Climate averages 1991–2020
Batticaloa weather
in November.
A hot, very wet month: the 9th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
November is a hot month in Batticaloa: daytime highs average 28.5°C and nights cool to about 24.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 283 mm of rain on roughly 24 days, which makes November a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 47 min on an average November day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kalmunai (37 km away). In November its highs average 28.2°C, about as warm as Batticaloa, with 280 mm of rain.
Among the 12 cities listed in Sri Lanka, Batticaloa ranks joint 5th of 12 for the warmest November highs and 7th of 12 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 12 cities is 28.2°C; Batticaloa is 0.2°C warmer than that mean.
From November to December, average highs fall by 1.1°C to 27.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 283 mm to 302 mm.
The annual picture
November 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
Batticaloa climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.1°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 170 | 15.7 | 11.712 h |
| February | 28.2°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 89 | 11.2 | 11.912 h |
| March | 30.2°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 52 | 8.2 | 12.112 h |
| April | 31.8°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 59 | 10.5 | 12.312 h |
| May | 33.4°C26.2°C | 26.2°C | 50 | 9.3 | 12.512 h |
| June | 34.5°C26.6°C | 26.6°C | 25 | 5.3 | 12.613 h |
| July | 34.5°C26.5°C | 26.5°C | 24 | 5.8 | 12.513 h |
| August | 34.2°C26.1°C | 26.1°C | 31 | 7.3 | 12.412 h |
| September | 33.2°C25.6°C | 25.6°C | 48 | 11.1 | 12.212 h |
| October | 31.0°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 152 | 18.9 | 12.012 h |
| November, selected | 28.5°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 283 | 23.6 | 11.812 h |
| December | 27.3°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 302 | 21.6 | 11.712 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
November in nearby cities
- Kalmunai in NovemberSri Lanka · 37 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 24.5°C · 280 mm rain
- Trincomalee in NovemberSri Lanka · 109 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 24.5°C · 301 mm rain
- Kandy in NovemberSri Lanka · 126 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 20.4°C · 274 mm rain
- Ambalantota in NovemberSri Lanka · 192 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 24.1°C · 231 mm rain
- Negombo in NovemberSri Lanka · 212 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 24.0°C · 271 mm rain
- Colombo in NovemberSri Lanka · 221 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 23.6°C · 307 mm rain
- Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia in NovemberSri Lanka · 223 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 23.7°C · 330 mm rain
- Matara in NovemberSri Lanka · 234 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 24.1°C · 296 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 Batticaloa) is explained once on the Batticaloa year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.