Weather in North Western

Calculated from weather data of Bandaranaike International Colombo Airport (VCBI) between 2020 and 2024.

Maximum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	31.4	32.1	30.8	31.6	30.5	32.3
February	32.4	34.2	31.8	32.0	32.0	33.6
March	31.9	33.7	32.2	31.5	31.3	32.1
April	32.0	33.2	32.6	31.1	31.6	32.0
May	31.1		31.6	30.8	31.0	31.5
June	30.5		31.3	30.6	30.6	30.8
July	30.1		30.3	30.6	30.1	30.5
August	29.9		31.5	30.0	29.6	30.3
September	29.8		30.0	30.3	29.8	29.6
October	29.7		30.3	29.6	29.1	29.8
November	30.4		31.3	30.8	28.6	31.1
December	30.7		31.3	29.8	31.6	30.1
Average	31.1	33.2	31.2	30.7	30.4	31.1

2nd highest temperature of Sri Lanka

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	22.2	23	22	23	22	23
February	22.9	24	23	22	23	24
March	24.1	25	23	24	24	25
April	25.0	26	25	25	25	25
May	25.3		25	26	26	25
June	25.8		26	25	26	26
July	25.6		26	24	25	25
August	25.5		26	26	26	26
September	24.2		25	25	26	23
October	24.2		24	24	24	26
November	23.4		24	23	23	24
December	23.0		24	23	22	23
Average	24.2	24.1	24.4	24.2	24.3	24.5

2nd lowest temperature of Sri Lanka

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Cold and hot days

Number of days	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
30 °C or warmer	117	284	225	181	249
25 °C or warmer	121	365	352	365	365
20 °C or warmer	121	365	354	365	365
0 °C or colder	0	0	0	0	0

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	1.5	3	1	0	3	0
February	0.4	0	0	1	0	0
March	0.5	0	1	0	1	0
April	0.6	1	1	1	0	0
May	3.7		6	6	3	2
June	3.5		2	3	6	3
July	2.0		2	1	3	2
August	2.8		2	5	4	1
September	6.3		13	3	4	7
October	5.8		7	6	6	1
November	4.9		3	5	8	3
December	3.4		3	6	0	6
Average	2.7	1.1	3.3	3.0	3.1	2.0

Precipitation during daylight period

Percentage of observations with observed rain, drizzle, snow or hail. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Wind speed (km/h)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	13.8	12	14	13	11	13
February	13.5	14	12	12	14	14
March	10.7	10	10	12	9	9
April	10.5	9	10	11	11	9
May	14.1		14	17	11	14
June	15.8		16	15	14	15
July	15.2		16	14	15	14
August	16.1		17	16	15	14
September	14.9		16	16	14	14
October	11.5		12	12	12	12
November	9.4		8	9	10	10
December	12.1		13	10	12	11
Average	13.0	11.2	13.2	13.2	12.3	12.4

2nd highest wind speed of Sri Lanka

Average wind speed

Excluding wind gusts. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Prevailing wind direction

Month	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE
February	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE
March	W	NW	W	W	W
April	W	SW	SW	SW	SW
May		SW	SW	SW	SW
June		SW	SW	SW	SW
July		SW	SW	SW	SW
August		SW	SW	SW	SW
September		SW	SW	SW	SW
October		SW	W	SW	SW
November		W	N	W	N
December		NE	NE	NE	NE

Prevailing wind direction

Average wind direction, weighed by wind speed. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

North Western weather Q&A

What is the warmest month in North Western?

The warmest month is February with an average temperature of 32 °C over the past years.

What is the coldest month in North Western?

The coldest month is October with an average daytime temperature of 30 °C in the past few years.

Which month is the wettest in North Western?

Chance of precipitation is the highest in September with a probability of around 6.4 %.

Which month is the driest in North Western?

The least rainfall and snow can be expected in February. The probability is about 0.4 %.