UTC Offset
UTC+05:30
Current time in Jaffna, Sri Lanka
This location stays on UTC+05:30 year-round with no seasonal clock changes.
Current time in Jaffna, Sri Lanka
02:38 02
IANA time zone
Asia/Colombo
Daylight saving
No DST
Next DST change
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Quick answer
The current local time in Jaffna, Sri Lanka is 02:38 (IST), which is UTC+05:30.
Jaffna is in Sri Lanka, located at 9.668, 80.007.
Jaffna uses IST (UTC+05:30) year-round. The IANA identifier is Asia/Colombo.
Timezone in Jaffna
India Standard Time (IST)
IANA time zone:
Asia/Colombo All year
IST
India Standard Time
UTC+05:30
Daylight in Jaffna today
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Sunset
Day length
12h 41m
Jaffna, Sri Lanka
- Country
- Sri Lanka
- ISO code
- LK
- Coordinates
- 9.6684° N, 80.0074° E
- IANA zone
- Asia/Colombo
- Population
- 169,102
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Jaffna on the map · time zone
Jaffna, Sri Lanka
- Local time02:38
- UTC offsetUTC+05:30
- Time zoneAsia/Colombo
- Coordinates
- 9.67°, 80.01°
World clock
Compared with Jaffna
No daylight saving time in Jaffna
This location stays on UTC+05:30 year-round with no seasonal clock changes.
Hour-by-hour conversion
When it's the given hour in Jaffna, here are the local times elsewhere.
| Jaffna | New York | Mexico City | São Paulo | London | Paris | Berlin | Dubai | Mumbai |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 00:00 | 14:30 -1 | 12:30 -1 | 15:30 -1 | 19:30 -1 | 20:30 -1 | 20:30 -1 | 22:30 -1 | 00:00 |
| 01:00 | 15:30 -1 | 13:30 -1 | 16:30 -1 | 20:30 -1 | 21:30 -1 | 21:30 -1 | 23:30 -1 | 01:00 |
| 02:00 | 16:30 -1 | 14:30 -1 | 17:30 -1 | 21:30 -1 | 22:30 -1 | 22:30 -1 | 00:30 | 02:00 |
| 03:00 | 17:30 -1 | 15:30 -1 | 18:30 -1 | 22:30 -1 | 23:30 -1 | 23:30 -1 | 01:30 | 03:00 |
| 04:00 | 18:30 -1 | 16:30 -1 | 19:30 -1 | 23:30 -1 | 00:30 | 00:30 | 02:30 | 04:00 |
| 05:00 | 19:30 -1 | 17:30 -1 | 20:30 -1 | 00:30 | 01:30 | 01:30 | 03:30 | 05:00 |
| 06:00 | 20:30 -1 | 18:30 -1 | 21:30 -1 | 01:30 | 02:30 | 02:30 | 04:30 | 06:00 |
| 07:00 | 21:30 -1 | 19:30 -1 | 22:30 -1 | 02:30 | 03:30 | 03:30 | 05:30 | 07:00 |
| 08:00 | 22:30 -1 | 20:30 -1 | 23:30 -1 | 03:30 | 04:30 | 04:30 | 06:30 | 08:00 |
| 09:00 | 23:30 -1 | 21:30 -1 | 00:30 | 04:30 | 05:30 | 05:30 | 07:30 | 09:00 |
| 10:00 | 00:30 | 22:30 -1 | 01:30 | 05:30 | 06:30 | 06:30 | 08:30 | 10:00 |
| 11:00 | 01:30 | 23:30 -1 | 02:30 | 06:30 | 07:30 | 07:30 | 09:30 | 11:00 |
| 12:00 | 02:30 | 00:30 | 03:30 | 07:30 | 08:30 | 08:30 | 10:30 | 12:00 |
| 13:00 | 03:30 | 01:30 | 04:30 | 08:30 | 09:30 | 09:30 | 11:30 | 13:00 |
| 14:00 | 04:30 | 02:30 | 05:30 | 09:30 | 10:30 | 10:30 | 12:30 | 14:00 |
| 15:00 | 05:30 | 03:30 | 06:30 | 10:30 | 11:30 | 11:30 | 13:30 | 15:00 |
| 16:00 | 06:30 | 04:30 | 07:30 | 11:30 | 12:30 | 12:30 | 14:30 | 16:00 |
| 17:00 | 07:30 | 05:30 | 08:30 | 12:30 | 13:30 | 13:30 | 15:30 | 17:00 |
| 18:00 | 08:30 | 06:30 | 09:30 | 13:30 | 14:30 | 14:30 | 16:30 | 18:00 |
| 19:00 | 09:30 | 07:30 | 10:30 | 14:30 | 15:30 | 15:30 | 17:30 | 19:00 |
| 20:00 | 10:30 | 08:30 | 11:30 | 15:30 | 16:30 | 16:30 | 18:30 | 20:00 |
| 21:00 | 11:30 | 09:30 | 12:30 | 16:30 | 17:30 | 17:30 | 19:30 | 21:00 |
| 22:00 | 12:30 | 10:30 | 13:30 | 17:30 | 18:30 | 18:30 | 20:30 | 22:00 |
| 23:00 | 13:30 | 11:30 | 14:30 | 18:30 | 19:30 | 19:30 | 21:30 | 23:00 |
Frequently Asked Questions
The current local time in Jaffna, Sri Lanka is 02:38 (IST). Jaffna uses the Asia/Colombo time zone, which is UTC+05:30.
Jaffna uses IST (UTC+05:30) year-round and does not observe daylight saving time. The IANA identifier is Asia/Colombo.
No. Jaffna stays on IST (UTC+05:30) year-round with no daylight saving adjustments.
The IANA / Olson time zone database identifier for Jaffna is Asia/Colombo. This is the identifier used by operating systems, programming languages, and APIs to look up the correct local time.
It is currently AM in Jaffna. The local time is 02:38 (IST).
Jaffna is UTC+05:30 from UTC year-round.
Jaffna is currently 9.5 hours ahead of New York.