Climate averages 1991–2020

Trincomalee weather
in February.

A warm, moderately wet month: the 10th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 27.9°C Daytime mean, February

Average low 24.4°C Night-time mean, February

Rainfall 74 mm 10 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

February is a warm month in Trincomalee: daytime highs average 27.9°C and nights cool to about 24.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 74 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes February a moderately wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 51 min on an average February day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Batticaloa (109 km away). In February its highs average 28.2°C, about as warm as Trincomalee, with 89 mm of rain.

Among the 12 cities listed in Sri Lanka, Trincomalee ranks 10th of 12 for the warmest February highs and 8th of 12 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 12 cities is 29.3°C; Trincomalee is 1.4°C cooler than that mean.

From February to March, average highs rise by 2.1°C to 30.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 74 mm to 40 mm.

The annual picture

February in context

30-year average

Average highAverage low°C

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Trincomalee climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Trincomalee, 1991–2020
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	126	14.5	11.712 h
February, selected	27.9°C24.4°C	24.4°C	74	9.6	11.812 h
March	30.0°C25.1°C	25.1°C	40	7.1	12.112 h
April	31.7°C26.2°C	26.2°C	56	10.1	12.312 h
May	33.5°C26.7°C	26.7°C	48	8.1	12.513 h
June	33.8°C26.6°C	26.6°C	18	3.1	12.613 h
July	33.6°C26.3°C	26.3°C	31	5.5	12.613 h
August	33.3°C26.0°C	26.0°C	45	7.8	12.412 h
September	33.0°C25.8°C	25.8°C	65	10.7	12.212 h
October	30.7°C25.2°C	25.2°C	186	18.6	11.912 h
November	28.1°C24.5°C	24.5°C	301	24.1	11.712 h
December	27.1°C24.3°C	24.3°C	276	20.9	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

February in nearby cities

Distance from Trincomalee

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Trincomalee) is explained once on the Trincomalee year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.