Climate averages 1991–2020
Kandy weather
in December.
A warm, very wet month: the coolest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a warm month in Kandy: daytime highs average 25.5°C and nights cool to about 19.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 214 mm of rain on roughly 21 days, which makes December a very wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 42 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Negombo (88 km away). In December its highs average 29.1°C, 3.7°C warmer than Kandy, with 137 mm of rain.
Among the 12 cities listed in Sri Lanka, Kandy ranks 12th of 12 for the warmest December highs and 9th of 12 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 12 cities is 27.8°C; Kandy is 2.4°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 0.2°C to 25.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 214 mm to 110 mm.
The annual picture
December 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 | 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, selected | 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
December in nearby cities
- Negombo in DecemberSri Lanka · 88 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 23.5°C · 137 mm rain
- Colombo in DecemberSri Lanka · 95 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 23.2°C · 164 mm rain
- Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia in DecemberSri Lanka · 98 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 23.3°C · 174 mm rain
- Batticaloa in DecemberSri Lanka · 126 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 23.5°C · 302 mm rain
- Kalmunai in DecemberSri Lanka · 133 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 24.2°C · 310 mm rain
- Ambalantota in DecemberSri Lanka · 137 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 23.6°C · 153 mm rain
- Galle in DecemberSri Lanka · 146 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 23.9°C · 148 mm rain
- Matara in DecemberSri Lanka · 150 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 23.7°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 Kandy) is explained once on the Kandy year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.