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Galle in May

Hot and wet, as the days hold steady.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

May in Galle is hot: highs near 87°F, lows near 78°F. Rain falls on almost every day, more often as the month goes on, and daylight holds at about 12 hours 24 minutes.May in Galle is hot: highs near 31°C, lows near 26°C. Rain falls on almost every day, more often as the month goes on, and daylight holds at about 12 hours 24 minutes.

High
87°F31°Caverage
Low
78°F26°Caverage
Wet days
7a week · 95% of days
Daylight
12h 24mon average

Is May 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 May sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 87°F in May, against 85°F to 89°F through the year.Highs near 31°C in May, against 29°C to 32°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

95% of days in May, against 50% to 97% through the year.

Cloud cover

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

Daylight

12h 24m in May, against 11h 47m to 12h 28m 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. April88°31°low 78°low 26°6 wet days a weekRain on about six days a week.
  2. May87°31°low 78°low 26°7 wet days a weekRain on almost every day.
  3. June86°30°low 78°low 26°7 wet days a weekRain on almost every day.

Where Galle sits, in May

Asia/Colombo
this place
typical high in May 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-May
5:53 AMsets 6:17 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 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 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.