Monthly climate metrics across temperature, precipitation, wind, and UV.
| Metric | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Temperature | |||||||||||||
| Daily high°C | 28 | 28 | 30 | 31 | 31 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 29 | 29 | 28 | 28 | 29 |
| Daily mean°C | 27 | 27 | 28 | 30 | 30 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 28 | 27 | 27 | 28 |
| Daily low°C | 26 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 29 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 27 | 26 | 26 | 27 |
| Thermal comfort | |||||||||||||
| High feelsDaily high feels-like°C | 30 | 30 | 34 | 35 | 35 | 32 | 33 | 32 | 32 | 33 | 32 | 30 | 32 |
| Mean feelsDaily mean feels-like°C | 27 | 27 | 30 | 32 | 32 | 30 | 30 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 27 | 27 | 29 |
| Low feelsDaily low feels-like°C | 22 | 22 | 24 | 28 | 28 | 27 | 26 | 25 | 25 | 26 | 24 | 22 | 25 |
| Humidity | |||||||||||||
| HumidityRelative humidity% | 77 | 74 | 74 | 76 | 79 | 80 | 79 | 80 | 80 | 80 | 85 | 82 | 79 |
| Dewpoint°C | 22.6 | 21.8 | 23.6 | 25.0 | 25.8 | 25.4 | 25.0 | 24.9 | 24.8 | 24.4 | 24.2 | 23.3 | 24.2 |
| Precipitation | |||||||||||||
| Rainfallmm | 38 | 15 | 14 | 52 | 102 | 6 | 7 | 27 | 30 | 146 | 642 | 194 | 1272 |
| Rain days≥1mm | 9 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 18 | 28 | 20 | 127 |
| Wind | |||||||||||||
| Wind avgm/s | 5.7 | 5.8 | 4.6 | 3.9 | 6.7 | 7.6 | 6.6 | 6.5 | 7.2 | 4.3 | 5.0 | 5.9 | 5.8 |
| Wind gustsm/s | 8.1 | 8.1 | 6.6 | 6.8 | 10.7 | 10.0 | 10.2 | 10.0 | 10.1 | 9.8 | 8.2 | 8.6 | 8.9 |
| Sun & UV | |||||||||||||
| Sunshinehrs/day | 9.4 | 9.9 | 10.2 | 10.3 | 10.2 | 10.2 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 9.2 | 9.1 | 8.0 | 8.9 | 9.6 |
| Clear skyindex | 38% | 66% | 60% | 65% | 41% | 39% | 31% | 33% | 41% | 35% | 28% | 36% | 43% |
| UV indexmax avg | 8.5 | 9.9 | 10.8 | 10.6 | 9.6 | 9.6 | 9.5 | 10.7 | 10.4 | 8.9 | 6.6 | 7.1 | 9.4 |
Compared across Sri Lanka
Jaffna: 23.3 °C. Typical range in Sri Lanka: 23.6–25.2 °C. Low anchor: Badulla, 20.5 °C. High anchor: Colombo, 26.5 °C.
28 cities tracked