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Temperatures by month, in Celsius and Fahrenheit

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In the following tables we can see the temperature by month in Sri Lanka. The coldest month is January. The warmest month is May.
The minimum temperature is usually recorded just before dawn, the maximum in the early afternoon.

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Sri Lanka - Average temperatures in January
City (from north to south)	Min (°C)	Max (°C)	Mean (°C)	Min (°F)	Max (°F)	Mean (°F)
Jaffna	22	29	25.3	71	84	77.5
Mannar	24	29	26.6	75	85	80.0
Trincomalee	24	29	26.3	75	84	79.3
Anuradhapura	22	30	26.0	71	87	78.8
Puttalam	21	30	25.8	70	87	78.4
Batticaloa	24	28	26.0	75	83	78.9
Kandy (450 m.)	19	29	23.6	65	84	74.6
Negombo	22	32	27.0	72	89	80.6
Nuwara Eliya (1,900 m.)	10	20	14.8	50	67	58.6
Colombo	23	32	27.5	74	89	81.4
Average Sri Lanka	21.0	28.8	22.2	69.8	83.9	72.0

Sri Lanka - Average temperatures in February
City (from north to south)	Min (°C)	Max (°C)	Mean (°C)	Min (°F)	Max (°F)	Mean (°F)
Jaffna	22	31	26.2	71	87	79.2
Mannar	24	31	27.4	75	87	81.3
Trincomalee	24	30	27.0	76	86	80.7
Anuradhapura	22	32	27.1	72	90	80.8
Puttalam	21	32	26.8	71	90	80.2
Batticaloa	24	29	26.8	76	85	80.2
Kandy (450 m.)	20	30	24.8	67	86	76.7
Negombo	23	32	27.6	73	90	81.7
Nuwara Eliya (1,900 m.)	11	21	15.8	51	70	60.5
Colombo	24	32	28.0	75	90	82.4
Average Sri Lanka	21.5	30.0	23.0	70.7	86.0	73.4

Sri Lanka - Average temperatures in March
City (from north to south)	Min (°C)	Max (°C)	Mean (°C)	Min (°F)	Max (°F)	Mean (°F)
Jaffna	24	33	28.2	74	91	82.7
Mannar	25	32	28.6	76	90	83.5
Trincomalee	25	32	28.1	76	89	82.6
Anuradhapura	24	35	29.0	74	94	84.3
Puttalam	23	33	28.2	74	92	82.7
Batticaloa	25	31	27.9	77	87	82.2
Kandy (450 m.)	20	32	26.1	68	90	79.0
Negombo	24	32	28.2	75	90	82.8
Nuwara Eliya (1,900 m.)	11	22	16.6	51	72	61.8
Colombo	25	33	28.9	77	91	84.0
Average Sri Lanka	22.4	31.5	24.1	72.4	88.7	75.4

Sri Lanka - Average temperatures in April
City (from north to south)	Min (°C)	Max (°C)	Mean (°C)	Min (°F)	Max (°F)	Mean (°F)
Jaffna	26	34	30.2	80	93	86.3
Mannar	26	33	29.5	79	91	85.1
Trincomalee	25	34	29.6	78	93	85.2
Anuradhapura	25	35	29.7	76	95	85.5
Puttalam	24	33	28.8	76	92	83.8
Batticaloa	26	32	29.3	79	90	84.7
Kandy (450 m.)	22	32	26.5	71	89	79.7
Negombo	25	32	28.4	76	90	83.2
Nuwara Eliya (1,900 m.)	12	22	17.1	53	72	62.8
Colombo	25	33	29.3	77	92	84.7
Average Sri Lanka	23.6	32.1	24.9	74.5	89.7	76.8

Sri Lanka - Average temperatures in May
City (from north to south)	Min (°C)	Max (°C)	Mean (°C)	Min (°F)	Max (°F)	Mean (°F)
Jaffna	28	33	30.3	82	91	86.5
Mannar	28	32	29.8	82	90	85.6
Trincomalee	26	35	30.4	79	95	86.7
Anuradhapura	25	34	29.5	78	93	85.1
Puttalam	26	32	29.0	78	90	84.3
Batticaloa	26	33	29.9	80	92	85.8
Kandy (450 m.)	22	30	26.0	71	87	78.9
Negombo	26	31	28.7	79	89	83.6
Nuwara Eliya (1,900 m.)	13	21	17.4	56	71	63.3
Colombo	26	33	29.5	80	91	85.1
Average Sri Lanka	24.6	31.5	25.1	76.3	88.7	77.2

Sri Lanka - Average temperatures in June
City (from north to south)	Min (°C)	Max (°C)	Mean (°C)	Min (°F)	Max (°F)	Mean (°F)
Jaffna	28	33	30.2	82	91	86.4
Mannar	28	31	29.4	82	89	85.0
Trincomalee	26	35	30.8	79	96	87.5
Anuradhapura	26	33	29.5	78	92	85.0
Puttalam	26	32	28.8	79	89	83.9
Batticaloa	26	35	30.5	80	94	87.0
Kandy (450 m.)	22	29	25.4	72	84	77.7
Negombo	26	31	28.3	79	87	82.9
Nuwara Eliya (1,900 m.)	13	19	16.1	55	67	61.0
Colombo	26	32	29.2	80	89	84.5
Average Sri Lanka	24.7	30.9	24.9	76.5	87.7	76.8

