Climate averages 1991–2020
Jaffna weather
in February.
A hot, fairly dry month: the 9th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a hot month in Jaffna: daytime highs average 28.1°C and nights cool to about 24.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 26 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes February a fairly dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 49 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Point Pedro (30 km away). In February its highs average 28.1°C, about as warm as Jaffna, with 27 mm of rain.
Among the 12 cities listed in Sri Lanka, Jaffna ranks joint 8th of 12 for the warmest February highs and 1st of 12 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 12 cities is 29.3°C; Jaffna is 1.1°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 2.1°C to 30.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 26 mm to 22 mm.
The annual picture
February 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
Jaffna climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.8°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 62 | 6.7 | 11.612 h |
| February, selected | 28.1°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 26 | 4.3 | 11.812 h |
| March | 30.2°C25.9°C | 25.9°C | 22 | 3.3 | 12.112 h |
| April | 31.4°C27.3°C | 27.3°C | 45 | 7.5 | 12.312 h |
| May | 31.2°C28.1°C | 28.1°C | 58 | 7.6 | 12.613 h |
| June | 30.7°C27.9°C | 27.9°C | 27 | 5.6 | 12.713 h |
| July | 30.5°C27.5°C | 27.5°C | 33 | 9.0 | 12.613 h |
| August | 30.3°C27.1°C | 27.1°C | 48 | 10.4 | 12.412 h |
| September | 30.1°C26.9°C | 26.9°C | 67 | 12.1 | 12.212 h |
| October | 29.0°C26.0°C | 26.0°C | 208 | 20.9 | 11.912 h |
| November | 27.6°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 313 | 22.1 | 11.712 h |
| December | 26.8°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 199 | 16.3 | 11.612 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
- Point Pedro in FebruarySri Lanka · 30 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 24.4°C · 27 mm rain
- Pattukkottai in FebruaryIndia · 113 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 21.5°C · 16 mm rain
- Nagapattinam in FebruaryIndia · 123 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 24.3°C · 19 mm rain
- Kāraikāl in FebruaryIndia · 140 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 24.2°C · 16 mm rain
- Kāraikkudi in FebruaryIndia · 143 kmHigh 31.9°C · Low 21.1°C · 15 mm rain
- Pudukkottai in FebruaryIndia · 152 kmHigh 32.2°C · Low 20.9°C · 13 mm rain
- Paramagudi in FebruaryIndia · 156 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 21.9°C · 18 mm rain
- Thanjavur in FebruaryIndia · 156 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 21.0°C · 14 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 Jaffna) is explained once on the Jaffna year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.