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General weather information about Jaffna

Average annual temperature is 27.8 °C

Absolute maximum temperature: 34.7 °C

Absolute minimum temperature: 20.3 °C

Number of sunny days: 109

Number of rainy days: 256

Number of snow days:

Average annual precipitation: 1461 mm

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* Weather data for Jaffna Sri Lanka is based on climate observations for 2023 year

Jaffna air temperature forecast for each month

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Absolute maximum temperature (°C) 28.2 31.1 32.8 34.7 32.1 32.8 33.5 33.2 31.5 33.1 30.8 29.4
Average daytime temperature (°C) 27.6 28.5 30.9 32.4 30.8 31.3 30.9 31.3 30.4 30.6 29.1 28.4
Average temperature (°C) 25.1 25.5 27.8 29.2 29.2 29.5 29 29 28.6 28 26.2 26.2
Average night temperature (°C) 22.8 22.9 25.4 26.6 27.8 28.1 27.6 27.3 27.1 25.5 23.9 24.6
Absolute minimum temperature (°C) 20.3 20.3 24.1 24.9 24.8 25.7 27 26.8 25.4 23.6 23 23.6

Jaffna monthly weather indicators

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Daylight maximum duration (h) 11.7 11.9 12.2 12.5 12.7 12.7 12.7 12.5 12.3 12 11.8 11.6
Daylight mean duration (h) 11.6 11.8 12.1 12.3 12.6 12.7 12.6 12.4 12.2 11.9 11.7 11.6
Daylight minimum duration (h) 11.6 11.7 11.9 12.2 12.5 12.7 12.6 12.3 12.1 11.8 11.6 11.6
Sunshine mean duration (h) 10.1 10.2 11.1 11.1 9.7 10.6 9.6 11.3 10.6 10.5 8 8.4
Precipitation (mm) 34 107 28 63 84 84 45 8 35 143 553 276
Sunny days 16 17 9 9 13 12 8 22 2 1
Rainy days 15 11 22 21 18 18 23 9 28 31 30 30

Jaffna - weather forecast by months

January February March April May June July August September October November December

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The largest precipitation sum in Jaffna is at

  • November — 553(mm)
  • December — 276(mm)

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