Vellankarai in numbers
- Coordinates
- 8.1866, 79.7291
- Region
- North Western Province
- Country
- Sri Lanka, Asia
- Capital
- Colombo — 140 km away
What time is it in Vellankarai, North Western Province, Sri Lanka
This page holds the current clock reading for Vellankarai, North Western Province, Sri Lanka, in the Asia/Colombo time zone (+5:30).
Vellankarai, Sri Lanka
Saturday, 17 October 2026
UTC+5:30 · Asia/Colombo
Local time in Vellankarai
UTC+5:30 · no daylight saving time
Local time in Vellankarai, North Western Province.
The sun today
Sunrise 5:59 AM Solar noon 11:58 AM Sunset 5:56 PM Daylight 11 h 56 min Night 12 h 04 min Civil twilight 5:38 AM – 6:17 PM
Weather in Vellankarai right now
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Vellankarai and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 61360 Kalpitiya — 6.7 km away
- 61362 Kirimundalama — 6.7 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
- Wattacholai — 6.0 km
- Oddakkarai — 6.0 km
- Sottupitiyawadi — 6.1 km
- Palaikuda — 6.5 km
- Palakudawa — 6.7 km
- Talawila — 6.9 km
Local time details for Vellankarai
Local clocks in Vellankarai follow the Asia/Colombo zone, UTC+5:30. Do they shift for daylight saving? No.
Sunrise arrives in Vellankarai at 5:59 AM today and the sun goes down at 5:56 PM. That gives the day 11 h 56 min of light.
Wattacholai and Oddakkarai sit nearby and do not run ahead of or behind Vellankarai.
Addressing within Vellankarai draws on 2 postal codes.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone designation is used for Vellankarai?
- The designation used for Vellankarai is Asia/Colombo, with an offset of +5:30.
- Does Vellankarai change its clocks twice a year?
- Daylight saving time in Vellankarai: No.
- What hour brings sunrise in Vellankarai?
- The hour is 5:59 AM.