Climate averages 1991–2020

Galle weather
in February.

A hot, moderately wet month: the 3rd warmest and the driest of the year.

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

Average high 29.0°C Daytime mean, February

Average low 24.0°C Night-time mean, February

Rainfall 51 mm 10 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

February is a hot month in Galle: daytime highs average 29.0°C and nights cool to about 24.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 51 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes February a moderately wet month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 56 min on an average February day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Matara (38 km away). In February its highs average 30.0°C, 1.0°C warmer than Galle, with 79 mm of rain.

Among the 12 cities listed in Sri Lanka, Galle ranks 6th of 12 for the warmest February highs and 5th of 12 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 12 cities is 29.3°C; Galle is 0.3°C cooler than that mean.

From February to March, average highs rise by 0.6°C to 29.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 51 mm to 65 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

Galle climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Galle, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January	28.3°C23.6°C	23.6°C	64	12.2	11.812 h
February, selected	29.0°C24.0°C	24.0°C	51	10.3	11.912 h
March	29.6°C24.7°C	24.7°C	65	13.9	12.112 h
April	29.2°C25.4°C	25.4°C	147	22.6	12.312 h
May	28.6°C25.5°C	25.5°C	279	28.6	12.412 h
June	28.1°C25.2°C	25.2°C	244	27.6	12.512 h
July	27.8°C24.9°C	24.9°C	214	27.5	12.412 h
August	27.7°C24.8°C	24.8°C	207	27.3	12.312 h
September	27.7°C24.7°C	24.7°C	240	26.5	12.212 h
October	27.8°C24.5°C	24.5°C	263	26.5	12.012 h
November	28.0°C24.2°C	24.2°C	250	23.5	11.912 h
December	28.0°C23.9°C	23.9°C	148	18.5	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

February in nearby cities

Distance from Galle

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