Climate averages 1991–2020

Negombo weather
in February.

A hot, moderately wet month: one of the warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.

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

Average high 31.8°C Daytime mean, February

Average low 23.7°C Night-time mean, February

Rainfall 40 mm 7 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

February is a hot month in Negombo: daytime highs average 31.8°C and nights cool to about 23.7°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the warmest months of the year.

Expect about 40 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes February a moderately wet month (the 2nd 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 Colombo (30 km away). In February its highs average 31.5°C, about as warm as Negombo, with 55 mm of rain.

Among the 12 cities listed in Sri Lanka, Negombo ranks 1st of 12 for the warmest February highs and 3rd of 12 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 12 cities is 29.3°C; Negombo is 2.5°C warmer than that mean.

From February to March, average highs stay level at 31.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 40 mm to 76 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

Negombo climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Negombo, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January	30.2°C23.2°C	23.2°C	38	6.2	11.812 h
February, selected	31.8°C23.7°C	23.7°C	40	6.5	11.912 h
March	31.8°C24.8°C	24.8°C	76	15.8	12.112 h
April	30.7°C25.5°C	25.5°C	163	26.0	12.312 h
May	29.6°C25.7°C	25.7°C	255	28.6	12.412 h
June	28.8°C25.4°C	25.4°C	224	27.0	12.513 h
July	28.5°C25.2°C	25.2°C	176	24.5	12.512 h
August	28.4°C25.0°C	25.0°C	165	23.9	12.412 h
September	28.6°C24.9°C	24.9°C	215	25.3	12.212 h
October	28.8°C24.5°C	24.5°C	315	26.4	12.012 h
November	29.0°C24.0°C	24.0°C	271	22.3	11.812 h
December	29.1°C23.5°C	23.5°C	137	14.1	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 Negombo

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 Negombo) is explained once on the Negombo year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.