What time is it in Colombo?

Time difference with Colombo

Colombo is on UTC+05:30 right now: 5 h 30 min ahead of UTC all year round.

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Daylight saving time in Colombo

Colombo does not change its clocks: UTC+05:30 all year round.

History of local time in Colombo

Official time zone (IANA database): Asia/Colombo. Daylight saving time around the world

Upcoming eclipses visible from Colombo

• 2 August 2027 · solar eclipsepartial, 52 % of the Sun covered at 17:01
• 22 July 2028 · solar eclipsepartial, 21 % of the Sun covered at 06:50
• 6 July 2028 · partial lunar eclipsevisible, maximum at 23:49
• 31 December 2028 · total lunar eclipsevisible, maximum at 22:22

All eclipses until 2035

Nearby places

Nearest time zone border: 766 km away, Male (Maldives) is 30 min behind Colombo all year round.

Day and night around the world

Sun and Moon in Colombo

Sunrise

06:00

Sunset

17:49

Day length

11 h 49 min

Tomorrow

−1 min

Dawn 05:38, dusk 18:11, solar noon 11:54. Shortest day: 21 December 2026 (11 h 43 min); longest: 21 June 2026 (12 h 31 min).

Over the next twelve months: earliest sunrise at 05:53 (14 May 2027), latest at 06:29 (29 January 2027); earliest sunset at 17:49 (13 November 2026), latest at 18:31 (10 July 2027).