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Galle in October

Hot and wet, as the days hold steady.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

October in Galle is hot: highs near 86°F, lows near 77°F. Rain falls on about six days a week, and daylight holds at about 11 hours 58 minutes.October in Galle is hot: highs near 30°C, lows near 25°C. Rain falls on about six days a week, and daylight holds at about 11 hours 58 minutes.

High
86°F30°Caverage
Low
77°F25°Caverage
Wet days
6a week · 91% of days
Daylight
11h 58mon average

Is October 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 October sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

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

Chance of a wet day

91% of days in October, against 50% to 97% through the year.

Cloud cover

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

Daylight

11h 58m in October, against 11h 47m to 12h 28m through the year.

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

Either side

  1. September85°29°low 77°low 25°7 wet days a weekRain on almost every day.
  2. October86°30°low 77°low 25°6 wet days a weekRain on about six days a week.
  3. November86°30°low 76°low 24°6 wet days a weekRain on about six days a week.

Where Galle sits, in October

Asia/Colombo
this place
typical high in October 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-October
5:55 AMsets 5:55 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 October, 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 October

high · low · wet days
See October 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.