Climate averages 1991–2020
Kandy weather
in September.
A warm, wet month: the 5th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
September is a warm month in Kandy: daytime highs average 27.1°C and nights cool to about 21.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 121 mm of rain on roughly 19 days, which makes September a wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 10 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Negombo (88 km away). In September its highs average 28.6°C, 1.4°C warmer than Kandy, with 215 mm of rain.
Among the 12 cities listed in Sri Lanka, Kandy ranks 12th of 12 for the warmest September highs and 7th of 12 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 12 cities is 29.9°C; Kandy is 2.7°C cooler than that mean.
From September to October, average highs fall by 0.3°C to 26.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 121 mm to 257 mm.
The annual picture
September 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, selected | 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
September in nearby cities
- Negombo in SeptemberSri Lanka · 88 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 24.9°C · 215 mm rain
- Colombo in SeptemberSri Lanka · 95 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 24.5°C · 223 mm rain
- Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia in SeptemberSri Lanka · 98 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 24.5°C · 232 mm rain
- Batticaloa in SeptemberSri Lanka · 126 kmHigh 33.2°C · Low 25.6°C · 48 mm rain
- Kalmunai in SeptemberSri Lanka · 133 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 25.9°C · 67 mm rain
- Ambalantota in SeptemberSri Lanka · 137 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 25.1°C · 87 mm rain
- Galle in SeptemberSri Lanka · 146 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 24.7°C · 240 mm rain
- Matara in SeptemberSri Lanka · 150 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 24.6°C · 196 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.