Climate averages 1991–2020

Colombo weather
in February.

A hot, moderately wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.

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

Average high 31.5°C Daytime mean, February

Average low 23.4°C Night-time mean, February

Rainfall 55 mm 8 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

February is a hot month in Colombo: daytime highs average 31.5°C and nights cool to about 23.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 55 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes February a moderately wet month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 54 min on an average February day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia (11 km away). In February its highs average 30.8°C, 0.7°C cooler than Colombo, with 58 mm of rain.

Among the 12 cities listed in Sri Lanka, Colombo ranks 2nd of 12 for the warmest February highs and 6th of 12 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 12 cities is 29.3°C; Colombo is 2.2°C warmer than that mean.

From February to March, average highs rise by 0.1°C to 31.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 55 mm to 75 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

Colombo climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Colombo, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January	30.4°C22.9°C	22.9°C	53	7.8	11.812 h
February, selected	31.5°C23.4°C	23.4°C	55	7.8	11.912 h
March	31.6°C24.4°C	24.4°C	75	14.9	12.112 h
April	30.8°C25.0°C	25.0°C	167	24.8	12.312 h
May	29.5°C25.4°C	25.4°C	279	28.9	12.412 h
June	28.8°C25.1°C	25.1°C	242	26.7	12.513 h
July	28.5°C24.8°C	24.8°C	183	24.4	12.512 h
August	28.4°C24.6°C	24.6°C	168	23.6	12.312 h
September	28.5°C24.5°C	24.5°C	223	24.5	12.212 h
October	28.8°C24.1°C	24.1°C	327	26.0	12.012 h
November	29.0°C23.6°C	23.6°C	307	23.7	11.812 h
December	29.2°C23.2°C	23.2°C	164	15.6	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

February in nearby cities

Distance from Colombo

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 Colombo) is explained once on the Colombo year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.