Ja Ela in numbers
- Coordinates
- 7.0744, 79.8919
- Population
- 32 175
- Region
- Western Province
- Country
- Sri Lanka, Asia
- Capital
- Colombo — 16 km away
What time is it in Ja Ela, Western Province, Sri Lanka
This page holds the current clock reading for Ja Ela, Western Province, Sri Lanka, in the Asia/Colombo time zone (+5:30).
Ja Ela, Sri Lanka
Wednesday, 4 November 2026
UTC+5:30 · Asia/Colombo
Local time in Ja Ela
UTC+5:30 · no daylight saving time
What the clock shows right now in Ja Ela.
The sun today
Sunrise 5:59 AM Solar noon 11:55 AM Sunset 5:51 PM Daylight 11 h 51 min Night 12 h 09 min Civil twilight 5:38 AM – 6:12 PM
Weather in Ja Ela right now
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Ja Ela and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 11350 Ja-Ela — 0.0 km away
- 11320 Kandana — 2.9 km away
- 11380 Ekala — 3.6 km away
- 11324 Polpithimukulana — 3.6 km away
- 11354 Niwandama — 4.4 km away
- 11011 Batuwatta — 4.5 km away
- 11328 Uswetakeiyawa — 4.8 km away
- 11012 Walpola (WP) — 5.0 km away
- 11358 Makewita — 5.3 km away
- 11370 Pamunugama — 5.6 km away
- 11010 Ragama — 5.7 km away
- 11410 Seeduwa — 6.3 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 Western Province
- Colombo 648 034
- Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia 219 827
- Maharagama 195 355
- Moratuwa 168 280
- Negombo 137 223
- Pita Kotte 118 179
Same time zone — Asia/Colombo
- Colombo Sri Lanka
Nearby places
- Indiwitiya — 0.9 km
- Hapugoda — 2.9 km
- Kandana — 2.9 km
- Gonagaha — 6.0 km
- Halanduruwa — 6.7 km
- Horagolla — 7.2 km
About the time in Ja Ela
Ja Ela, Indiwitiya and Kandana all run on one and the same time.
Ja Ela is split into 12 postal code areas.
Ja Ela sits in the Asia/Colombo time zone, which runs at UTC+5:30. Daylight saving time: No.
Today Ja Ela gets sunrise at 5:59 AM and sunset at 5:51 PM. That leaves 11 h 51 min of daylight.
Questions and answers
- How is the time zone for Ja Ela identified?
- The time zone for Ja Ela is identified as Asia/Colombo, with an offset of +5:30.
- Is there a seasonal clock change in Ja Ela?
- No.
- When should I expect the sun to set in Ja Ela?
- Expect it at 5:51 PM.