Climate averages 1991–2020
Batticaloa weather
in September.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 5th warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
September is a hot month in Batticaloa: daytime highs average 33.2°C and nights cool to about 25.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 48 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes September a moderately wet month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 10 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kalmunai (37 km away). In September its highs average 32.0°C, 1.1°C cooler than Batticaloa, with 67 mm of rain.
Among the 12 cities listed in Sri Lanka, Batticaloa ranks 1st of 12 for the warmest September highs and 2nd of 12 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 12 cities is 29.9°C; Batticaloa is 3.3°C warmer than that mean.
From September to October, average highs fall by 2.2°C to 31.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 48 mm to 152 mm.
The annual picture
September 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, selected | 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 | 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
September in nearby cities
- Kalmunai in SeptemberSri Lanka · 37 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 25.9°C · 67 mm rain
- Trincomalee in SeptemberSri Lanka · 109 kmHigh 33.0°C · Low 25.8°C · 65 mm rain
- Kandy in SeptemberSri Lanka · 126 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 21.0°C · 121 mm rain
- Ambalantota in SeptemberSri Lanka · 192 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 25.1°C · 87 mm rain
- Negombo in SeptemberSri Lanka · 212 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 24.9°C · 215 mm rain
- Colombo in SeptemberSri Lanka · 221 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 24.5°C · 223 mm rain
- Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia in SeptemberSri Lanka · 223 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 24.5°C · 232 mm rain
- Matara in SeptemberSri Lanka · 234 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 24.6°C · 196 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.