Climate averages 1991–2020
Kalmunai weather
in February.
A warm, wet month: the 10th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a warm month in Kalmunai: daytime highs average 27.8°C and nights cool to about 24.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 96 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes February a wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 53 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Batticaloa (37 km away). In February its highs average 28.2°C, about as warm as Kalmunai, with 89 mm of rain.
Among the 12 cities listed in Sri Lanka, Kalmunai ranks 11th of 12 for the warmest February highs and 12th of 12 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 12 cities is 29.3°C; Kalmunai is 1.4°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 1.7°C to 29.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 96 mm to 60 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
Kalmunai climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.0°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 186 | 17.8 | 11.712 h |
| February, selected | 27.8°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 96 | 13.2 | 11.912 h |
| March | 29.5°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 60 | 10.0 | 12.112 h |
| April | 30.8°C25.8°C | 25.8°C | 70 | 13.3 | 12.312 h |
| May | 32.3°C26.6°C | 26.6°C | 59 | 11.6 | 12.512 h |
| June | 33.2°C26.6°C | 26.6°C | 31 | 6.7 | 12.513 h |
| July | 33.2°C26.4°C | 26.4°C | 31 | 7.5 | 12.513 h |
| August | 32.8°C26.1°C | 26.1°C | 42 | 9.3 | 12.412 h |
| September | 32.0°C25.9°C | 25.9°C | 67 | 13.6 | 12.212 h |
| October | 30.2°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 164 | 20.8 | 12.012 h |
| November | 28.2°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 280 | 24.8 | 11.812 h |
| December | 27.2°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 310 | 22.6 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Batticaloa in FebruarySri Lanka · 37 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 23.3°C · 89 mm rain
- Kandy in FebruarySri Lanka · 133 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 19.3°C · 87 mm rain
- Trincomalee in FebruarySri Lanka · 146 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 24.4°C · 74 mm rain
- Ambalantota in FebruarySri Lanka · 169 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 23.6°C · 42 mm rain
- Matara in FebruarySri Lanka · 217 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 23.8°C · 79 mm rain
- Negombo in FebruarySri Lanka · 222 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 23.7°C · 40 mm rain
- Colombo in FebruarySri Lanka · 225 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 23.4°C · 55 mm rain
- Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia in FebruarySri Lanka · 226 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 23.7°C · 58 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 Kalmunai) is explained once on the Kalmunai year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.