Idantota in numbers
- Coordinates
- 6.2190, 80.0627
- Region
- Southern Province
- Country
- Sri Lanka, Asia
- Capital
- Colombo — 83 km away
What time is it in Idantota, Southern Province, Sri Lanka
The time you see here is the local time in Idantota, Southern Province, Sri Lanka, in the Asia/Colombo time zone (+5:30).
Idantota, Sri Lanka
Saturday, 17 October 2026
UTC+5:30 · Asia/Colombo
Local time in Idantota
UTC+5:30 · no daylight saving time
What the clock shows right now in Idantota.
The sun today
Sunrise 5:57 AM Solar noon 11:56 AM Sunset 5:56 PM Daylight 11 h 59 min Night 12 h 01 min Civil twilight 5:36 AM – 6:17 PM
Weather in Idantota right now
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Idantota and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 80300 Ambalangoda — 2.1 km away
- 80302 Godahena — 2.6 km away
- 80340 Watugedara — 4.0 km away
- 80312 Kahawa — 4.2 km away
- 80330 Meetiyagoda — 4.3 km away
- 80318 Nindana — 4.8 km away
- 80360 Karandeniya — 6.0 km away
- 80320 Batapola — 6.9 km away
- 80328 Kuleegoda — 6.9 km away
- 80550 Balapitiya — 7.2 km away
- 80332 Aluthwala — 9.6 km away
- 80240 Hikkaduwa — 9.7 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
Same time zone — Asia/Colombo
- Colombo Sri Lanka
Nearby places
- Kaluwella — 26.3 km
- Weliwatta — 26.6 km
- Galupiyadda — 26.7 km
- Cheena Koratuwa — 26.7 km
- China Garden — 26.8 km
- Pettigalawatta — 26.8 km
Local time details for Idantota
Idantota is mapped by 12 postal codes.
Idantota observes Asia/Colombo time, currently expressed as UTC+5:30. Daylight saving time here: No.
The horizon brightens over Idantota at 5:57 AM, and the sun sets at 5:56 PM. Daylight runs 11 h 59 min.
Kaluwella and Weliwatta are near Idantota and do not differ from it in time.
Questions and answers
- Do you know which time zone Idantota uses?
- Idantota uses the Asia/Colombo time zone, with an offset of +5:30.
- Does the local time in Idantota change with daylight saving?
- No.
- What time does the sun set in Idantota?
- The sun sets in Idantota at 5:56 PM.