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Galle in August

Hot and wet, as the days hold steady.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

August in Galle is hot: highs near 85°F, lows near 77°F. Rain falls on almost every day, and daylight holds at about 12 hours 18 minutes.August in Galle is hot: highs near 29°C, lows near 25°C. Rain falls on almost every day, and daylight holds at about 12 hours 18 minutes.

High
85°F29°Caverage
Low
77°F25°Caverage
Wet days
7a week · 94% of days
Daylight
12h 18mon average

Is August a good time to visit Galle?

A good month, just outside Galle's most comfortable months, which run from November 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 August sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 85°F in August, against 85°F to 89°F through the year.Highs near 29°C in August, against 29°C to 32°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

94% of days in August, against 50% to 97% through the year.

Cloud cover

75% cover in August, against 63% to 77% through the year.

Daylight

12h 18m in August, against 11h 47m to 12h 28m through the year.

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

Either side

  1. July86°30°low 77°low 25°7 wet days a weekRain on almost every day.
  2. August85°29°low 77°low 25°7 wet days a weekRain on almost every day.
  3. September85°29°low 77°low 25°7 wet days a weekRain on almost every day.

Where Galle sits, in August

Asia/Colombo
this place
typical high in August 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-August
6:04 AMsets 6:24 PM
Above the sea
0 mlow-lying
Latitude
6.0°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Tangalle64 km east

The land around Galle, shaded by its typical high in August, 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 August

high · low · wet days
See August on the planning mapThe whole year in Galle

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), read 10 km east of Galle. Its own grid square is mostly sea and holds only a daily average, so the page reads the nearest square with a true high and low near the town's height. 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.