Climate averages 1991–2020
Kandy weather
in October.
A warm, very wet month: the 7th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a warm month in Kandy: daytime highs average 26.9°C and nights cool to about 20.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 257 mm of rain on roughly 23 days, which makes October a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 58 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Negombo (88 km away). In October its highs average 28.8°C, 1.9°C warmer than Kandy, with 315 mm of rain.
Among the 12 cities listed in Sri Lanka, Kandy ranks 12th of 12 for the warmest October highs and 8th of 12 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 12 cities is 29.1°C; Kandy is 2.3°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 0.7°C to 26.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 257 mm to 274 mm.
The annual picture
October 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Negombo in OctoberSri Lanka · 88 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 24.5°C · 315 mm rain
- Colombo in OctoberSri Lanka · 95 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 24.1°C · 327 mm rain
- Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia in OctoberSri Lanka · 98 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 24.2°C · 328 mm rain
- Batticaloa in OctoberSri Lanka · 126 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 24.8°C · 152 mm rain
- Kalmunai in OctoberSri Lanka · 133 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 25.2°C · 164 mm rain
- Ambalantota in OctoberSri Lanka · 137 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 24.7°C · 141 mm rain
- Galle in OctoberSri Lanka · 146 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 24.5°C · 263 mm rain
- Matara in OctoberSri Lanka · 150 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 24.4°C · 250 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.