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Galle in January

Hot and wet, as the days hold steady.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

January in Galle is hot: highs near 86°F, lows near 75°F. Rain falls on about four days a week, less often as the month goes on, and daylight holds at about 11 hours 49 minutes.January in Galle is hot: highs near 30°C, lows near 24°C. Rain falls on about four days a week, less often as the month goes on, and daylight holds at about 11 hours 49 minutes.

High
86°F30°Caverage
Low
75°F24°Caverage
Wet days
4a week · 56% of days
Daylight
11h 49mon average

Is January a good time to visit Galle?

Yes. January is one of Galle's most comfortable months (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 January sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 86°F in January, against 85°F to 89°F through the year.Highs near 30°C in January, against 29°C to 32°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

56% of days in January, against 50% to 97% through the year.

Cloud cover

65% cover in January, against 63% to 77% through the year.

Daylight

11h 49m in January, against 11h 47m to 12h 28m through the year.

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

Either side

  1. December86°30°low 75°low 24°5 wet days a weekRain on about five days a week.
  2. January86°30°low 75°low 24°4 wet days a weekRain on about four days a week.
  3. February87°31°low 75°low 24°4 wet days a weekRain on about four days a week.

Where Galle sits, in January

Asia/Colombo
this place
typical high in January 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-January
6:24 AMsets 6:12 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 January, 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 January

high · low · wet days
See January 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.