Climate averages 1991–2020
Colombo weather
in November.
A hot, very wet month: the 7th 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 Colombo: daytime highs average 29.0°C and nights cool to about 23.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 307 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 49 min on an average November day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia (11 km away). In November its highs average 28.7°C, about as warm as Colombo, with 330 mm of rain.
Among the 12 cities listed in Sri Lanka, Colombo ranks joint 2nd of 12 for the warmest November highs and 10th of 12 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 12 cities is 28.2°C; Colombo is 0.8°C warmer than that mean.
From November to December, average highs rise by 0.2°C to 29.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 307 mm to 164 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
Colombo climate table
| 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 | 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, selected | 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
November in nearby cities
- Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia in NovemberSri Lanka · 11 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 23.7°C · 330 mm rain
- Negombo in NovemberSri Lanka · 30 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 24.0°C · 271 mm rain
- Kandy in NovemberSri Lanka · 95 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 20.4°C · 274 mm rain
- Galle in NovemberSri Lanka · 107 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 24.2°C · 250 mm rain
- Matara in NovemberSri Lanka · 133 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 24.1°C · 296 mm rain
- Ambalantota in NovemberSri Lanka · 158 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 24.1°C · 231 mm rain
- Batticaloa in NovemberSri Lanka · 221 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 24.0°C · 283 mm rain
- Kalmunai in NovemberSri Lanka · 225 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 24.5°C · 280 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 Colombo) is explained once on the Colombo year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.