Climate averages 1991–2020
Point Pedro weather
in December.
A warm, very wet month: the 11th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a warm month in Point Pedro: daytime highs average 27.0°C and nights cool to about 24.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 191 mm of rain on roughly 17 days, which makes December a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 34 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Jaffna (30 km away). In December its highs average 26.8°C, about as warm as Point Pedro, with 199 mm of rain.
Among the 12 cities listed in Sri Lanka, Point Pedro ranks 10th of 12 for the warmest December highs and 6th of 12 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 12 cities is 27.8°C; Point Pedro is 0.8°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs stay level at 26.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 191 mm to 66 mm.
The annual picture
December 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 | 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, selected | 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
December in nearby cities
- Jaffna in DecemberSri Lanka · 30 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 24.7°C · 199 mm rain
- Nagapattinam in DecemberIndia · 114 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 24.2°C · 201 mm rain
- Pattukkottai in DecemberIndia · 121 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 21.8°C · 118 mm rain
- Kāraikāl in DecemberIndia · 130 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 24.2°C · 194 mm rain
- Mayiladuthurai in DecemberIndia · 156 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 23.1°C · 194 mm rain
- Kumbakonam in DecemberIndia · 157 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 21.7°C · 127 mm rain
- Thanjavur in DecemberIndia · 161 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 21.4°C · 109 mm rain
- Kāraikkudi in DecemberIndia · 163 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 21.4°C · 104 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.