Climate averages 1991–2020
Kandy weather
in August.
A warm, wet month: the 8th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a warm month in Kandy: daytime highs average 26.8°C and nights cool to about 21.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 90 mm of rain on roughly 18 days, which makes August a wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 21 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Negombo (88 km away). In August its highs average 28.4°C, 1.6°C warmer than Kandy, with 165 mm of rain.
Among the 12 cities listed in Sri Lanka, Kandy ranks 12th of 12 for the warmest August highs and 7th of 12 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 12 cities is 30.0°C; Kandy is 3.2°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 0.3°C to 27.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 90 mm to 121 mm.
The annual picture
August 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
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, selected | 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
August in nearby cities
- Negombo in AugustSri Lanka · 88 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 25.0°C · 165 mm rain
- Colombo in AugustSri Lanka · 95 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 24.6°C · 168 mm rain
- Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia in AugustSri Lanka · 98 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 24.7°C · 183 mm rain
- Batticaloa in AugustSri Lanka · 126 kmHigh 34.2°C · Low 26.1°C · 31 mm rain
- Kalmunai in AugustSri Lanka · 133 kmHigh 32.8°C · Low 26.1°C · 42 mm rain
- Ambalantota in AugustSri Lanka · 137 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 25.3°C · 52 mm rain
- Galle in AugustSri Lanka · 146 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 24.8°C · 207 mm rain
- Matara in AugustSri Lanka · 150 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 24.7°C · 159 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 Kandy) is explained once on the Kandy year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.