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Colombo in May

Hot and wet, as the days hold steady.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

May in Colombo is hot: highs near 89°F, lows near 78°F. Rain falls on almost every day, and daylight holds at about 12 hours 26 minutes.May in Colombo is hot: highs near 32°C, lows near 26°C. Rain falls on almost every day, and daylight holds at about 12 hours 26 minutes.

High
89°F32°Caverage
Low
78°F26°Caverage
Wet days
7a week · 98% of days
Daylight
12h 26mon average

Is May 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 May sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 89°F in May, against 86°F to 92°F through the year.Highs near 32°C in May, against 30°C to 33°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

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

Cloud cover

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

Daylight

12h 26m in May, against 11h 44m to 12h 31m through the year.

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

Either side

  1. April91°33°low 77°low 25°7 wet days a weekRain on almost every day.
  2. May89°32°low 78°low 26°7 wet days a weekRain on almost every day.
  3. June87°31°low 77°low 25°7 wet days a weekRain on almost every day.

Where Colombo sits, in May

Asia/Colombo
this place
typical high in May 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-May
5:54 AMsets 6:20 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 May, 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 May

high · low · wet days
See May 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.