Pothuarawa in numbers
- Coordinates
- 6.8959, 79.9530
- Region
- Western Province
- Country
- Sri Lanka, Asia
- Capital
- Colombo — 12 km away
What time is it in Pothuarawa, Western Province, Sri Lanka
Check the current local time in Pothuarawa, Western Province, Sri Lanka, which sits in the Asia/Colombo time zone (+5:30).
Pothuarawa, Sri Lanka
Saturday, 7 November 2026
UTC+5:30 · Asia/Colombo
Local time in Pothuarawa
UTC+5:30 · no daylight saving time
What the clock shows right now in Pothuarawa.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:00 AM Solar noon 11:55 AM Sunset 5:50 PM Daylight 11 h 51 min Night 12 h 09 min Civil twilight 5:38 AM – 6:12 PM
Weather in Pothuarawa right now
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Pothuarawa and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 10118 Hokandara — 0.6 km away
- 10100 Sri Jayawardenepu — 1.0 km away
- 10115 Malabe — 1.9 km away
- 10116 Talawatugoda — 3.0 km away
- 10120 Battaramulla — 3.9 km away
- 10640 Kaduwela — 5.3 km away
- 10232 Hiripitya — 5.6 km away
- 10230 Pannipitiya — 5.6 km away
- 10150 Athurugiriya — 6.0 km away
- 10280 Maharagama — 6.1 km away
- 11650 Biyagama — 6.2 km away
- 10204 Habarakada — 6.8 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
- Hewagama — 4.2 km
- Hatigalla — 5.1 km
- Kaduwela — 5.3 km
- Gotatuwa — 6.5 km
- Habarakada — 6.8 km
- Gonawala — 7.0 km
About the time in Pothuarawa
Pothuarawa shares one clock with the nearby places Hewagama and Hatigalla.
Pothuarawa contains 12 postal codes.
Clocks in Pothuarawa are set by Asia/Colombo and read UTC+5:30. Daylight saving time: No.
Sun-up in Pothuarawa is 6:00 AM today and sun-down is 5:50 PM. That gap holds 11 h 51 min of daylight.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone determines the local time in Pothuarawa?
- Local time in Pothuarawa is determined by Asia/Colombo, with an offset of +5:30.
- Does Pothuarawa move its clocks forward at any time?
- No.
- What is the sunrise time for Pothuarawa?
- 6:00 AM.