Ja ElaSri Lanka
Current time in Ja Ela, Sri Lanka
Tuesday, 11 August 2026
India Standard TimeUTC+05:30
⛶ Full-screen clockJa Ela time at a glance
- Country
- Sri Lanka
- Location
- City in Western 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 Ja Ela
Conditions near Ja Ela and a 3-day forecast. Local conditions can differ across large urban areas, mountains and coastlines.
Patchy rain nearby
- Feels like
- 28°C
- Humidity
- 90%
- Wind
- 17.3 km/h SW
- Recent precipitation
- 0 mm
3-day forecast
- Patchy rain nearby25°C to 28°C71% chance of precipitationWind up to 21.2 km/h
- Patchy rain nearby25°C to 28°C69% chance of precipitationWind up to 20.5 km/h
- Patchy rain nearby25°C to 29°C71% chance of precipitationWind up to 19.8 km/h
Forecast valid from 03:15 local time. Updated 2026-08-10T21:48:16.278Z; refresh due by 2026-08-10T22:03:16.278Z.
Time-zone identity for Ja Ela
- 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.
Ja Ela 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 Ja Ela
370-day checked horizon
No UTC offset change was found through Monday, 16 August 2027 in runtime time-zone data 2026b.
Time-zone history
UTC offset changes for Ja Ela
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 Ja Ela
Location details for Ja Ela in Western Province, Sri Lanka.
- Administrative area
- Western Province, Sri Lanka
- Population
- 32,175
- Coordinates
- 7.0744° N, 79.8919° E. The elevation is 13 metres.
Nearby city clocks
Cities near Ja Ela
Nearby cities are ordered by approximate straight-line distance from Ja Ela. Times are calculated for the same instant shown above.
- KandanaWestern Province, Sri Lanka2.9 km south
Asia/ColomboSame local time - WelisaraWestern Province, Sri Lanka5.3 km south
Asia/ColomboSame local time - HendalaWestern Province, Sri Lanka9.3 km south
Asia/ColomboSame local time - WattalaWestern Province, Sri Lanka9.5 km south
Asia/ColomboSame local time - KatunayakaWestern Province, Sri Lanka11 km north
Asia/ColomboSame local time - PeliyagodaWestern Province, Sri Lanka12 km south
Asia/ColomboSame local time
Sources for Ja Ela 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.