Kelaniya in numbers
- Coordinates
- 6.9553, 79.9220
- Population
- 28 846
- Region
- Western Province
- Country
- Sri Lanka, Asia
- Capital
- Colombo — 8 km away
What time is it in Kelaniya, Western Province, Sri Lanka
Check the current local time in Kelaniya, Western Province, Sri Lanka, which sits in the Asia/Colombo time zone (+5:30).
Kelaniya, Sri Lanka
Wednesday, 4 November 2026
UTC+5:30 · Asia/Colombo
Local time in Kelaniya
UTC+5:30 · no daylight saving time
Kelaniya keeps Asia/Colombo clock_time.
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 – 6:12 PM
Weather in Kelaniya right now
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Kelaniya and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 11600
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
- Himbutuwegoda — 1.6 km
- Gonawala — 1.9 km
- Iriyawetiya — 2.7 km
- Hatigalla — 2.8 km
- Gotatuwa — 3.7 km
- Gongitota — 5.4 km
Local time details for Kelaniya
The same hours are kept in Kelaniya and in nearby Himbutuwegoda and Gonawala.
1 postal code correspond to Kelaniya.
For Kelaniya the applicable zone is Asia/Colombo, running UTC+5:30. Daylight saving time: No.
Sunrise time for Kelaniya today is 5:59 AM; sunset time is 5:51 PM. Daylight fills 11 h 52 min.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone setting matches Kelaniya?
- The time zone setting that matches Kelaniya is Asia/Colombo, with an offset of +5:30.
- Does Kelaniya have a daylight saving period?
- Daylight saving in Kelaniya: No.
- How early in the evening does the sun set in Kelaniya?
- It sets at 5:51 PM.