Climate averages 1991–2020
Point Pedro weather
in January.
A warm, moderately wet month: the coolest and the 9th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a warm month in Point Pedro: daytime highs average 26.9°C and nights cool to about 24.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 66 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 37 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Jaffna (30 km away). In January its highs average 26.8°C, about as warm as Point Pedro, with 62 mm of rain.
Among the 12 cities listed in Sri Lanka, Point Pedro ranks joint 9th of 12 for the warmest January highs and 7th of 12 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 12 cities is 28.2°C; Point Pedro is 1.2°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.2°C to 28.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 66 mm to 27 mm.
The annual picture
January 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, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Jaffna in JanuarySri Lanka · 30 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 24.4°C · 62 mm rain
- Nagapattinam in JanuaryIndia · 114 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 23.9°C · 39 mm rain
- Pattukkottai in JanuaryIndia · 121 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 20.9°C · 25 mm rain
- Kāraikāl in JanuaryIndia · 130 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 23.9°C · 34 mm rain
- Mayiladuthurai in JanuaryIndia · 156 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 22.6°C · 34 mm rain
- Kumbakonam in JanuaryIndia · 157 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 20.9°C · 22 mm rain
- Thanjavur in JanuaryIndia · 161 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 20.4°C · 20 mm rain
- Kāraikkudi in JanuaryIndia · 163 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 20.5°C · 18 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.