Karathota in numbers
- Coordinates
- 6.0598, 80.6707
- Region
- Southern Province
- Country
- Sri Lanka, Asia
- Capital
- Colombo — 133 km away
What time is it in Karathota, Southern Province, Sri Lanka
This page keeps the current time in Karathota, Southern Province, Sri Lanka, according to the Asia/Colombo zone (+5:30).
Karathota, Sri Lanka
Saturday, 17 October 2026
UTC+5:30 · Asia/Colombo
Local time in Karathota
UTC+5:30 · no daylight saving time
Local time in Karathota, Southern Province.
The sun today
Sunrise 5:54 AM Solar noon 11:54 AM Sunset 5:53 PM Daylight 11 h 59 min Night 12 h 01 min Civil twilight 5:33 AM – 6:14 PM
Weather in Karathota right now
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Karathota and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 81318 Karatota — 0.9 km away
- 82420 Getamanna — 3.3 km away
- 81294 Walakanda — 3.7 km away
- 81302 Narawelpita — 3.9 km away
- 81300 Hakmana — 3.9 km away
- 82414 Nihiluwa — 4.2 km away
- 82418 Yatigala — 5.6 km away
- 81290 Puhulwella — 6.1 km away
- 81230 Urugamuwa — 6.1 km away
- 81314 Denagama — 6.2 km away
- 81312 Miella — 6.5 km away
- 82401 Goda Koggalla — 6.9 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
- Batheegama Central — 10.4 km
- Belideniya — 11.0 km
- Pathegama Central — 11.2 km
- Lunukalapuwa — 11.5 km
- Godauda — 12.4 km
- Kunukalapuwa — 12.4 km
Karathota: clock, sun and surroundings
Places close to Karathota, among them Batheegama Central and Belideniya, share its time.
Karathota accounts for 12 postal codes.
Local clocks in Karathota follow the Asia/Colombo zone, UTC+5:30. Do they shift for daylight saving? No.
Sunrise time for Karathota today is 5:54 AM; sunset time is 5:53 PM. Daylight fills 11 h 59 min.
Questions and answers
- Which local time zone does Karathota follow?
- Karathota follows Asia/Colombo, with an offset of +5:30.
- Does daylight saving time have any effect on the clock in Karathota?
- Daylight saving in Karathota: No.
- What hour brings sunrise in Karathota?
- The hour is 5:54 AM.