Kataragama in numbers
- Coordinates
- 6.4134, 81.3346
- Population
- 20 935
- Region
- Uva Province
- Country
- Sri Lanka, Asia
- Capital
- Colombo — 174 km away
What time is it in Kataragama, Uva Province, Sri Lanka
See the local time in Kataragama, Uva Province, Sri Lanka right now, measured in the Asia/Colombo time zone (+5:30).
Kataragama, Sri Lanka
Friday, 4 September 2026
UTC+5:30 · Asia/Colombo
Local time in Kataragama
UTC+5:30 · no daylight saving time
Local time in Kataragama, Uva Province.
The sun today
Sunrise 05:59 Solar noon 12:05 Sunset 18:12 Daylight 12 h 13 min Night 11 h 47 min Civil twilight 05:38 – 18:33
Weather in Kataragama right now
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Kataragama and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 91400
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 Uva Province
Same time zone — Asia/Colombo
- Colombo Sri Lanka
Nearby places
- Dalikanuwa — 10.2 km
- Kohombagahapelessa — 10.3 km
- Weerahela — 10.5 km
- Colony Number Five — 10.8 km
- Uddhakandara — 11.7 km
- Jayagama — 12.2 km
Local time details for Kataragama
Chandanagama and Tanjanagaram sit nearby and do not run ahead of or behind Kataragama.
There is 1 postal code zones in Kataragama.
The clock in Kataragama is set to Asia/Colombo, offset UTC+5:30. Daylight saving time in use: No.
Today in Kataragama, daylight opens at 05:59 and closes at 18:12. That span measures 12 h 13 min.
Questions and answers
- What time zone is Kataragama in?
- Kataragama is in the Asia/Colombo time zone, with an offset of +5:30.
- Is daylight saving time in force in Kataragama?
- Daylight saving in Kataragama: No.
- What hour brings sunset in Kataragama?
- The hour is 18:12.