Matara, Sri Lanka Sunrise, Sunset

Sunrise, Sunset and Sun position here: Matara, Sri Lanka (Southern). Current time: Wednesday, 2026-10-07, 16:26 (GMT+05:30) Asia/Colombo . All times are shown in Matara local time. Solar noon Today was at: 11:55 (elapsed time: -4h 31m), Maximal altitude of Sun: 78.7°. Day Length: 12h 2m 14s (time between sunrise and sunset).

	Sunrise	Solar noon	Sunset
Time	05:54:37	11:55:44	17:56:51
Azimuth	95.2°	180°	264.6°
Day Length		12h 2m 14s

Current distance Earth ↔ Sun:
Center-to-center: 149 499 845 km
92 894 897 mi
Matara ↔ Sun, nearest point: 148 801 803 km
92 461 154 mi

Matara on map:

Matara

Info

Local timezone:	GMT+05:30
Latitude:	5.94851°
Longitude:	80.53528°
Country:	Sri Lanka Southern
Population:	76 254

Night, Twilight, and Daylight Times Today for location: Matara

Zone Type	Start	End	Length
Night	00:00:00	04:45:25	4h 45m 25s
Astronomical Twilight	04:45:25	05:09:36	24m 11s
Nautical Twilight	05:09:36	05:33:49	24m 13s
Civil Twilight	05:33:49	05:54:37	20m 48s
Daylight	05:54:37	17:56:51	12h 2m 14s
Civil Twilight	17:56:51	18:17:39	20m 48s
Nautical Twilight	18:17:39	18:41:52	24m 13s
Astronomical Twilight	18:41:52	19:06:03	24m 11s
Night	19:06:03	23:59:59	4h 53m 56s

Matara Sun position Today

Altitude 0-24, Current: 21.6° ( 16:26)

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Azimuth 0-24, Current: 261.8° ( 16:26)

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Matara

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Sunrise, sunset in next few days

		Yesterday	Today	Tomorrow
date:	2026-10-05	2026-10-06	2026-10-07	2026-10-08	2026-10-09
Day:	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Sunrise:	05:54:53	05:54:45	05:54:37	05:54:29	05:54:22
Solar noon:	11:56:19	11:56:01	11:55:44	11:55:27	11:55:10
Sunset:	17:57:46	17:57:18	17:56:51	17:56:25	17:55:59
Day Length:	12h 2m 53s	12h 2m 33s	12h 2m 14s	12h 1m 56s	12h 1m 37s

Matara sunrise, sunset informations for whole month (or Year 2026):