Sri Lanka - Average temperatures in July
City (from north to south)	Min (°C)	Max (°C)	Mean (°C)	Min (°F)	Max (°F)	Mean (°F)
Jaffna	27	33	30.0	81	91	86.0
Mannar	27	31	28.9	80	88	84.0
Trincomalee	26	35	30.4	78	95	86.7
Anuradhapura	25	34	29.5	77	93	85.0
Puttalam	26	31	28.5	78	89	83.3
Batticaloa	26	34	30.3	79	94	86.6
Kandy (450 m.)	22	28	25.2	72	83	77.4
Negombo	26	30	28.0	79	86	82.5
Nuwara Eliya (1,900 m.)	14	19	16.2	57	66	61.2
Colombo	26	31	28.9	79	89	84.0
Average Sri Lanka	24.5	30.7	24.7	76.1	87.3	76.5

Sri Lanka - Average temperatures in August
City (from north to south)	Min (°C)	Max (°C)	Mean (°C)	Min (°F)	Max (°F)	Mean (°F)
Jaffna	27	32	29.6	80	90	85.2
Mannar	26	31	28.7	80	88	83.7
Trincomalee	25	35	30.2	78	95	86.4
Anuradhapura	25	34	29.2	77	92	84.6
Puttalam	26	32	28.5	78	89	83.3
Batticaloa	26	34	29.8	79	93	85.6
Kandy (450 m.)	22	29	25.2	71	84	77.4
Negombo	26	30	28.0	78	87	82.5
Nuwara Eliya (1,900 m.)	13	19	16.2	56	66	61.2
Colombo	26	31	28.7	79	88	83.7
Average Sri Lanka	24.2	30.6	24.5	75.5	87.2	76.1

Sri Lanka - Average temperatures in September
City (from north to south)	Min (°C)	Max (°C)	Mean (°C)	Min (°F)	Max (°F)	Mean (°F)
Jaffna	26	32	28.8	79	89	83.8
Mannar	26	31	28.5	79	87	83.3
Trincomalee	25	35	30.0	77	95	85.9
Anuradhapura	25	34	29.1	76	92	84.4
Puttalam	25	32	28.5	78	89	83.3
Batticaloa	26	33	29.2	78	91	84.6
Kandy (450 m.)	21	29	25.1	70	84	77.2
Negombo	25	30	27.7	77	87	81.9
Nuwara Eliya (1,900 m.)	13	20	16.4	56	67	61.4
Colombo	25	31	28.3	78	88	83.0
Average Sri Lanka	23.8	30.6	24.3	74.8	87.0	75.7

Sri Lanka - Average temperatures in October
City (from north to south)	Min (°C)	Max (°C)	Mean (°C)	Min (°F)	Max (°F)	Mean (°F)
Jaffna	25	31	28.4	78	89	83.1
Mannar	26	31	28.2	78	88	82.8
Trincomalee	24	33	28.5	76	91	83.3
Anuradhapura	24	33	28.4	75	91	83.1
Puttalam	24	31	27.6	75	88	81.7
Batticaloa	25	32	28.3	77	89	82.9
Kandy (450 m.)	21	29	25.1	70	85	77.2
Negombo	24	30	27.4	76	87	81.2
Nuwara Eliya (1,900 m.)	12	20	16.0	54	67	60.9
Colombo	25	31	28.1	77	89	82.7
Average Sri Lanka	23.1	30.1	23.8	73.6	86.2	74.8

Sri Lanka - Average temperatures in November
City (from north to south)	Min (°C)	Max (°C)	Mean (°C)	Min (°F)	Max (°F)	Mean (°F)
Jaffna	24	30	26.9	75	86	80.4
Mannar	25	30	27.4	77	86	81.3
Trincomalee	24	30	27.0	75	86	80.5
Anuradhapura	23	31	27.2	74	88	80.9
Puttalam	23	30	26.7	73	87	80.1
Batticaloa	24	30	27.1	76	86	80.9
Kandy (450 m.)	21	29	24.8	69	84	76.6
Negombo	24	31	27.1	74	87	80.8
Nuwara Eliya (1,900 m.)	12	20	16.2	54	68	61.1
Colombo	24	31	27.7	75	89	81.9
Average Sri Lanka	22.4	29.2	23.0	72.3	84.6	73.4

Sri Lanka - Average temperatures in December
City (from north to south)	Min (°C)	Max (°C)	Mean (°C)	Min (°F)	Max (°F)	Mean (°F)
Jaffna	23	29	26.0	74	84	78.8
Mannar	24	29	26.7	76	84	80.1
Trincomalee	24	29	26.2	74	84	79.1
Anuradhapura	23	30	26.1	73	85	78.9
Puttalam	22	30	26.0	72	86	78.8
Batticaloa	24	29	26.4	75	84	79.5
Kandy (450 m.)	20	28	24.0	68	82	75.2
Negombo	23	31	26.9	73	88	80.5
Nuwara Eliya (1,900 m.)	12	19	15.6	53	67	60.1
Colombo	24	31	27.5	75	88	81.5
Average Sri Lanka	21.9	28.4	22.4	71.4	83.1	72.3

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