Climate averages 1991–2020
Point Pedro weather
in July.
A hot, fairly dry month: the 4th warmest and the joint 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a hot month in Point Pedro: daytime highs average 31.1°C and nights cool to about 27.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 21 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes July a fairly dry month (the joint 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 38 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Jaffna (30 km away). In July its highs average 30.5°C, 0.7°C cooler than Point Pedro, with 33 mm of rain.
Among the 12 cities listed in Sri Lanka, Point Pedro ranks 5th of 12 for the warmest July highs and 1st of 12 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 12 cities is 30.2°C; Point Pedro is 1.0°C warmer than that mean.
From July to August, average highs fall by 0.2°C to 31.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 21 mm to 32 mm.
The annual picture
July 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, selected | 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
July in nearby cities
- Jaffna in JulySri Lanka · 30 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 27.5°C · 33 mm rain
- Nagapattinam in JulyIndia · 114 kmHigh 32.8°C · Low 27.5°C · 41 mm rain
- Pattukkottai in JulyIndia · 121 kmHigh 35.3°C · Low 26.5°C · 54 mm rain
- Kāraikāl in JulyIndia · 130 kmHigh 32.8°C · Low 27.5°C · 40 mm rain
- Mayiladuthurai in JulyIndia · 156 kmHigh 33.5°C · Low 27.0°C · 40 mm rain
- Kumbakonam in JulyIndia · 157 kmHigh 35.5°C · Low 26.5°C · 56 mm rain
- Thanjavur in JulyIndia · 161 kmHigh 35.9°C · Low 26.5°C · 57 mm rain
- Kāraikkudi in JulyIndia · 163 kmHigh 35.0°C · Low 25.7°C · 63 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.