Climate averages 1991–2020
Point Pedro weather
in April.
A hot, fairly dry month: the 2nd warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a hot month in Point Pedro: daytime highs average 31.7°C and nights cool to about 27.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 34 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes April a fairly dry month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 20 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Jaffna (30 km away). In April its highs average 31.4°C, about as warm as Point Pedro, with 45 mm of rain.
Among the 12 cities listed in Sri Lanka, Point Pedro ranks joint 2nd of 12 for the warmest April highs and 1st of 12 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 12 cities is 30.7°C; Point Pedro is 0.9°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 0.2°C to 31.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 34 mm to 40 mm.
The annual picture
April 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
Point Pedro climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.9°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 66 | 7.6 | 11.612 h |
| February | 28.1°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 27 | 4.8 | 11.812 h |
| March | 30.2°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 21 | 3.2 | 12.112 h |
| April, selected | 31.7°C27.0°C | 27.0°C | 34 | 6.1 | 12.312 h |
| May | 31.8°C27.8°C | 27.8°C | 40 | 5.0 | 12.613 h |
| June | 31.3°C27.7°C | 27.7°C | 17 | 3.1 | 12.713 h |
| July | 31.1°C27.3°C | 27.3°C | 21 | 5.2 | 12.613 h |
| August | 31.0°C26.9°C | 26.9°C | 32 | 6.9 | 12.412 h |
| September | 30.8°C26.7°C | 26.7°C | 42 | 8.5 | 12.212 h |
| October | 29.3°C25.8°C | 25.8°C | 172 | 18.8 | 11.912 h |
| November | 27.7°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 281 | 22.4 | 11.712 h |
| December | 27.0°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 191 | 16.9 | 11.612 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
April in nearby cities
- Jaffna in AprilSri Lanka · 30 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 27.3°C · 45 mm rain
- Nagapattinam in AprilIndia · 114 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 27.3°C · 36 mm rain
- Pattukkottai in AprilIndia · 121 kmHigh 34.9°C · Low 25.9°C · 41 mm rain
- Kāraikāl in AprilIndia · 130 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 27.3°C · 31 mm rain
- Mayiladuthurai in AprilIndia · 156 kmHigh 33.0°C · Low 26.8°C · 31 mm rain
- Kumbakonam in AprilIndia · 157 kmHigh 36.0°C · Low 26.1°C · 29 mm rain
- Thanjavur in AprilIndia · 161 kmHigh 36.7°C · Low 25.9°C · 37 mm rain
- Kāraikkudi in AprilIndia · 163 kmHigh 35.7°C · Low 25.4°C · 42 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 Point Pedro) is explained once on the Point Pedro year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.