Climate averages 1991–2020
Trincomalee weather
in November.
A hot, very wet month: the 9th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
November is a hot month in Trincomalee: daytime highs average 28.1°C and nights cool to about 24.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 301 mm of rain on roughly 24 days, which makes November a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 44 min on an average November day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Batticaloa (109 km away). In November its highs average 28.5°C, about as warm as Trincomalee, with 283 mm of rain.
Among the 12 cities listed in Sri Lanka, Trincomalee ranks 8th of 12 for the warmest November highs and 9th of 12 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 12 cities is 28.2°C; Trincomalee is 0.1°C cooler than that mean.
From November to December, average highs fall by 1.0°C to 27.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 301 mm to 276 mm.
The annual picture
November 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 | 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, selected | 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
November in nearby cities
- Batticaloa in NovemberSri Lanka · 109 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 24.0°C · 283 mm rain
- Kalmunai in NovemberSri Lanka · 146 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 24.5°C · 280 mm rain
- Kandy in NovemberSri Lanka · 157 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 20.4°C · 274 mm rain
- Point Pedro in NovemberSri Lanka · 176 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 24.9°C · 281 mm rain
- Jaffna in NovemberSri Lanka · 181 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 25.1°C · 313 mm rain
- Negombo in NovemberSri Lanka · 216 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 24.0°C · 271 mm rain
- Colombo in NovemberSri Lanka · 238 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 23.6°C · 307 mm rain
- Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia in NovemberSri Lanka · 244 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 23.7°C · 330 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.