Vavuniya in numbers
- Coordinates
- 8.8347, 80.4562
- Population
- 60 176
- Region
- Northern Province
- Country
- Sri Lanka, Asia
- Capital
- Colombo — 222 km away
What time is it in Vavuniya, Northern Province, Sri Lanka
This page displays how late it is in Vavuniya, Northern Province, Sri Lanka, in the Asia/Colombo time zone (+5:30).
Vavuniya, Sri Lanka
Monday, 9 November 2026
UTC+5:30 · Asia/Colombo
Local time in Vavuniya
UTC+5:30 · no daylight saving time
What the clock shows right now in Vavuniya.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:00 AM Solar noon 11:53 AM Sunset 5:46 PM Daylight 11 h 46 min Night 12 h 14 min Civil twilight 5:39 AM – 6:08 PM
Weather in Vavuniya right now
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Vavuniya and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 43000
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
- Mannar 35 817
- Mullaittivu 28 973
- Kilinochchi 13 006
Same time zone — Asia/Colombo
- Colombo Sri Lanka
Nearby places
- Nugagahawadiya — 19.6 km
- Ilakkawiddawewa — 20.3 km
- Maha Puliyankulama — 20.5 km
- Katkulam — 20.6 km
- Tudarikkulam — 20.7 km
- Timbiriwewa — 21.0 km
About the time in Vavuniya
The postal system lists 1 codes for Vavuniya.
Vavuniya sets its clocks by Asia/Colombo, which runs UTC+5:30. Daylight saving time here: No.
For Vavuniya today, sunrise is 6:00 AM and sunset is 5:46 PM. Daylight lasts 11 h 46 min.
The hours shown for Vavuniya apply equally in Nugagahawadiya and Ilakkawiddawewa.
Questions and answers
- What time zone label is used for Vavuniya?
- The time zone label used for Vavuniya is Asia/Colombo, with an offset of +5:30.
- Is there a daylight saving time change in Vavuniya?
- Daylight saving in Vavuniya: No.
- What time is first light in Vavuniya?
- The sun rises at 6:00 AM.