Climate averages 1991–2020

Ambalantota weather
in February.

A hot, moderately wet month: the 8th warmest and the driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 30.7°C Daytime mean, February

Average low 23.6°C Night-time mean, February

Rainfall 42 mm 8 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

February is a hot month in Ambalantota: daytime highs average 30.7°C and nights cool to about 23.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 42 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes February a moderately wet month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 56 min on an average February day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Matara (57 km away). In February its highs average 30.0°C, 0.7°C cooler than Ambalantota, with 79 mm of rain.

Among the 12 cities listed in Sri Lanka, Ambalantota ranks 4th of 12 for the warmest February highs and 4th of 12 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 12 cities is 29.3°C; Ambalantota is 1.4°C warmer than that mean.

From February to March, average highs rise by 1.0°C to 31.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 42 mm to 58 mm.

The annual picture

February in context

30-year average

Average highAverage low°C

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Ambalantota climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Ambalantota, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January	29.6°C23.2°C	23.2°C	56	8.6	11.812 h
February, selected	30.7°C23.6°C	23.6°C	42	7.9	11.912 h
March	31.7°C24.4°C	24.4°C	58	11.2	12.112 h
April	31.3°C25.2°C	25.2°C	110	18.7	12.312 h
May	31.0°C25.9°C	25.9°C	101	18.7	12.412 h
June	31.0°C25.8°C	25.8°C	60	14.9	12.512 h
July	31.2°C25.6°C	25.6°C	45	13.2	12.412 h
August	31.2°C25.3°C	25.3°C	52	13.0	12.312 h
September	30.9°C25.1°C	25.1°C	87	16.6	12.212 h
October	30.3°C24.7°C	24.7°C	141	20.3	12.012 h
November	29.2°C24.1°C	24.1°C	231	23.0	11.812 h
December	28.9°C23.6°C	23.6°C	153	16.9	11.812 h

Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.

Compare places

February in nearby cities

Distance from Ambalantota

Read the numbers correctly

Climate, not a promise.

These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.

Sources, method and limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Ambalantota) is explained once on the Ambalantota year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.