Climate averages 1991–2020
Point Pedro weather
in March.
A hot, fairly dry month: the 7th warmest and the joint 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a hot month in Point Pedro: daytime highs average 30.2°C and nights cool to about 25.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 21 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes March a fairly dry month (the joint 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 04 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Jaffna (30 km away). In March its highs average 30.2°C, about as warm as Point Pedro, with 22 mm of rain.
Among the 12 cities listed in Sri Lanka, Point Pedro ranks joint 6th of 12 for the warmest March highs and 1st of 12 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 12 cities is 30.5°C; Point Pedro is 0.3°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 1.4°C to 31.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 21 mm to 34 mm.
The annual picture
March 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, selected | 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
March in nearby cities
- Jaffna in MarchSri Lanka · 30 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 25.9°C · 22 mm rain
- Nagapattinam in MarchIndia · 114 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 25.5°C · 22 mm rain
- Pattukkottai in MarchIndia · 121 kmHigh 33.7°C · Low 23.1°C · 21 mm rain
- Kāraikāl in MarchIndia · 130 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 25.5°C · 19 mm rain
- Mayiladuthurai in MarchIndia · 156 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 24.5°C · 19 mm rain
- Kumbakonam in MarchIndia · 157 kmHigh 34.3°C · Low 23.2°C · 17 mm rain
- Thanjavur in MarchIndia · 161 kmHigh 35.1°C · Low 23.0°C · 19 mm rain
- Kāraikkudi in MarchIndia · 163 kmHigh 34.5°C · Low 22.8°C · 24 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.