Current time in Colombo
Friday, 17 July 2026
Colombo, Sri Lanka · Asia/Colombo · UTC+05:30
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, 22 July 2027 in runtime time-zone data 2026b.
Weather now
Weather in Colombo
Conditions near Colombo and a 3-day forecast. Local conditions can differ across large urban areas, mountains and coastlines.
Partly cloudy
- Feels like
- 34°C
- Humidity
- 79%
- Wind
- 18.4 km/h SW
- Recent precipitation
- 0.3 mm
3-day forecast
- Patchy rain nearby26°C to 29°C71% chance of precipitationWind up to 22.7 km/h
- Patchy rain nearby26°C to 28°C80% chance of precipitationWind up to 22.3 km/h
- Patchy rain nearby26°C to 28°C85% chance of precipitationWind up to 23.8 km/h
Forecast valid from 03:30 local time. Updated 2026-07-16T22:05:34.432Z; refresh due by 2026-07-16T22:20:34.432Z.
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.
Sun and Moon today
Sun and Moon in Colombo
Daily astronomical events for Friday, 17 July 2026, expressed in Asia/Colombo local time. Polar-day or polar-night events may be unavailable on a particular date.
Sun
- Sunrise
- 06:02
- Sunset
- 18:31
- Solar noon
- 12:17
- Civil twilight
- 05:40–18:54
Moon
- Moonrise
- 08:41
- Moonset
- 21:13
- Phase
- Waxing Crescent
- Illumination
- 11%
Capital city context
About Colombo, capital of Sri Lanka
Colombo is identified in the reviewed place record as the capital of Sri Lanka. This page combines its live local clock with geographic, time-zone, weather and astronomical context.
- 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.
Country context
Sri Lanka at a glance
Country information for Sri Lanka. The listed time zones reflect cities available in this directory and may not include every territorial exception.
- Capital
- Colombo is the listed capital.
- Country codes
- LK · LKA · 144
- Population
- 21,670,000
- Currency
- Sri Lankan Rupee (LKR)
- Calling code
- +94
- Languages
- Sinhala, Tamil, and English
- Time zones represented
- 1 time zone is used by cities in this directory: Asia/Colombo.
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
Data and methodology
The current time is calculated for Asia/Colombo when the page loads. The offset history covers five years before and after today using IANA time-zone data version 2026b. Future changes are hidden when a newer published rule is not yet available to the calculator. GeoNames ID 1248991 supplies the location and coordinates; nearby distances are straight-line estimates.
Place data 2026-07-15_01-57-51-849; time calculated 2026-07-16T22:05:34.412Z; IANA time-zone data 2026b; weather retrieved 2026-07-16T22:05:34.432Z; astronomy retrieved 2026-07-16T22:05:34.431Z
View calculation details and sources
- GeoNames cities15000GeoNames · version 2026-07-15_01-57-51-849 · CC BY 4.0 · accessedPlace and country names, administrative areas, coordinates, population, capital, codes, currency, calling codes and languages.
- IANA Time Zone DatabaseInternet Assigned Numbers Authority · version 2026b · Public domain · accessedTime-zone names, UTC offsets and clock changes.
- Unicode Common Locale Data RepositoryUnicode Consortium · version 48.0 · Unicode License v3 · accessedEnglish display names for countries, currencies and languages.
- Complete Sun and Moon Data for One DayUnited States Naval Observatory · version API 4.0.1 · U.S. Government work · accessedDaily sunrise, sunset, civil twilight, solar transit, moonrise, moonset, phase and illumination.
- Weather and Geolocation APIWeatherAPI.com · version 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.