Colombo climate

Colombo Weather in April

NASA POWER reanalysis for the half-degree grid cell around Colombo, 1991-2020; a grid cell is an area average and can differ from a thermometer in town by several degrees

Average highs run from 26°C on April 1 to 24°C on April 30, and lows from 18°C to 16°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 117 mm over about 15 wet days.

April day by day

The normal high and low for each date, in °C.

Normal daily high and low temperature at Colombo, in °C, with the record for each date.010203040151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Reanalysis extreme high
  • Reanalysis extreme low

April at a glance

Average high
25°C
Average low
17°C
Precipitation
117 mm
Reanalysis high
33°CApr 6, 2020
Reanalysis low
6°CApr 18, 1999
Daylight
11 h 49 min to 11 h 10 min
Cloud cover
66%
Humidity
89%
Dew point
19°C
Wind
4.3 km/h

Every day of the month

A wet day has at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis.

DateNormal highNormal lowReanalysis highReanalysis lowChance wet
Apr 126°C18°C29°C 201417°C 200864%
Apr 226°C18°C32°C 202014°C 199863%
Apr 326°C18°C30°C 199612°C 199862%
Apr 426°C18°C29°C 201913°C 199461%
Apr 526°C18°C31°C 201212°C 199760%
Apr 626°C18°C33°C 202011°C 199759%
Apr 726°C18°C30°C 201613°C 199159%
Apr 826°C18°C31°C 200514°C 199456%
Apr 926°C18°C30°C 201414°C 201055%
Apr 1025°C18°C30°C 200115°C 199354%
Apr 1125°C18°C30°C 200514°C 200352%
Apr 1225°C18°C32°C 200510°C 200352%
Apr 1325°C18°C29°C 200811°C 200351%
Apr 1425°C17°C29°C 201113°C 201351%
Apr 1525°C17°C32°C 200512°C 202051%
Apr 1625°C17°C29°C 201610°C 202050%
Apr 1725°C17°C31°C 20028°C 199950%
Apr 1825°C17°C30°C 19916°C 199950%
Apr 1925°C17°C30°C 20169°C 199950%
Apr 2025°C17°C30°C 201611°C 199950%
Apr 2125°C17°C30°C 201613°C 200650%
Apr 2225°C17°C28°C 201113°C 199149%
Apr 2324°C17°C29°C 201613°C 200650%
Apr 2424°C17°C30°C 201613°C 199548%
Apr 2524°C16°C31°C 200213°C 199947%
Apr 2624°C16°C29°C 200111°C 199547%
Apr 2724°C16°C29°C 200311°C 199746%
Apr 2824°C16°C30°C 20038°C 201645%
Apr 2924°C16°C30°C 202011°C 201644%
Apr 3024°C16°C30°C 202011°C 201643%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at Colombo, in percent.0204060801102030
  • Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (GMT-3).

April 1
sunrise 6:26 AM, sunset 6:15 PM
April 30
sunrise 6:39 AM, sunset 5:49 PM

Every day of April: sun and moon

Other months

Sources

Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine, and temperature and precipitation: NASA POWER (MERRA-2, CERES and GEWEX SRB), 1991-2020. The data was obtained from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center's Prediction Of Worldwide Energy Resources (POWER) project funded through the NASA Earth Science Division: POWER Daily API v2, accessed 2026-09-24. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.