Climate averages 1991–2020

Kandy weather
in February.

A warm, moderately wet month: the 4th warmest and the 4th driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 27.4°C Daytime mean, February

Average low 19.3°C Night-time mean, February

Rainfall 87 mm 11 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

February is a warm month in Kandy: daytime highs average 27.4°C and nights cool to about 19.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 87 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes February a moderately wet month (the 4th 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 Negombo (88 km away). In February its highs average 31.8°C, 4.4°C warmer than Kandy, with 40 mm of rain.

Among the 12 cities listed in Sri Lanka, Kandy ranks 12th of 12 for the warmest February highs and 10th of 12 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 12 cities is 29.3°C; Kandy is 1.9°C cooler than that mean.

From February to March, average highs rise by 2.2°C to 29.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 87 mm to 83 mm.

The annual picture

February in context

30-year average

Average highAverage low°C

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm

Averages 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

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Kandy, 1991–2020
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, selected	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

February in nearby cities

Distance from Kandy

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 limits

How 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.