Climate averages 1991–2020
Kandy weather
in November.
A warm, very wet month: the 10th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
November is a warm month in Kandy: daytime highs average 26.2°C and nights cool to about 20.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 274 mm of rain on roughly 24 days, which makes November a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 48 min on an average November day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Negombo (88 km away). In November its highs average 29.0°C, 2.8°C warmer than Kandy, with 271 mm of rain.
Among the 12 cities listed in Sri Lanka, Kandy ranks 12th of 12 for the warmest November highs and 4th of 12 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 12 cities is 28.2°C; Kandy is 2.0°C cooler than that mean.
From November to December, average highs fall by 0.7°C to 25.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 274 mm to 214 mm.
The annual picture
November 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, selected | 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
November in nearby cities
- Negombo in NovemberSri Lanka · 88 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 24.0°C · 271 mm rain
- Colombo in NovemberSri Lanka · 95 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 23.6°C · 307 mm rain
- Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia in NovemberSri Lanka · 98 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 23.7°C · 330 mm rain
- Batticaloa in NovemberSri Lanka · 126 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 24.0°C · 283 mm rain
- Kalmunai in NovemberSri Lanka · 133 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 24.5°C · 280 mm rain
- Ambalantota in NovemberSri Lanka · 137 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 24.1°C · 231 mm rain
- Galle in NovemberSri Lanka · 146 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 24.2°C · 250 mm rain
- Matara in NovemberSri Lanka · 150 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 24.1°C · 296 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.