ColomboSri Lanka
Current time in Colombo, Sri Lanka
Friday, 25 September 2026
India Standard TimeUTC+05:30
⛶ Full-screen clockColombo time at a glance
- Country
- Sri Lanka
- Location
- Capital city of Sri Lanka
- Time zone
Asia/Colombo- UTC offset now
UTC+05:30- Current zone label
- GMT+5:30
- Next clock change
- No upcoming change available
Colombo time guide
Does Colombo change its clocks?
UTC+05:30.- Year-round offset
- India Standard Time (IST), UTC+05:30
- Time-zone identifier
- Asia/Colombo
- Colombo and London
- 5 hours 30 minutes ahead during GMT; 4 hours 30 minutes ahead during BST
- Colombo and New York
- 10 hours 30 minutes ahead during EST; 9 hours 30 minutes ahead during EDT
Municipality and district
Colombo District is much broader than the city
Sri Lanka's 2024 census publishes population for Colombo Municipal Council as well as Colombo District and smaller administrative divisions. The district total includes numerous communities outside the capital municipality.
Time-zone identity for Colombo
- 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.
Colombo 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 Colombo
370-day checked horizon
No UTC offset change was found through Thursday, 30 September 2027 in runtime time-zone data 2026b.
Time-zone history
UTC offset changes for Colombo
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.
Capital city context
About Colombo, capital of Sri Lanka
Colombo is the capital of Sri Lanka. This page combines its live local clock with location, time-zone, weather, Sun and Moon information.
- Capital status
- Capital of Sri Lanka
- Administrative area
- Western Province, Sri Lanka
- Population
- 648,034
- Coordinates
- 6.9355° N, 79.8487° E. The elevation is 7 metres.
Nearby city clocks
Cities near Colombo
Nearby cities are ordered by approximate straight-line distance from Colombo. Times are calculated for the same instant shown above.
- KolonnawaWestern Province, Sri Lanka4 km east
Asia/ColomboSame local time - PeliyagodaWestern Province, Sri Lanka5.3 km northeast
Asia/ColomboSame local time - KotikawattaWestern Province, Sri Lanka6.8 km east
Asia/ColomboSame local time - HendalaWestern Province, Sri Lanka7.2 km northeast
Asia/ColomboSame local time - WattalaWestern Province, Sri Lanka7.6 km northeast
Asia/ColomboSame local time - Pita KotteWestern Province, Sri Lanka7.7 km southeast
Asia/ColomboSame local time
Sources for Colombo 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.
- Population Census tables 2024Sri Lanka Department of Census and Statistics · 2024 census · AccessedOfficial municipal, urban, rural and district population tables.