Climate averages 1991–2020
Galle weather
in November.
A hot, very wet month: the joint 7th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
November is a hot month in Galle: daytime highs average 28.0°C and nights cool to about 24.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 250 mm of rain on roughly 24 days, which makes November a very wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 51 min on an average November day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Matara (38 km away). In November its highs average 28.5°C, 0.5°C warmer than Galle, with 296 mm of rain.
Among the 12 cities listed in Sri Lanka, Galle ranks 9th of 12 for the warmest November highs and 2nd of 12 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 12 cities is 28.2°C; Galle is 0.3°C cooler than that mean.
From November to December, average highs stay level at 28.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 250 mm to 148 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
Galle climate table
| 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 | 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, selected | 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
November in nearby cities
- Matara in NovemberSri Lanka · 38 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 24.1°C · 296 mm rain
- Ambalantota in NovemberSri Lanka · 90 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 24.1°C · 231 mm rain
- Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia in NovemberSri Lanka · 96 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 23.7°C · 330 mm rain
- Colombo in NovemberSri Lanka · 107 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 23.6°C · 307 mm rain
- Negombo in NovemberSri Lanka · 136 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 24.0°C · 271 mm rain
- Kandy in NovemberSri Lanka · 146 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 20.4°C · 274 mm rain
- Kalmunai in NovemberSri Lanka · 235 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 24.5°C · 280 mm rain
- Batticaloa in NovemberSri Lanka · 247 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 24.0°C · 283 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 Galle) is explained once on the Galle year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.