Fort in numbers
- Coordinates
- 6.9389, 79.8436
- Region
- Western Province
- Country
- Sri Lanka, Asia
- Capital
- Colombo — 1 km away
- Same name
- 8 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Fort, Western Province, Sri Lanka
This page shows what the clocks read right now in Fort, Western Province, Sri Lanka, in the Asia/Colombo zone (+5:30).
Fort, Sri Lanka
Wednesday, 4 November 2026
UTC+5:30 · Asia/Colombo
Local time in Fort
UTC+5:30 · no daylight saving time
Local time in Fort, Western Province.
The sun today
Sunrise 5:59 AM Solar noon 11:55 AM Sunset 5:51 PM Daylight 11 h 52 min Night 12 h 08 min Civil twilight 5:38 AM – 6:13 PM
Weather in Fort right now
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Fort and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 00100
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 Western Province
- Colombo 648 034
- Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia 219 827
- Maharagama 195 355
- Moratuwa 168 280
- Negombo 137 223
- Pita Kotte 118 179
Other places named Fort
- Fort Drenthe, Netherlands
- Fort Piedmont, Italy
- Fort Flanders, Belgium
- Fort Hradec Králové Region, Czech Republic
- Fort Centre, Haiti
Same time zone — Asia/Colombo
- Colombo Sri Lanka
Nearby places
- Havelock Town — 6.4 km
- Gotatuwa — 6.7 km
- Alwis Town — 6.8 km
- Hendala — 7.2 km
- Himbutuwegoda — 8.1 km
- Kalubowila — 8.7 km
Fort: clock, sun and surroundings
Fort shares its time with neighbouring Havelock Town and Gotatuwa.
The full list of postal codes for Fort runs to 1.
The time standard for Fort is Asia/Colombo at UTC+5:30. Daylight saving time applies here: No.
The sun rises over Fort today at 5:59 AM and slips away at 5:51 PM. That leaves 11 h 52 min of daylight.
Questions and answers
- What time zone governs the clock in Fort?
- The clock in Fort follows Asia/Colombo, with an offset of +5:30.
- Does Fort go on summer time?
- Daylight saving in Fort: No.
- What is the sunset time for Fort?
- 5:51 PM.