Climate averages 1991–2020
Jaffna weather
in November.
A warm, very wet month: the 10th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
November is a warm month in Jaffna: daytime highs average 27.6°C and nights cool to about 25.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 313 mm of rain on roughly 22 days, which makes November a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 41 min on an average November day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Point Pedro (30 km away). In November its highs average 27.7°C, about as warm as Jaffna, with 281 mm of rain.
Among the 12 cities listed in Sri Lanka, Jaffna ranks 11th of 12 for the warmest November highs and 11th of 12 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 12 cities is 28.2°C; Jaffna is 0.6°C cooler than that mean.
From November to December, average highs fall by 0.8°C to 26.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 313 mm to 199 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
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 | 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, selected | 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
November in nearby cities
- Point Pedro in NovemberSri Lanka · 30 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 24.9°C · 281 mm rain
- Pattukkottai in NovemberIndia · 113 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 23.0°C · 208 mm rain
- Nagapattinam in NovemberIndia · 123 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 24.8°C · 335 mm rain
- Kāraikāl in NovemberIndia · 140 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 24.8°C · 328 mm rain
- Kāraikkudi in NovemberIndia · 143 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 22.7°C · 202 mm rain
- Pudukkottai in NovemberIndia · 152 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 22.6°C · 198 mm rain
- Paramagudi in NovemberIndia · 156 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 23.1°C · 196 mm rain
- Thanjavur in NovemberIndia · 156 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 22.8°C · 199 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.