Climate averages 1991–2020
Ambalantota weather
in June.
A hot, moderately wet month: the joint 5th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
June is a hot month in Ambalantota: daytime highs average 31.0°C and nights cool to about 25.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 60 mm of rain on roughly 15 days, which makes June a moderately wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 28 min on an average June day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Matara (57 km away). In June its highs average 28.5°C, 2.4°C cooler than Ambalantota, with 187 mm of rain.
Among the 12 cities listed in Sri Lanka, Ambalantota ranks 5th of 12 for the warmest June highs and 6th of 12 for the driest June (rainfall, lowest first). The mean June high of those 12 cities is 30.4°C; Ambalantota is 0.6°C warmer than that mean.
From June to July, average highs rise by 0.2°C to 31.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 60 mm to 45 mm.
The annual picture
June in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages 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
| 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 | 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, selected | 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
June in nearby cities
- Matara in JuneSri Lanka · 57 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 25.1°C · 187 mm rain
- Galle in JuneSri Lanka · 90 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 25.2°C · 244 mm rain
- Kandy in JuneSri Lanka · 137 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 21.7°C · 79 mm rain
- Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia in JuneSri Lanka · 150 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 25.1°C · 256 mm rain
- Colombo in JuneSri Lanka · 158 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 25.1°C · 242 mm rain
- Kalmunai in JuneSri Lanka · 169 kmHigh 33.2°C · Low 26.6°C · 31 mm rain
- Negombo in JuneSri Lanka · 178 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 25.4°C · 224 mm rain
- Batticaloa in JuneSri Lanka · 192 kmHigh 34.5°C · Low 26.6°C · 25 mm rain
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 limitsHow 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.