Moratuwa in numbers
- Coordinates
- 6.7730, 79.8816
- Population
- 168 280
- Region
- Western Province
- Country
- Sri Lanka, Asia
- Capital
- Colombo — 18 km away
- Same name
- 2 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Moratuwa, Western Province, Sri Lanka
Below you can see what the time is in Moratuwa, Western Province, Sri Lanka now, in the Asia/Colombo zone (+5:30).
Moratuwa, Sri Lanka
Tuesday, 3 November 2026
UTC+5:30 · Asia/Colombo
Local time in Moratuwa
UTC+5:30 · no daylight saving time
Moratuwa 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 5:37 AM – 6:13 PM
Weather in Moratuwa right now
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Moratuwa and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 10400
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
- Negombo 137 223
- Pita Kotte 118 179
- Sri Jayewardenepura Kotte 115 826
Other places named Moratuwa
Same time zone — Asia/Colombo
- Colombo Sri Lanka
Nearby places
- Horetuduwa — 1.2 km
- Indibedda — 1.7 km
- Rawatawatta — 2.1 km
- Gorakana — 2.5 km
- Kaduruduwa — 3.0 km
- Henemulla — 3.1 km
Local time details for Moratuwa
The postal code count for Moratuwa is 1.
The time standard for Moratuwa is Asia/Colombo at UTC+5:30. Daylight saving time applies here: No.
Sunrise happens at 5:59 AM in Moratuwa today and sunset at 5:51 PM. That marks 11 h 52 min of daylight.
Moratuwa, Horetuduwa and Indibedda all run on one and the same time.
Questions and answers
- Should Asia/Colombo be used as the time zone for Moratuwa?
- Yes, Moratuwa uses Asia/Colombo, whose offset is +5:30.
- Is summer time in effect in Moratuwa at some point in the year?
- Daylight saving observed in Moratuwa: No.
- How do I know when the sun sets in Moratuwa?
- Sunset there is at 5:51 PM.