Meeting time

Best time to meet: Cape Town and Colombo

Cape Town is 3 hours 30 minutes behind Colombo right now. Their working days overlap for 4 hours 30 minutes: 9 AM to 1:30 PM in Cape Town, which is 12:30 PM to 5 PM in Colombo. The easiest time to meet is 10 AM in Cape Town (1:30 PM in Colombo).

Tue 5:56 PMCape Town · South Africa Standard TimeTue 9:26 PMColombo · India Standard Time
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Hour by hour

With the clocks as they are on November 10, 2026, Cape Town time on the left. A working day here is 9 AM to 5 PM.

Cape TownColombo
6 AM9:30 AMColombo at work
7 AM10:30 AMColombo at work
8 AM11:30 AMColombo at work
9 AM12:30 PMBoth at work
10 AM1:30 PMEasiest time
11 AM2:30 PMBoth at work
12 PM3:30 PMBoth at work
1 PM4:30 PMBoth at work
2 PM5:30 PMCape Town at work
3 PM6:30 PMCape Town at work
4 PM7:30 PMCape Town at work
5 PM8:30 PMBoth off
6 PM9:30 PMBoth off
7 PM10:30 PMBoth off
8 PM11:30 PMBoth off
9 PM12:30 AM next dayBoth off
10 PM1:30 AM next dayBoth off

All year

The gap between Cape Town and Colombo does not move during the year, so the table above holds all year.

Cape Town keeps the same clock as Johannesburg; Colombo keeps the same clock as Bangalore.

Questions people ask

What time is it in Colombo when it is 9 AM in Cape Town?
12:30 PM in Colombo, while Cape Town is 3 hours 30 minutes behind.
When is the best time for a call between Cape Town and Colombo?
10 AM in Cape Town, which is 1:30 PM in Colombo. Both cities are at work from 9 AM to 1:30 PM Cape Town time.
Does the time difference between Cape Town and Colombo change during the year?
No. It stays 3 hours 30 minutes all year: the clocks either do not change or change on the same day in both.

More cities

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