Climate averages 1991–2020
Point Pedro weather
in September.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 6th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
September is a hot month in Point Pedro: daytime highs average 30.8°C and nights cool to about 26.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 42 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes September a moderately wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 11 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Jaffna (30 km away). In September its highs average 30.1°C, 0.7°C cooler than Point Pedro, with 67 mm of rain.
Among the 12 cities listed in Sri Lanka, Point Pedro ranks 5th of 12 for the warmest September highs and 1st of 12 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 12 cities is 29.9°C; Point Pedro is 1.0°C warmer than that mean.
From September to October, average highs fall by 1.5°C to 29.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 42 mm to 172 mm.
The annual picture
September 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, selected | 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
September in nearby cities
- Jaffna in SeptemberSri Lanka · 30 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 26.9°C · 67 mm rain
- Nagapattinam in SeptemberIndia · 114 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 26.8°C · 80 mm rain
- Pattukkottai in SeptemberIndia · 121 kmHigh 33.9°C · Low 25.6°C · 116 mm rain
- Kāraikāl in SeptemberIndia · 130 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 26.8°C · 72 mm rain
- Mayiladuthurai in SeptemberIndia · 156 kmHigh 32.5°C · Low 26.3°C · 72 mm rain
- Kumbakonam in SeptemberIndia · 157 kmHigh 34.4°C · Low 25.8°C · 96 mm rain
- Thanjavur in SeptemberIndia · 161 kmHigh 34.8°C · Low 25.7°C · 108 mm rain
- Kāraikkudi in SeptemberIndia · 163 kmHigh 34.2°C · Low 25.1°C · 98 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.