Climate averages 1991–2020
Kandy weather
by month.
See how the year changes. March has the highest average daily maximum; June has the lowest average monthly rainfall.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
Across the year Kandy averages a daytime high of 27.2°C and a nighttime low of 20.7°C, with about 1,692 mm of rain on roughly 215 days. March is the warmest month (average high 29.5°C) and December the coolest (25.5°C). November is the wettest month with 274 mm; June is the driest with 79 mm.
The annual picture
A year in Kandy
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
Kandy climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25.7°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 110 | 14.4 | 11.712 h |
| February | 27.4°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 87 | 11.1 | 11.912 h |
| March | 29.5°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 83 | 10.9 | 12.112 h |
| April | 29.1°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 171 | 18.2 | 12.312 h |
| May | 28.0°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 125 | 19.8 | 12.412 h |
| June | 27.0°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 79 | 17.4 | 12.513 h |
| July | 26.7°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 83 | 18.3 | 12.513 h |
| August | 26.8°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 90 | 18.1 | 12.412 h |
| September | 27.1°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 121 | 19.2 | 12.212 h |
| October | 26.9°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 257 | 23.0 | 12.012 h |
| November | 26.2°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 274 | 23.7 | 11.812 h |
| December | 25.5°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 214 | 20.8 | 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
Nearby cities
- NegomboSri Lanka · 88 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 24.6°C · 2,073 mm rain a year
- ColomboSri Lanka · 95 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 24.2°C · 2,243 mm rain a year
- Dehiwala-Mount LaviniaSri Lanka · 98 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 24.3°C · 2,370 mm rain a year
- BatticaloaSri Lanka · 126 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 24.9°C · 1,286 mm rain a year
- KalmunaiSri Lanka · 133 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 25.3°C · 1,397 mm rain a year
- AmbalantotaSri Lanka · 137 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 24.7°C · 1,137 mm rain a year
- GalleSri Lanka · 146 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 24.6°C · 2,171 mm rain a year
- MataraSri Lanka · 150 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 24.5°C · 2,128 mm rain a year
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 limitsWhat do the high and low temperatures mean?
We average the daily maximum and daily minimum for each calendar month over 1991–2020. They are not record extremes, a forecast range or temperatures at a fixed time of day.
How is a rain day counted?
A local calendar day (standard time, UTC+5:30, no daylight saving) with at least 1 mm of total precipitation counts as one rain day. We count these for each year and month, then average across 30 years. The average does not predict which days will be wet.
Where do the numbers come from?
ERA5-Land (temperature) and ERA5 (precipitation) reanalysis from the Copernicus Climate Change Service, read from the Open-Meteo open-data archive. Temperature comes from the 0.1° model cell at 7.30°, 80.60° (4 km from the city centre), adjusted down by 0.1°C for the difference between the city's elevation (500 m) and the cell's (487 m). Rain comes from the 0.25° cell at 7.25°, 80.75°. These are model estimates, not weather-station readings; coast, hills and city streets can differ.
Does this page show sunshine, humidity or sea temperature?
No. The data used here contain air temperature and precipitation only. Daylight hours are calculated from the city's latitude (sunrise to sunset), not measured sunshine.