Gatara in numbers
- Coordinates
- 6.0833, 80.5500
- Region
- Southern Province
- Country
- Sri Lanka, Asia
- Capital
- Colombo — 122 km away
- Same name
- 4 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Gatara, Southern Province, Sri Lanka
This page shows, minute by minute, the local time in Gatara, Southern Province, Sri Lanka, in the Asia/Colombo zone (+5:30).
Gatara, Sri Lanka
Friday, 16 October 2026
UTC+5:30 · Asia/Colombo
Local time in Gatara
UTC+5:30 · no daylight saving time
Local time in Gatara, Southern Province.
The sun today
Sunrise 5:55 AM Solar noon 11:54 AM Sunset 5:54 PM Daylight 11 h 59 min Night 12 h 01 min Civil twilight 5:34 AM – 6:15 PM
Weather in Gatara right now
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Gatara and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 81100 Kamburupitiya — 1.8 km away
- 81404 Wilpita — 4.7 km away
- 81108 Horapawita — 4.8 km away
- 81106 Karaputugala — 5.5 km away
- 81070 Makandura — 6.0 km away
- 81020 Kekanadurra — 6.7 km away
- 81082 Karagoda Uyangoda — 6.7 km away
- 81064 Ransegoda — 6.7 km away
- 81060 Telijjawila — 6.7 km away
- 81017 Naimana — 6.7 km away
- 81402 Athuraliya — 7.4 km away
- 81280 Thihagoda — 7.6 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 Gatara
- Gatara Kayanza, Burundi
- Gatara Murang'A, Kenya
- Gatara Karnali Pradesh, Nepal
- Gatara Karnali Pradesh, Nepal
Same time zone — Asia/Colombo
- Colombo Sri Lanka
Nearby places
- Hittetiya Central — 13.1 km
- Matara Four Gravet — 13.5 km
- Hamanduwa — 13.5 km
- Wewahamanduwa — 13.5 km
- Katapodduwa — 13.5 km
- Motagedara — 13.8 km
About the time in Gatara
Gatara gets its sunrise at 5:55 AM and its sunset at 5:54 PM today. Daylight lasts a full 11 h 59 min.
The hour in Gatara is the hour in Hittetiya Central and Matara Four Gravet as well.
Gatara includes 12 postal codes.
Gatara follows Asia/Colombo, giving it a UTC+5:30 offset. Does the zone observe daylight saving? No.
Questions and answers
- How should the time zone of Gatara be stated?
- It should be stated as Asia/Colombo, with an offset of +5:30.
- Do clocks change in Gatara during the year?
- Daylight saving in Gatara: No.
- Can you tell me the sunrise time in Gatara?
- In Gatara the sun rises at 5:55 AM.