Climate averages 1991–2020
Trincomalee weather
in March.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 8th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a hot month in Trincomalee: daytime highs average 30.0°C and nights cool to about 25.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 40 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 3rd 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 Batticaloa (109 km away). In March its highs average 30.2°C, about as warm as Trincomalee, with 52 mm of rain.
Among the 12 cities listed in Sri Lanka, Trincomalee ranks 9th of 12 for the warmest March highs and 3rd of 12 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 12 cities is 30.5°C; Trincomalee is 0.5°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 1.7°C to 31.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 40 mm to 56 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
Trincomalee 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 | 126 | 14.5 | 11.712 h |
| February | 27.9°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 74 | 9.6 | 11.812 h |
| March, selected | 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
March in nearby cities
- Batticaloa in MarchSri Lanka · 109 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 24.0°C · 52 mm rain
- Kalmunai in MarchSri Lanka · 146 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 24.7°C · 60 mm rain
- Kandy in MarchSri Lanka · 157 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 20.4°C · 83 mm rain
- Point Pedro in MarchSri Lanka · 176 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 25.5°C · 21 mm rain
- Jaffna in MarchSri Lanka · 181 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 25.9°C · 22 mm rain
- Negombo in MarchSri Lanka · 216 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 24.8°C · 76 mm rain
- Colombo in MarchSri Lanka · 238 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 24.4°C · 75 mm rain
- Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia in MarchSri Lanka · 244 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 24.5°C · 75 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 Trincomalee) is explained once on the Trincomalee year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.