitiya and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 61250 Mundel — 5.0 km away
- 61004 Udappuwa — 5.6 km away
- 61252 Kottantivu — 6.1 km away
- 61266 Mangalaeliya — 7.0 km away
- 61262 Baranankattuwa — 8.8 km away
- 61264 Angunawila — 8.9 km away
- 61270 Madurankuliya — 9.3 km away
- 61274 Mukkutoduwawa — 11.9 km away
- 61244 Nalladarankattuwa — 12.9 km away
- 61272 Mahakumbukkadawala — 13.2 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
- Wattakkaliya — 23.0 km
- Akkarayankotuwa — 23.1 km
- Thimbilla — 23.2 km
- Aluthwatta — 23.6 km
- Egodawatta — 23.7 km
- Ichchampitiya — 23.9 km
Time and daylight in Poonapitiya
The clock reading for Poonapitiya covers nearby Wattakkaliya and Akkarayankotuwa as well.
10 postal codes are in use across Poonapitiya.
Poonapitiya runs on Asia/Colombo, which sits UTC+5:30 relative to Coordinated Universal Time. Daylight saving in effect: No.
In Poonapitiya today the sun is out from 5:59 AM until 5:56 PM. That comes to 11 h 57 min of daylight.
Questions and answers
- What time zone applies in Poonapitiya?
- In Poonapitiya, the applicable time zone is Asia/Colombo, with an offset of +5:30.
- Does Poonapitiya go on summer time?
- Daylight saving in Poonapitiya: No.
- What time does the sun set in Poonapitiya?
- The sun sets in Poonapitiya at 5:56 PM.