BentotaSri Lanka
Current time in Bentota, Sri Lanka
Friday, 16 October 2026
India Standard TimeUTC+05:30
⛶ Full-screen clockBentota time at a glance
- Country
- Sri Lanka
- Location
- City in Southern Province
- Time zone
Asia/Colombo- UTC offset now
UTC+05:30- Current zone label
- GMT+5:30
- Next clock change
- No upcoming change available
Time-zone identity for Bentota
- 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.
Bentota 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 Bentota
370-day checked horizon
No UTC offset change was found through Thursday, 21 October 2027 in runtime time-zone data 2026b.
Time-zone history
UTC offset changes for Bentota
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 Bentota
Location details for Bentota in Southern Province, Sri Lanka.
- Administrative area
- Southern Province, Sri Lanka
- Population
- 37,000
- Coordinates
- 6.4260° N, 79.9958° E. The elevation is 8 metres.
Nearby city clocks
Cities near Bentota
Nearby cities are ordered by approximate straight-line distance from Bentota. Times are calculated for the same instant shown above.
- AmbalangodaSouthern Province, Sri Lanka22 km south
Asia/ColomboSame local time - GalleSouthern Province, Sri Lanka48 km southeast
Asia/ColomboSame local time - WeligamaSouthern Province, Sri Lanka69 km southeast
Asia/ColomboSame local time - MataraSouthern Province, Sri Lanka80 km southeast
Asia/ColomboSame local time - DevinuwaraSouthern Province, Sri Lanka86 km southeast
Asia/ColomboSame local time - BeliattaSouthern Province, Sri Lanka92 km southeast
Asia/ColomboSame local time
Sources for Bentota time and city facts
Time-zone calculations use runtime tzdb 2026b. Weather and astronomy sources include their own retrieval times where available.
View 3 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.