Karatota in numbers
- Coordinates
- 6.0667, 80.6667
- Region
- Southern Province
- Country
- Sri Lanka, Asia
- Capital
- Colombo — 132 km away
What time is it in Karatota, Southern Province, Sri Lanka
You can see the current local time of Karatota, Southern Province, Sri Lanka on this page, in the Asia/Colombo zone (+5:30).
Karatota, Sri Lanka
Saturday, 17 October 2026
UTC+5:30 · Asia/Colombo
Local time in Karatota
UTC+5:30 · no daylight saving time
Karatota keeps Asia/Colombo clock_time.
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 Karatota right now
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Karatota and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 81318
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 — 11.2 km
- Belideniya — 11.7 km
- Pathegama Central — 11.8 km
- Lunukalapuwa — 12.2 km
- Godauda — 13.1 km
- Kunukalapuwa — 13.1 km
Time and daylight in Karatota
The number of postal codes covering Karatota is 1.
Karatota sets its clocks by Asia/Colombo, which runs UTC+5:30. Daylight saving time here: No.
In Karatota the sun appears at 5:54 AM and disappears at 5:53 PM today. Daylight stretches 11 h 59 min.
No adjustment is needed moving between Karatota, Batheegama Central and Belideniya.
Questions and answers
- Do you know which time zone Karatota uses?
- Karatota uses the Asia/Colombo time zone, with an offset of +5:30.
- Is a seasonal hour added to the clock in Karatota?
- No.
- What time is sunset in Karatota?
- It is 5:53 PM.