AnuradhapuraSri Lanka
Current time in Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka
Tuesday, 1 September 2026
India Standard TimeUTC+05:30
⛶ Full-screen clockAnuradhapura time at a glance
- Country
- Sri Lanka
- Location
- City in North Central Province
- Time zone
Asia/Colombo- UTC offset now
UTC+05:30- Current zone label
- GMT+5:30
- Next clock change
- No upcoming change available
Weather now
Weather in Anuradhapura
Conditions near Anuradhapura and a 3-day forecast. Local conditions can differ across large urban areas, mountains and coastlines.
Partly Cloudy
- Feels like
- 25°C
- Humidity
- 86%
- Wind
- 22.7 km/h SW
- Recent precipitation
- 0 mm
3-day forecast
- Sunny25°C to 35°C6% chance of precipitationWind up to 28.1 km/h
- Sunny24°C to 34°C8% chance of precipitationWind up to 31.7 km/h
- Overcast24°C to 34°C10% chance of precipitationWind up to 30.6 km/h
Forecast valid from 05:30 local time. Updated 2026-09-01T00:10:08.563Z; refresh due by 2026-09-01T00:25:08.563Z.
Time-zone identity for Anuradhapura
- IANA zone
Asia/Colombo- UTC offset now
- UTC+05:30
- Current zone label
- GMT+5:30
- Clock-change status
- No UTC offset change was found in the next 370 days.
Anuradhapura is currently 5 hours 30 minutes ahead of UTC. The named zone, rather than the offset alone, should be used for future dates.
Clock changes in Anuradhapura
370-day checked horizon
No UTC offset change was found through Monday, 6 September 2027 in runtime time-zone data 2026b.
Time-zone history
UTC offset changes for Anuradhapura
A bounded record of offset transitions calculated for Asia/Colombo, covering 2021 through 2031. Events are offset changes; their legal or daylight-saving cause is not inferred.
Previous 5 years
No UTC offset transition was found in the previous 5 years.
Next 5 years
No UTC offset transition was found in the next 5 years.
Dates are calculated from IANA time-zone rules. The calculation checks for offset changes throughout the displayed period and resolves each change to the nearest second.
Location context
About Anuradhapura
Location details for Anuradhapura in North Central Province, Sri Lanka.
- Administrative area
- North Central Province, Sri Lanka
- Population
- 60,943
- Coordinates
- 8.3122° N, 80.4131° E. The elevation is 100 metres.
Nearby city clocks
Cities near Anuradhapura
Nearby cities are ordered by approximate straight-line distance from Anuradhapura. Times are calculated for the same instant shown above.
- VavuniyaNorthern Province, Sri Lanka50 km north
Asia/ColomboSame local time - DambullaCentral Province, Sri Lanka57 km southeast
Asia/ColomboSame local time - PuttalamNorth Western Province, Sri Lanka71 km southwest
Asia/ColomboSame local time - KurunegalaNorth Western Province, Sri Lanka92 km south
Asia/ColomboSame local time - TrincomaleeEastern Province, Sri Lanka94 km east
Asia/ColomboSame local time - MannarNorthern Province, Sri Lanka96 km northwest
Asia/ColomboSame local time
Sources for Anuradhapura time and city facts
Time-zone calculations use runtime tzdb 2026b. Weather and astronomy sources include their own retrieval times where available.
View 4 sources
- GeoNames cities15000GeoNames · 2026-07-15_01-57-51-849 · CC BY 4.0 · AccessedCity and country names, administrative area, coordinates and population.
- IANA Time Zone DatabaseInternet Assigned Numbers Authority · 2026b · Public domain · AccessedTime-zone names, UTC offsets and clock changes.
- Unicode Common Locale Data RepositoryUnicode Consortium · 48.0 · Unicode License v3 · AccessedEnglish display names for countries, currencies and languages.
- Weather and Geolocation APIWeatherAPI.com · Forecast API v1; free plan · WeatherAPI.com terms; commercial and non-commercial use permitted by plan · AccessedCurrent weather conditions, the next 24 hours and a three-day forecast.