Climate averages 1991–2020
Point Pedro weather
in October.
A hot, wet month: the 8th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a hot month in Point Pedro: daytime highs average 29.3°C and nights cool to about 25.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 172 mm of rain on roughly 19 days, which makes October a wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 55 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Jaffna (30 km away). In October its highs average 29.0°C, about as warm as Point Pedro, with 208 mm of rain.
Among the 12 cities listed in Sri Lanka, Point Pedro ranks 5th of 12 for the warmest October highs and 4th of 12 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 12 cities is 29.1°C; Point Pedro is 0.2°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 1.6°C to 27.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 172 mm to 281 mm.
The annual picture
October 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Jaffna in OctoberSri Lanka · 30 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 26.0°C · 208 mm rain
- Nagapattinam in OctoberIndia · 114 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 25.7°C · 207 mm rain
- Pattukkottai in OctoberIndia · 121 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 24.4°C · 186 mm rain
- Kāraikāl in OctoberIndia · 130 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 25.7°C · 200 mm rain
- Mayiladuthurai in OctoberIndia · 156 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 25.2°C · 200 mm rain
- Kumbakonam in OctoberIndia · 157 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 24.5°C · 169 mm rain
- Thanjavur in OctoberIndia · 161 kmHigh 31.9°C · Low 24.4°C · 174 mm rain
- Kāraikkudi in OctoberIndia · 163 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 24.1°C · 191 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.