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Tangalle in March

Hot and wet, as the days hold steady.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

March in Tangalle is hot: highs near 89°F, lows near 76°F. Rain falls on about four days a week, more often as the month goes on, and daylight holds at about 12 hours 5 minutes.March in Tangalle is hot: highs near 32°C, lows near 24°C. Rain falls on about four days a week, more often as the month goes on, and daylight holds at about 12 hours 5 minutes.

High
89°F32°Caverage
Low
76°F24°Caverage
Wet days
4a week · 60% of days
Daylight
12h 05mon average

Is March a good time to visit Tangalle?

A good month, just outside Tangalle'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 March sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

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

Chance of a wet day

60% of days in March, against 44% to 88% through the year.

Cloud cover

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

Daylight

12h 05m in March, against 11h 47m to 12h 28m through the year.

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

Either side

  1. February89°32°low 75°low 24°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  2. March89°32°low 76°low 24°4 wet days a weekRain on about four days a week.
  3. April89°32°low 77°low 25°6 wet days a weekRain on about six days a week.

Where Tangalle sits, in March

Asia/Colombo
this place
typical high in March 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-March
6:14 AMsets 6:19 PM
Above the sea
20 mlow-lying
Latitude
6.0°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Tissamaharama61 km north-east

The land around Tangalle, shaded by its typical high in March, 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 March

high · low · wet days
See March on the planning mapThe whole year in Tangalle

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Tangalle. 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.