VakaraiSri Lanka
Current time in Vakarai, Sri Lanka
Tuesday, 1 September 2026
India Standard TimeUTC+05:30
⛶ Full-screen clockVakarai time at a glance
- Country
- Sri Lanka
- Location
- City in Eastern 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 Vakarai
Conditions near Vakarai and a 3-day forecast. Local conditions can differ across large urban areas, mountains and coastlines.
Clear
- Feels like
- 29°C
- Humidity
- 71%
- Wind
- 37.1 km/h SW
- Recent precipitation
- 0 mm
3-day forecast
- Sunny27°C to 34°C17% chance of precipitationWind up to 37.4 km/h
- Overcast27°C to 34°C57% chance of precipitationWind up to 33.8 km/h
- Overcast27°C to 34°C15% chance of precipitationWind up to 38.2 km/h
Forecast valid from 02:15 local time. Updated 2026-08-31T20:48:37.794Z; refresh due by 2026-08-31T21:03:37.794Z.
Time-zone identity for Vakarai
- 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.
Vakarai 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 Vakarai
370-day checked horizon
No UTC offset change was found through Monday, 6 September 2027 in runtime time-zone data 2026b.
Time-zone history
UTC offset changes for Vakarai
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 Vakarai
Location details for Vakarai in Eastern Province, Sri Lanka.
- Administrative area
- Eastern Province, Sri Lanka
- Population
- 21,000
- Coordinates
- 8.1333° N, 81.4333° E. The elevation is 9 metres.
Nearby city clocks
Cities near Vakarai
Nearby cities are ordered by approximate straight-line distance from Vakarai. Times are calculated for the same instant shown above.
- Eravur TownEastern Province, Sri Lanka44 km southeast
Asia/ColomboSame local time - TrincomaleeEastern Province, Sri Lanka54 km northwest
Asia/ColomboSame local time - BatticaloaEastern Province, Sri Lanka55 km southeast
Asia/ColomboSame local time - KalmunaiEastern Province, Sri Lanka92 km southeast
Asia/ColomboSame local time - AmparaEastern Province, Sri Lanka97 km south
Asia/ColomboSame local time - PottuvilEastern Province, Sri Lanka146 km south
Asia/ColomboSame local time
Sources for Vakarai 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.