Climate averages 1991–2020
Kandy weather
in June.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 6th warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
June is a warm month in Kandy: daytime highs average 27.0°C and nights cool to about 21.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 79 mm of rain on roughly 17 days, which makes June a moderately wet month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 32 min on an average June day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Negombo (88 km away). In June its highs average 28.8°C, 1.8°C warmer than Kandy, with 224 mm of rain.
Among the 12 cities listed in Sri Lanka, Kandy ranks 12th of 12 for the warmest June highs and 7th of 12 for the driest June (rainfall, lowest first). The mean June high of those 12 cities is 30.4°C; Kandy is 3.4°C cooler than that mean.
From June to July, average highs fall by 0.3°C to 26.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 79 mm to 83 mm.
The annual picture
June 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, selected | 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
June in nearby cities
- Negombo in JuneSri Lanka · 88 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 25.4°C · 224 mm rain
- Colombo in JuneSri Lanka · 95 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 25.1°C · 242 mm rain
- Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia in JuneSri Lanka · 98 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 25.1°C · 256 mm rain
- Batticaloa in JuneSri Lanka · 126 kmHigh 34.5°C · Low 26.6°C · 25 mm rain
- Kalmunai in JuneSri Lanka · 133 kmHigh 33.2°C · Low 26.6°C · 31 mm rain
- Ambalantota in JuneSri Lanka · 137 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 25.8°C · 60 mm rain
- Galle in JuneSri Lanka · 146 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 25.2°C · 244 mm rain
- Matara in JuneSri Lanka · 150 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 25.1°C · 187 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.