Galketiya in numbers
- Coordinates
- 6.0222, 80.2405
- Region
- Southern Province
- Country
- Sri Lanka, Asia
- Capital
- Colombo — 110 km away
- Same name
- 2 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Galketiya, Southern Province, Sri Lanka
Use this page to see what time it is in Galketiya, Southern Province, Sri Lanka — the Asia/Colombo zone applies there (+5:30).
Galketiya, Sri Lanka
Friday, 16 October 2026
UTC+5:30 · Asia/Colombo
Local time in Galketiya
UTC+5:30 · no daylight saving time
Galketiya keeps Asia/Colombo clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 5:56 AM Solar noon 11:56 AM Sunset 5:55 PM Daylight 11 h 59 min Night 12 h 01 min Civil twilight 5:35 AM – 6:16 PM
Weather in Galketiya right now
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Galketiya and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 80600 Unawatuna — 1.1 km away
- 80000 Galle — 3.1 km away
- 80046 Walahanduwa — 3.9 km away
- 80615 Talpe — 4.9 km away
- 80044 Anangoda — 5.0 km away
- 80048 Ankokkawala — 6.2 km away
- 80630 Habaraduwa — 6.7 km away
- 80280 Gintota — 7.9 km away
- 80056 Hiyare — 8.2 km away
- 80058 Talagampola — 8.2 km away
- 80054 Gonamulla Junction — 8.2 km away
- 80122 Angulugaha — 8.4 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 Southern Province
- Galle 93 118
- Ambalantota 80 506
- Matara 76 254
- Beliatta 58 675
- Ambalangoda 56 783
- Devinuwara 45 000
Other places named Galketiya
Same time zone — Asia/Colombo
- Colombo Sri Lanka
Nearby places
- Liyanagoda — 7.5 km
- Ambalammullagoda — 8.8 km
- Koggala Colony — 10.0 km
- Koggala — 10.4 km
- Medagoda — 11.4 km
- Gurukanda — 11.4 km
About the time in Galketiya
Within Galketiya, postal codes number 12.
Time zone for Galketiya: Asia/Colombo, running at UTC+5:30. Clocks change for daylight saving: No.
Galketiya sees first light at 5:56 AM today and the sun sets at 5:55 PM. Daylight totals 11 h 59 min.
The clock in Galketiya matches the clock in nearby Liyanagoda and Ambalammullagoda.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone is used in Galketiya?
- The time zone used in Galketiya is Asia/Colombo, with an offset of +5:30.
- Do I need to account for daylight saving time in Galketiya?
- Daylight saving time in Galketiya: No.
- What time will the sun rise in Galketiya today?
- Today it rises at 5:56 AM.