Pettah in numbers
- Coordinates
- 6.9393, 79.8524
- Region
- Western Province
- Country
- Sri Lanka, Asia
- Capital
- Colombo — 1 km away
- Same name
- 2 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Pettah, Western Province, Sri Lanka
The exact time in Pettah, Western Province, Sri Lanka is given here, for the Asia/Colombo time zone (+5:30).
Pettah, Sri Lanka
Saturday, 24 October 2026
UTC+5:30 · Asia/Colombo
Local time in Pettah
UTC+5:30 · no daylight saving time
Local time in Pettah, Western Province.
The sun today
Sunrise 5:58 AM Solar noon 11:56 AM Sunset 5:54 PM Daylight 11 h 55 min Night 12 h 05 min Civil twilight 5:37 AM – 6:15 PM
Weather in Pettah right now
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Pettah and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 00100 Fort — 1.0 km away
- 01300 Kotahena — 1.3 km away
- 01500 Mutwal — 2.0 km away
- 00200 Slave Island — 2.5 km away
- 00800 Borella — 3.4 km away
- 10600 Kolonnawa — 3.6 km away
- 11830 Peliyagoda — 4.7 km away
- 00400 Bambalapitiya — 5.3 km away
- 11104 Wattala — 6.0 km away
- 00500 Havelock Town — 6.2 km away
- 00300 Colpetty — 6.2 km away
- 00600 Wellawatta — 7.2 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
Other places named Pettah
Same time zone — Asia/Colombo
- Colombo Sri Lanka
Nearby places
- Gotatuwa — 5.8 km
- Havelock Town — 6.2 km
- Hendala — 6.7 km
- Himbutuwegoda — 7.2 km
- Kalubowila — 8.5 km
- Iriyawetiya — 8.6 km
Local time details for Pettah
Today, Pettah has first light at 5:58 AM and last light at 5:54 PM. Daylight lasts 11 h 55 min.
The local time of Pettah is shared by neighbouring Gotatuwa and Havelock Town.
Postal service in Pettah uses 12 codes.
Pettah tells time by Asia/Colombo, an offset of UTC+5:30. Clock shift for daylight saving: No.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone designation is used for Pettah?
- The designation used for Pettah is Asia/Colombo, with an offset of +5:30.
- Are clocks put forward for daylight saving in Pettah?
- No.
- At what time is the sun rising in Pettah?
- The sun is rising at 5:58 AM.