What time is it in Sri Lanka?
22:20:06
Friday 13 November 2026
- Time zone UTC+05:30
- No daylight saving time
Daylight saving time in Sri Lanka
No daylight saving time: the same time all year round.
Day and night around the world
- Sri Lanka
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Good to know about the time in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka is on UTC+5:30 all year round, with no daylight saving time, like India: it is 4 h 30 min ahead of France in winter and 3 h 30 min ahead in summer. Time in Colombo
In 1996, during an electricity crisis, the island put its clocks forward by one hour, then put them back by half an hour a few months later. It did not return to Indian time until 2006.
Time in the cities of Sri Lanka
Other places: Mount Lavinia, Maharagama, Jaffna, Moratuwa, Negombo, Pita Kotte, Sri Jayewardenepura Kotte, Kandy, Trinquemalay, Kalmunai, Galle, Point Pedro, Batticaloa, Katunayaka, Ambalantota, Valvettithurai, Matara, Battaramulla South, Dambulla, Kolonnawa, Kotikawatta, Anurâdhapura, Vavuniya, Beliatta, Hendala, Ambalangoda, Ratnapura, Badulla, Pottuvil, Puttalam, Devinuwara, Ampara, Welisara, Kalutara, Bentota, Matale, Mannar, Homagama, Beruwala, Panadura. Their pages are in French in the city directory.