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Colombo in March

Hot and wet, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

March in Colombo is hot: highs near 92°F, lows near 75°F. Rain falls on about four days a week, more often as the month goes on, and the days lengthen by 11 minutes from the first week to the last.March in Colombo is hot: highs near 33°C, lows near 24°C. Rain falls on about four days a week, more often as the month goes on, and the days lengthen by 11 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
92°F33°Caverage
Low
75°F24°Caverage
Wet days
4a week · 61% of days
Daylight
12h 04mon average

Is March a good time to visit Colombo?

A good month, just outside Colombo's most comfortable months, which run in two parts: August to September, or December to February.

How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 70°F to 80°F, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 21°C to 27°C, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.

How March sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 92°F in March, against 86°F to 92°F through the year.Highs near 33°C in March, against 30°C to 33°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

61% of days in March, against 35% to 98% through the year.

Cloud cover

62% cover in March, against 62% to 77% through the year.

Daylight

12h 04m in March, against 11h 44m to 12h 31m through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with March shaded. The olive line marks the most comfortable months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

Either side

  1. February92°33°low 74°low 23°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  2. March92°33°low 75°low 24°4 wet days a weekRain on about four days a week.
  3. April91°33°low 77°low 25°7 wet days a weekRain on almost every day.

Where Colombo sits, in March

Asia/Colombo
this place
typical high in March 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-March
6:18 AMsets 6:22 PM
Above the sea
10 mlow-lying
Latitude
6.9°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Galle108 km south

The land around Colombo, shaded by its typical high in March, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

Elsewhere in Sri Lanka in March

high · low · wet days
See March on the planning mapThe whole year in Colombo

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Colombo. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match.Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match. Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not. Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.

Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not.

Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.