Climate · Tissamaharama

Tissamaharama in December

Hot and wet, as the days hold steady.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

December in Tissamaharama is hot: highs near 87°F, lows near 74°F. Rain falls on about four days a week, less often as the month goes on, and daylight holds at about 11 hours 46 minutes.December in Tissamaharama is hot: highs near 31°C, lows near 23°C. Rain falls on about four days a week, less often as the month goes on, and daylight holds at about 11 hours 46 minutes.

High
87°F31°Caverage
Low
74°F23°Caverage
Wet days
4a week · 64% of days
Daylight
11h 46mon average

Is December a good time to visit Tissamaharama?


A good month, just outside Tissamaharama's most comfortable months, which run from January 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 December sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 87°F in December, against 87°F to 93°F through the year.Highs near 31°C in December, against 31°C to 34°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

64% of days in December, against 17% to 79% through the year.

Cloud cover

71% cover in December, against 62% to 76% through the year.

Daylight

11h 46m in December, against 11h 46m to 12h 29m through the year.

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

Either side


  1. November88°31°low 75°low 24°6 wet days a weekRain on about six days a week.
  2. December87°31°low 74°low 23°4 wet days a weekRain on about four days a week.
  3. January87°31°low 73°low 23°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.

Where Tissamaharama sits, in December

Asia/Colombo

this place
typical high in December 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-December
6:07 AMsets 5:53 PM
Above the sea
10 mlow-lying
Latitude
6.3°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Tangalle61 km south-west

The land around Tissamaharama, shaded by its typical high in December, 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 December

high · low · wet days

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