Pettah in numbers
- Coordinates
- 8.9796, 79.9111
- Region
- Northern Province
- Country
- Sri Lanka, Asia
- Capital
- Colombo — 227 km away
- Same name
- 2 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Pettah, Northern Province, Sri Lanka
This is a live clock for Pettah, Northern Province, Sri Lanka, showing local time in the Asia/Colombo zone (+5:30).
Pettah, Sri Lanka
Saturday, 24 October 2026
UTC+5:30 · Asia/Colombo
Local time in Pettah
UTC+5:30 · no daylight saving time
Pettah keeps Asia/Colombo clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:00 AM Solar noon 11:56 AM Sunset 5:52 PM Daylight 11 h 52 min Night 12 h 08 min Civil twilight 5:38 AM – 6:13 PM
Weather in Pettah right now
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Pettah and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 41000 Mannar — 1.3 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 Northern Province
- Jaffna 169 102
- Point Pedro 89 810
- Valvedditturai 78 205
- Vavuniya 60 176
- Mannar 35 817
- Mullaittivu 28 973
Other places named Pettah
Same time zone — Asia/Colombo
- Colombo Sri Lanka
Nearby places
- Pasikkulam — 14.6 km
- Parikarimadu — 14.6 km
- Kumilamoddai — 14.6 km
- Vankalaikkulam — 15.0 km
- Chiruveli — 15.0 km
- Avanam — 15.0 km
Time and daylight in Pettah
The area of Pettah is divided into 1 postal code.
Local time in Pettah is governed by Asia/Colombo at UTC+5:30. Daylight saving observed: No.
Today's schedule for Pettah: sunrise 6:00 AM, sunset 5:52 PM. That gives 11 h 52 min of daylight.
You will find the same time in Pasikkulam and Parikarimadu, both near Pettah.
Questions and answers
- What is the local time zone in Pettah?
- The local time zone in Pettah is Asia/Colombo, with an offset of +5:30.
- Are daylight saving rules used in Pettah?
- Daylight saving time in Pettah: No.
- At what hour does the sun set in Pettah?
- At 5:52 PM.