Climate averages 1991–2020
Point Pedro weather
in May.
A hot, moderately wet month: the warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Point Pedro: daytime highs average 31.8°C and nights cool to about 27.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 40 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 34 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Jaffna (30 km away). In May its highs average 31.2°C, 0.6°C cooler than Point Pedro, with 58 mm of rain.
Among the 12 cities listed in Sri Lanka, Point Pedro ranks 4th of 12 for the warmest May highs and 1st of 12 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 12 cities is 30.6°C; Point Pedro is 1.2°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 0.5°C to 31.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 40 mm to 17 mm.
The annual picture
May 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, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- Jaffna in MaySri Lanka · 30 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 28.1°C · 58 mm rain
- Nagapattinam in MayIndia · 114 kmHigh 33.0°C · Low 28.2°C · 44 mm rain
- Pattukkottai in MayIndia · 121 kmHigh 36.2°C · Low 27.2°C · 62 mm rain
- Kāraikāl in MayIndia · 130 kmHigh 33.0°C · Low 28.2°C · 41 mm rain
- Mayiladuthurai in MayIndia · 156 kmHigh 34.6°C · Low 27.9°C · 41 mm rain
- Kumbakonam in MayIndia · 157 kmHigh 37.5°C · Low 27.5°C · 46 mm rain
- Thanjavur in MayIndia · 161 kmHigh 37.8°C · Low 27.4°C · 60 mm rain
- Kāraikkudi in MayIndia · 163 kmHigh 36.8°C · Low 26.7°C · 68 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.