Ketantota in numbers
- Coordinates
- 6.2311, 80.0555
- Region
- Southern Province
- Country
- Sri Lanka, Asia
- Capital
- Colombo — 82 km away
What time is it in Ketantota, Southern Province, Sri Lanka
Local time right now in Ketantota, Southern Province, Sri Lanka appears above, in the Asia/Colombo time zone (+5:30).
Ketantota, Sri Lanka
Saturday, 17 October 2026
UTC+5:30 · Asia/Colombo
Local time in Ketantota
UTC+5:30 · no daylight saving time
Ketantota keeps Asia/Colombo clock_time.
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 Ketantota right now
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Ketantota and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 80300 Ambalangoda — 0.5 km away
- 80302 Godahena — 2.4 km away
- 80340 Watugedara — 2.6 km away
- 80360 Karandeniya — 5.1 km away
- 80550 Balapitiya — 5.6 km away
- 80312 Kahawa — 5.7 km away
- 80330 Meetiyagoda — 5.8 km away
- 80318 Nindana — 6.1 km away
- 80320 Batapola — 7.8 km away
- 80328 Kuleegoda — 7.8 km away
- 80562 Ahungalla — 9.5 km away
- 80332 Aluthwala — 10.9 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
- Mahamodara — 26.8 km
- Kaluwella — 27.8 km
- Weliwatta — 28.1 km
- Galupiyadda — 28.3 km
- Cheena Koratuwa — 28.3 km
- China Garden — 28.3 km
About the time in Ketantota
The zone that governs Ketantota is Asia/Colombo at UTC+5:30. Whether the clocks move seasonally: No.
The sky over Ketantota lightens at 5:57 AM and the sun sets at 5:56 PM. Daylight runs for 11 h 59 min today.
Places close to Ketantota, among them Mahamodara and Kaluwella, share its time.
Ketantota appears under 12 postal codes.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone does Ketantota use?
- Ketantota uses Asia/Colombo, which has an offset of +5:30.
- Does Ketantota take part in daylight saving time?
- Daylight saving time in Ketantota: No.
- Is there a set time for sunrise in Ketantota?
- Today the sun rises at 5:57 AM.