MataraSri Lanka
Current time in Matara, Sri Lanka
Friday, 16 October 2026
India Standard TimeUTC+05:30
⛶ Full-screen clockMatara 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 Matara
- 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.
Matara 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 Matara
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 Matara
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 Matara
Location details for Matara in Southern Province, Sri Lanka.
- Administrative area
- Southern Province, Sri Lanka
- Population
- 76,254
- Coordinates
- 5.9485° N, 80.5353° E. The elevation is 9 metres.
Nearby city clocks
Cities near Matara
Nearby cities are ordered by approximate straight-line distance from Matara. Times are calculated for the same instant shown above.
- DevinuwaraSouthern Province, Sri Lanka6.3 km east
Asia/ColomboSame local time - WeligamaSouthern Province, Sri Lanka12 km west
Asia/ColomboSame local time - BeliattaSouthern Province, Sri Lanka25 km northeast
Asia/ColomboSame local time - GalleSouthern Province, Sri Lanka38 km west
Asia/ColomboSame local time - AmbalantotaSouthern Province, Sri Lanka57 km east
Asia/ColomboSame local time - AmbalangodaSouthern Province, Sri Lanka62 km northwest
Asia/ColomboSame local time
Sources for Matara 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.