Hambantota in numbers
- Coordinates
- 6.1241, 81.1185
- Population
- 19 999
- Region
- Southern Province
- Country
- Sri Lanka, Asia
- Capital
- Colombo — 167 km away
What time is it in Hambantota, Southern Province, Sri Lanka
Find the present-moment local time in Hambantota, Southern Province, Sri Lanka, which uses Asia/Colombo (+5:30).
Hambantota, Sri Lanka
Saturday, 31 October 2026
UTC+5:30 · Asia/Colombo
Local time in Hambantota
UTC+5:30 · no daylight saving time
Local time in Hambantota, Southern Province.
The sun today
Sunrise 5:53 AM Solar noon 11:50 AM Sunset 5:48 PM Daylight 11 h 55 min Night 12 h 05 min Civil twilight 5:32 AM – 6:09 PM
Weather in Hambantota right now
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Hambantota and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 82000
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
Same time zone — Asia/Colombo
- Colombo Sri Lanka
Nearby places
- Karagangoda — 1.5 km
- Nelunpatwila — 2.5 km
- Mirijjavila — 3.2 km
- Mirijjawala — 3.3 km
- Arabokka — 3.7 km
- Siribopura — 4.0 km
Hambantota: clock, sun and surroundings
Postal codes assigned across Hambantota total 1.
Local time in Hambantota comes from the Asia/Colombo zone, UTC+5:30. Daylight saving time: No.
Daylight in Hambantota starts at 5:53 AM and ends at 5:48 PM today. It lasts 11 h 55 min.
Hambantota shares its time with neighbouring Karagangoda and Nelunpatwila.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone should I use for Hambantota?
- Use Asia/Colombo for Hambantota; its offset is +5:30.
- Does daylight saving time apply in Hambantota?
- No.
- What are the sunrise and sunset times in Hambantota?
- Sunrise 5:53 AM, sunset 5:48 PM.