Matara, Sri Lanka Sunrise, Sunset

Sunrise, Sunset and Sun position here: Matara, Sri Lanka (Southern). Current time: Sunday, 2026-08-16, 21:26 (GMT+05:30) Asia/Colombo . All times are shown in Matara local time. Solar noon Today was at: 12:12 (elapsed time: -9h 14m), Maximal altitude of Sun: 82.1°. Day Length: 12h 18m 39s (time between sunrise and sunset).

	Sunrise	Solar noon	Sunset
Time	06:02:52	12:12:12	18:21:31
Azimuth	75.9°	0°	283.9°
Day Length		12h 18m 39s

Current distance Earth ↔ Sun:
Center-to-center: 151 469 772 km
94 118 953 mi
Matara ↔ Sun, nearest point: 150 778 523 km
93 689 431 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	04:51:25	4h 51m 25s
Astronomical Twilight	04:51:25	05:16:31	25m 6s
Nautical Twilight	05:16:31	05:41:29	24m 58s
Civil Twilight	05:41:29	06:02:52	21m 23s
Daylight	06:02:52	18:21:31	12h 18m 39s
Civil Twilight	18:21:31	18:42:54	21m 23s
Nautical Twilight	18:42:54	19:07:52	24m 58s
Astronomical Twilight	19:07:52	19:32:58	25m 6s
Night	19:32:58	23:59:59	4h 27m 1s

Matara Sun position Today

Altitude 0-24, Current: -44.3° ( 21:26)

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Azimuth 0-24, Current: 295.8° ( 21:26)

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Matara

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Sunrise, sunset in next few days

		Yesterday	Today	Tomorrow
date:	2026-08-14	2026-08-15	2026-08-16	2026-08-17	2026-08-18
Day:	Friday	Saturday	Sunday	Monday	Tuesday
Sunrise:	06:02:58	06:02:55	06:02:52	06:02:48	06:02:43
Solar noon:	12:12:35	12:12:24	12:12:12	12:11:59	12:11:46
Sunset:	18:22:12	18:21:52	18:21:31	18:21:10	18:20:48
Day Length:	12h 19m 14s	12h 18m 57s	12h 18m 39s	12h 18m 22s	12h 18m 5s

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