Average temperature in May is 27.6 °C
Average daytime temperature is 31.8 °C
Average night temperature is 25 °C
Absolute maximum temperature: 34.1 °C
Absolute minimum temperature: 23.8 °C
Number of sunny days: 7
Number of rainy days: 24
Number of snow days:
Precipitation sum: 130 mm
* Weather data for Anuradhapura Sri Lanka is based on climate observations for 2023 year
| May (°C) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 |
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| Maximum temperature | 31.7 | 28.7 | 30.3 | 31.4 | 26.7 | 31.9 | 30.9 | 31 | 30.1 | 30.1 | 29.6 | 31.3 | 31.8 | 31.8 | 32.1 | 33.8 | 34.1 | 32.4 | 32.2 | 31.9 | 31.4 | 32.1 | 32.8 | 32.4 | 32.8 | 33.1 | 33.3 | 33.5 | 33.8 | 32.6 | 33.1 |
| Apparent max temperature | 38.7 | 34 | 35.6 | 39.1 | 31 | 38.1 | 38.1 | 36.5 | 36.8 | 35.3 | 32.8 | 35.1 | 35.9 | 36.5 | 36.2 | 40.7 | 41 | 39 | 37.8 | 37 | 36.4 | 37.9 | 38.4 | 37.2 | 37.3 | 37.7 | 38.8 | 39.4 | 40 | 37.5 | 38.2 |
| Mean temperature | 26.4 | 26.5 | 25.8 | 25.9 | 25.4 | 26.8 | 26.8 | 26.6 | 26.5 | 26.8 | 26.8 | 27.7 | 27.9 | 28.3 | 28.5 | 29.1 | 29.1 | 28 | 28 | 27.9 | 27.6 | 27.5 | 27.9 | 28 | 28.5 | 28.8 | 28.8 | 28.6 | 28.7 | 28.2 | 28.5 |
| Apparent mean temperature | 28.6 | 28.7 | 29 | 28.3 | 27.5 | 26.8 | 27.7 | 29.2 | 28.3 | 28.5 | 28.7 | 28.8 | 28.1 | 29.8 | 30 | 31 | 30.6 | 29.4 | 28.5 | 28.3 | 28.6 | 28.7 | 29.3 | 29.2 | 29.5 | 29.6 | 29.1 | 29.7 | 29.9 | 29.2 | 28.8 |
| Minimum temperature | 23.9 | 24.3 | 24 | 23.8 | 23.8 | 23.9 | 24 | 24.7 | 24.7 | 24.9 | 25.2 | 25.5 | 25.3 | 26.1 | 26.2 | 25.9 | 25.7 | 25.2 | 24.8 | 24.8 | 24.7 | 24.6 | 24.9 | 25 | 25.5 | 25.8 | 25.6 | 25.8 | 25.3 | 24.9 | 24.9 |
| Apparent min temperature | 31.8 | 31.5 | 30.6 | 31.3 | 29.7 | 31.4 | 31.7 | 31.3 | 30.9 | 31 | 30.1 | 31.1 | 30.9 | 32 | 32.7 | 34.4 | 34.6 | 33.1 | 32.2 | 31.8 | 31.4 | 31.9 | 32.6 | 32.1 | 32.4 | 32.6 | 32.9 | 32.9 | 33.8 | 33.1 | 32.8 |
| May | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 |
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| Daylight duration (h) | 12.4 | 12.4 | 12.4 | 12.4 | 12.4 | 12.4 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 12.6 | 12.6 | 12.6 | 12.6 | 12.6 | 12.6 |
| Sunshine duration (h) | 8.2 | 4.8 | 6.7 | 7 | 0 | 9.3 | 7 | 2.1 | 4.6 | 0.4 | 4.9 | 9.3 | 9.7 | 10.9 | 11.1 | 10.6 | 11.1 | 10.8 | 11 | 9.9 | 11.1 | 11.1 | 11.1 | 11.3 | 11.3 | 11.3 | 11.1 | 10.3 | 11.1 | 11.2 | 11.2 |
| Precipitation (mm) | 9.9 | 8.4 | 22 | 33.5 | 2.3 | 7.7 | 1.3 | 4.9 | 15.4 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0.4 | 5.3 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 1.4 | 1 | 0.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.1 | 7.8 | 4.4 | 0 |
| Precipitation hours | 13 | 5 | 13 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 0 |
| Wind speed (m/s) | 12.4 | 13.2 | 19 | 11.1 | 16.5 | 15.8 | 12.8 | 14 | 18.4 | 17.7 | 24 | 25.5 | 28.1 | 25.2 | 22.7 | 16.9 | 18.3 | 18.9 | 18.3 | 20.2 | 20.9 | 19.6 | 15 | 18.2 | 20.3 | 22 | 20.5 | 21.5 | 17.3 | 16.3 | 17 |
In May 2023, the highest daytime temperature in Anuradhapura was 34.1°C.
While the minimum temperature at night dropped to 23.8°C.
The average nighttime and daytime temperatures during May in Anuradhapura are 25°C and 31.8°C respectively.
The precipitation sum in May is about 130 mm.