Polkotuwa in numbers
- Coordinates
- 6.4758, 79.9827
- Region
- Western Province
- Country
- Sri Lanka, Asia
- Capital
- Colombo — 53 km away
What time is it in Polkotuwa, Western Province, Sri Lanka
The reading below is the local time in Polkotuwa, Western Province, Sri Lanka, taken from the Asia/Colombo zone (+5:30).
Polkotuwa, Sri Lanka
Saturday, 17 October 2026
UTC+5:30 · Asia/Colombo
Local time in Polkotuwa
UTC+5:30 · no daylight saving time
What the clock shows right now in Polkotuwa.
The sun today
Sunrise 5:57 AM Solar noon 11:57 AM Sunset 5:56 PM Daylight 11 h 58 min Night 12 h 02 min Civil twilight 5:36 AM – 6:17 PM
Weather in Polkotuwa right now
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Polkotuwa and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 12070 Beruwala — 0.3 km away
- 12078 Kalawila Kiranthidiya — 1.9 km away
- 12060 Maggona — 3.2 km away
- 12074 Padagoda — 3.9 km away
- 12080 Alutgama — 4.1 km away
- 80500 Bentota — 5.8 km away
- 12055 Halkandawila — 6.1 km away
- 12050 Paiyagala — 6.1 km away
- 12020 Dodangoda — 9.6 km away
- 80502 Gonagalpura — 9.7 km away
- 80506 Haburugala — 10.3 km away
- 12104 Yatadolawatta — 10.6 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
- Elathota — 23.5 km
- Wellawatta — 23.6 km
- Appeladuwa — 23.7 km
- Patamulla — 23.9 km
- Mohottiwatta — 23.9 km
- Hinatiya — 24.0 km
About the time in Polkotuwa
Look for sunrise at 5:57 AM and sunset at 5:56 PM in Polkotuwa today. The day carries 11 h 58 min of light.
Elathota and Wellawatta are close to Polkotuwa and observe the same time.
12 postal codes serve Polkotuwa.
Polkotuwa is placed in Asia/Colombo, and its offset from UTC is +5:30. Daylight saving observed here: No.
Questions and answers
- How should the time zone of Polkotuwa be stated?
- It should be stated as Asia/Colombo, with an offset of +5:30.
- Do daylight saving time rules cover Polkotuwa?
- Daylight saving time in Polkotuwa: No.
- What is the sunrise time for Polkotuwa?
- 5:57 AM.