Vavuniya District in numbers
- Coordinates
- 8.8613, 80.4758
- Region
- Northern Province
- Country
- Sri Lanka, Asia
- Capital
- Colombo — 225 km away
What time is it in Vavuniya District, Northern Province, Sri Lanka
This page carries the current local time for Vavuniya District, Northern Province, Sri Lanka, in the Asia/Colombo time zone (+5:30).
Vavuniya District, Sri Lanka
Saturday, 17 October 2026
UTC+5:30 · Asia/Colombo
Local time in Vavuniya District
UTC+5:30 · no daylight saving time
What the clock shows right now in Vavuniya District.
The sun today
Sunrise 5:57 AM Solar noon 11:55 AM Sunset 5:52 PM Daylight 11 h 55 min Night 12 h 05 min Civil twilight 5:36 AM – 6:13 PM
Weather in Vavuniya District right now
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Vavuniya District and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 43000 Vavuniya — 12.4 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
Same time zone — Asia/Colombo
- Colombo Sri Lanka
Nearby places
- Nawakkulam — 21.4 km
- Puliyankulama — 21.4 km
- Puliyankulama — 21.4 km
- Prabodhagama — 21.7 km
- Alagala — 21.7 km
- Pahala Galkandegama — 21.8 km
Time and daylight in Vavuniya District
Clocks in Vavuniya District take Asia/Colombo as their zone, reading UTC+5:30. Daylight saving time applies: No.
Sunrise arrives in Vavuniya District at 5:57 AM today and the sun goes down at 5:52 PM. That gives the day 11 h 55 min of light.
For nearby Nawakkulam and Puliyankulama, use the time shown for Vavuniya District.
Postal designations for Vavuniya District total 1.
Questions and answers
- What time zone is Vavuniya District in?
- Vavuniya District is in the Asia/Colombo time zone, with an offset of +5:30.
- Is a seasonal hour added to the clock in Vavuniya District?
- No.
- What is the sunrise time for Vavuniya District?
- 5:57 AM.