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Time in Sri Lanka now

12:20:03AM

Friday, September 25, 2026

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Time zone info for Sri Lanka

UTC +5:30

Sri Lanka Standard Time (SLST)
now 9 hours and 30 minutes ahead of New York

The time in Sri Lanka is 10 hours and 30 minutes ahead of the time in New York when New York is on standard time, and 9 hours and 30 minutes ahead of the time in New York when New York is on daylight saving time.
Sri Lanka does not change between summer time and winter time.
The IANA time zone identifier for Sri Lanka is Asia/Colombo.

Time difference
from Sri Lanka

Los Angeles	−12.5 hours	−12.5 hours
Chicago	−10.5 hours	−10.5 hours
New York	−9.5 hours	−9.5 hours
Toronto	−9.5 hours	−9.5 hours
São Paulo	−8.5 hours	−8.5 hours
UTC	−5.5 hours	−5.5 hours
Lagos	−4.5 hours	−4.5 hours
London	−4.5 hours	−4.5 hours
Johannesburg	−3.5 hours	−3.5 hours
Paris	−3.5 hours	−3.5 hours
Zurich	−3.5 hours	−3.5 hours
Cairo	−2.5 hours	−2.5 hours
Istanbul	−2.5 hours	−2.5 hours
Moscow	−2.5 hours	−2.5 hours
Dubai	−1.5 hours	−1.5 hours
Mumbai	0
Hong Kong	+2.5 hours
Shanghai	+2.5 hours
Singapore	+2.5 hours
Tokyo	+3.5 hours
Sydney	+4.5 hours

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Sri Lanka on the map

Continent: Asia
Area: 65,610 km²
Capital: Colombo
Currency: Rupee (LKR)
Calling code: +94
Internet top level domain: .lk
Latitude: 7.75. Longitude: 80.75
Population: 21,670,000

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Annual average temperatures
for Sri Lanka 1901-2021

Each of the stripes represents one year.
Graphics by Ed Hawkins, using data from Berkeley Earth.
See showyourstripes.info.