Dutch Bay SPB

DBK · North Western, Sri Lanka

Climate Dutch Bay SPB 2020-2024

Climate and trends: average temperature, flight conditions, precipitation, wind speed and direction.

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

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 89.6 92 94 93 86 95
February 91.7 88 91 97 95 97
March 90.5 89 94 89 90 94
April 93.3 95 85 95 97
May 79.4 76 71 79 75
June 80.0 72 83 71 80
July 74.9 73 82 65 76
August 73.3 85 71 60 80
September 79.1 75 86 71 77
October 80.3 84 74 74 73
November 82.6 83 90 75 88
December 86.8 86 79 98 85
Average 84.2 89.7 83.8 83.3 79.6 84.7

2nd best VFR conditions of Sri Lanka

VFR conditions during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the VFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 8 km or more and a ceiling of 3,000 ft or more. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Marginal VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 98.9 100 100 100 99 98
February 99.3 100 100 100 100 99
March 99.7 100 100 100 100 100
April 99.6 100 99 100 100
May 99.5 100 100 99 99
June 99.7 100 100 99 100
July 99.8 100 100 100 99
August 99.9 100 100 100 100
September 99.6 100 100 100 100
October 99.3 99 100 99 100
November 97.8 98 99 100 98
December 99.0 100 99 100 100
Average 99.4 99.9 99.6 99.8 99.6 99.4

Marginal VFR conditions or better during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the MVFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 5 km or more and a ceiling of 1,000 ft or more. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Maximum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 31.4 32 31 32 31 32
February 32.4 34 32 32 32 34
March 31.9 34 32 32 31 32
April 31.9 33 31 32 32
May 31.1 32 31 31 32
June 30.5 31 31 31 31
July 30.1 30 31 30 31
August 29.9 32 30 30 30
September 29.8 30 30 30 30
October 29.7 30 30 29 30
November 30.4 31 31 29 31
December 30.7 31 30 32 30
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 24.9 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 23.6 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.

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 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 1.2 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 (knots)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 7.4 7 8 7 6 7
February 7.3 7 6 7 8 7
March 5.7 5 6 7 5 5
April 5.8 5 6 6 5
May 7.6 8 9 6 7
June 8.5 9 8 8 8
July 8.2 9 8 8 8
August 8.6 9 9 8 8
September 8.0 9 9 7 8
October 6.2 6 7 6 7
November 5.0 5 5 5 5
December 6.5 7 6 6 6
Average 7.0 6.4 7.1 7.1 6.6 6.7

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 037° 036° 034° 038° 040°
February 039° 028° 031° 032° 042°
March 276° 312° 277° 262° 257°
April 240° 232° 234° 239°
May 228° 233° 234° 229°
June 234° 238° 235° 235°
July 240° 244° 238° 231°
August 235° 243° 238° 236°
September 220° 237° 240° 230°
October 224° 248° 234° 243°
November 270° 351° 248° 011°
December 046° 032° 033° 031°

Prevailing wind direction

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