Jaffna in numbers
- Coordinates
- 9.6684, 80.0074
- Population
- 169 102
- Region
- Northern Province
- Country
- Sri Lanka, Asia
- Capital
- Colombo — 304 km away
What time is it in Jaffna, Northern Province, Sri Lanka
On this page you will find the exact local time in Jaffna, Northern Province, Sri Lanka, in the Asia/Colombo time zone (+5:30).
Jaffna, Sri Lanka
Sunday, 1 November 2026
UTC+5:30 · Asia/Colombo
Local time in Jaffna
UTC+5:30 · no daylight saving time
What the clock shows right now in Jaffna.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:01 AM Solar noon 11:55 AM Sunset 5:48 PM Daylight 11 h 47 min Night 12 h 13 min Civil twilight 5:40 AM – 6:10 PM
Weather in Jaffna right now
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Jaffna and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 40000
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 Northern Province
- Point Pedro 89 810
- Valvedditturai 78 205
- Vavuniya 60 176
- Mannar 35 817
- Mullaittivu 28 973
- Kilinochchi 13 006
Same time zone — Asia/Colombo
- Colombo Sri Lanka
Nearby places
- Koddady — 0.2 km
- Fort — 0.4 km
- Grand Bazaar — 0.6 km
- Vannarpannai — 0.9 km
- Chirampiyadi — 1.1 km
- Jaffna Division — 1.2 km
Jaffna: clock, sun and surroundings
Jaffna spans 1 postal code.
People in Jaffna keep Asia/Colombo, a zone offset of UTC+5:30. Seasonal time change: No.
Sunrise comes to Jaffna at 6:01 AM and sunset at 5:48 PM today. Together that makes 11 h 47 min of light.
The clock in nearby Koddady and Fort follows Jaffna.
Questions and answers
- What should I enter as the time zone for Jaffna?
- Enter Asia/Colombo as the time zone for Jaffna; its offset is +5:30.
- Does Jaffna go on summer time?
- Daylight saving in Jaffna: No.
- What time is sunset in Jaffna?
- It is 5:48 PM.