Ambalantota in numbers
- Coordinates
- 6.1196, 81.0214
- Population
- 80 506
- Region
- Southern Province
- Country
- Sri Lanka, Asia
- Capital
- Colombo — 158 km away
What time is it in Ambalantota, Southern Province, Sri Lanka
Right now in Ambalantota, Southern Province, Sri Lanka the local time is the one shown here, in the Asia/Colombo zone (+5:30).
Ambalantota, Sri Lanka
Monday, 2 November 2026
UTC+5:30 · Asia/Colombo
Local time in Ambalantota
UTC+5:30 · no daylight saving time
Local time in Ambalantota, Southern Province.
The sun today
Sunrise 5:54 AM Solar noon 11:51 AM Sunset 5:48 PM Daylight 11 h 54 min Night 12 h 06 min Civil twilight 5:32 AM – 6:09 PM
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Ambalantota and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 82100
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 Southern Province
- Galle 93 118
- Matara 76 254
- Beliatta 58 675
- Ambalangoda 56 783
- Devinuwara 45 000
- Bentota 37 000
Same time zone — Asia/Colombo
- Colombo Sri Lanka
Nearby places
- Tawaluwila — 0.6 km
- Thawaluvila — 0.8 km
- Wanduruppa — 1.0 km
- Puhulyaya — 1.1 km
- Walawe — 1.4 km
- Diyagasgoda — 1.4 km
Time and daylight in Ambalantota
Nearby settlements including Tawaluwila and Thawaluvila match the time in Ambalantota.
Across Ambalantota, 1 postal code is recorded.
The applicable time zone for Ambalantota is Asia/Colombo, offset UTC+5:30. Seasonal clock change applies: No.
Today at Ambalantota, the sun rises at 5:54 AM and sets at 5:48 PM. That gives 11 h 54 min of daylight.
Questions and answers
- Is Ambalantota in a specific time zone?
- Yes, Ambalantota is in the Asia/Colombo time zone, with an offset of +5:30.
- Is the hour in Ambalantota changed for daylight saving at any time of year?
- No.
- What is the sunset time for Ambalantota?
- 5:48 PM.