Current time in Kurunegala
Friday, 17 July 2026
Kurunegala, Sri Lanka · Asia/Colombo · UTC+05:30
Time-zone identity for Kurunegala
- 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.
Kurunegala 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 Kurunegala
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 Kurunegala
Conditions near Kurunegala and a 3-day forecast. Local conditions can differ across large urban areas, mountains and coastlines.
Partly Cloudy
- Feels like
- 18°C
- Humidity
- 78%
- Wind
- 8.3 km/h SW
- Recent precipitation
- 0 mm
3-day forecast
- Sunny20°C to 31°C11% chance of precipitationWind up to 16.2 km/h
- Partly Cloudy21°C to 30°C17% chance of precipitationWind up to 15.5 km/h
- Sunny21°C to 30°C17% chance of precipitationWind up to 13.7 km/h
Forecast valid from 07:15 local time. Updated 2026-07-17T01:57:08.283Z; refresh due by 2026-07-17T02:12:08.283Z.
Time-zone history
UTC offset changes for Kurunegala
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 Kurunegala
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
- 05:59
- Sunset
- 18:30
- Solar noon
- 12:15
- Civil twilight
- 05:37–18:52
Moon
- Moonrise
- 08:39
- Moonset
- 21:11
- Phase
- Waxing Crescent
- Illumination
- 11%
Location context
About Kurunegala
Location details for Kurunegala in North Western Province, Sri Lanka.
- Administrative area
- North Western Province, Sri Lanka
- Population
- 28,571
- Coordinates
- 7.4839° N, 80.3683° E. The elevation is 146 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
- 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 Kurunegala
Nearby cities are ordered by approximate straight-line distance from Kurunegala. Times are calculated for the same instant shown above.
- ChilawNorth Western Province, Sri Lanka64 km west
Asia/ColomboSame local time - PuttalamNorth Western Province, Sri Lanka86 km northwest
Asia/ColomboSame local time - KegalleSabaragamuwa Province, Sri Lanka26 km south
Asia/ColomboSame local time - MataleCentral Province, Sri Lanka28 km east
Asia/ColomboSame local time - KandyCentral Province, Sri Lanka36 km southeast
Asia/ColomboSame local time - GampolaCentral Province, Sri Lanka42 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 1237980 supplies the location and coordinates; nearby distances are straight-line estimates.
Place data 2026-07-15_01-57-51-849; time calculated 2026-07-17T01:57:08.255Z; IANA time-zone data 2026b; weather retrieved 2026-07-17T01:57:08.283Z; astronomy retrieved 2026-07-17T01:57:08.282Z
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.