Galatara in numbers
- Coordinates
- 7.2167, 80.4167
- Region
- Sabaragamuwa Province
- Country
- Sri Lanka, Asia
- Capital
- Colombo — 70 km away
What time is it in Galatara, Sabaragamuwa Province, Sri Lanka
This page shows what the clocks read right now in Galatara, Sabaragamuwa Province, Sri Lanka, in the Asia/Colombo zone (+5:30).
Galatara, Sri Lanka
Monday, 9 November 2026
UTC+5:30 · Asia/Colombo
Local time in Galatara
UTC+5:30 · no daylight saving time
What the clock shows right now in Galatara.
The sun today
Sunrise 5:59 AM Solar noon 11:53 AM Sunset 5:48 PM Daylight 11 h 50 min Night 12 h 10 min Civil twilight 5:37 AM – 6:10 PM
Weather in Galatara right now
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Galatara and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 71505
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 Sabaragamuwa Province
Same time zone — Asia/Colombo
- Colombo Sri Lanka
Nearby places
- Meramitipana — 4.4 km
- Kalwane — 4.5 km
- Hindeniya — 5.5 km
- Hinguloya — 5.6 km
- Idampitiya — 6.1 km
- Hettimulla — 6.5 km
Time and daylight in Galatara
Galatara takes in 1 postal code.
Galatara keeps the Asia/Colombo zone, which is UTC+5:30. Whether summer time is observed: No.
Galatara sees first light at 5:59 AM today and the sun sets at 5:48 PM. Daylight totals 11 h 50 min.
Neighbouring Meramitipana and Kalwane keep the same hours as Galatara.
Questions and answers
- What time zone does Galatara observe?
- Galatara observes Asia/Colombo, whose offset is +5:30.
- Does Galatara use summer time?
- No.
- What time does the day start in Galatara?
- The sun rises at 5:59 AM.