Colombo Weather in October
Average highs run from 23°C on October 1 to 25°C on October 31, and lows from 15°C to 16°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 167 mm over about 19 wet days.
October day by day
The normal high and low for each date, and the record, in °C.
- Normal low
- Normal high
- Record high
- Record low
October at a glance
- Average high
- 25°C
- Average low
- 16°C
- Precipitation
- 167 mm
- Record high
- 31°COct 13, 1993
- Record low
- 6°COct 7, 1993
- Daylight
- 12 h 20 min to 13 h 03 min
- Cloud cover
- 82%
- Humidity
- 87%
- Dew point
- 17°C
- Wind
- 4.3 km/h
Every day of the month
A wet day has at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis.
| Date | Normal high | Normal low | Record high | Record low | Chance wet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1 | 23°C | 15°C | 25°C 1996 | 13°C 1996 | 65% |
| Oct 2 | 23°C | 15°C | 23°C 1979 | 14°C 1980 | 65% |
| Oct 3 | 23°C | 15°C | 21°C 1979 | 13°C 1993 | 63% |
| Oct 4 | 24°C | 15°C | 28°C 1980 | 14°C 1980 | 63% |
| Oct 5 | 24°C | 15°C | 29°C 1980 | 9°C 1994 | 64% |
| Oct 6 | 24°C | 15°C | 28°C 1996 | 11°C 1994 | 63% |
| Oct 7 | 24°C | 15°C | 24°C 1994 | 6°C 1993 | 63% |
| Oct 8 | 24°C | 15°C | 16°C 1992 | 7°C 1993 | 62% |
| Oct 9 | 24°C | 16°C | 20°C 1996 | 11°C 1992 | 62% |
| Oct 10 | 24°C | 16°C | 24°C 1980 | 10°C 1979 | 62% |
| Oct 11 | 25°C | 16°C | 22°C 1979 | 11°C 1980 | 63% |
| Oct 12 | 25°C | 16°C | 30°C 1993 | 12°C 1979 | 64% |
| Oct 13 | 25°C | 16°C | 31°C 1993 | 11°C 1980 | 63% |
| Oct 14 | 25°C | 16°C | 30°C 1994 | 11°C 1980 | 64% |
| Oct 15 | 25°C | 16°C | 28°C 1993 | 8°C 1981 | 65% |
| Oct 16 | 25°C | 16°C | 23°C 1979 | 10°C 1979 | 64% |
| Oct 17 | 25°C | 16°C | 30°C 1985 | 10°C 1996 | 64% |
| Oct 18 | 25°C | 16°C | 28°C 1993 | 12°C 1979 | 66% |
| Oct 19 | 25°C | 16°C | 29°C 1980 | 11°C 1979 | 68% |
| Oct 20 | 25°C | 16°C | 29°C 1980 | 12°C 1979 | 68% |
| Oct 21 | 25°C | 16°C | 23°C 1996 | 10°C 1979 | 68% |
| Oct 22 | 25°C | 16°C | 30°C 1980 | 15°C 1979 | 68% |
| Oct 23 | 25°C | 16°C | 30°C 1980 | 11°C 1980 | 67% |
| Oct 24 | 25°C | 16°C | 26°C 1996 | 9°C 1995 | 67% |
| Oct 25 | 25°C | 16°C | 30°C 1979 | 13°C 1996 | 66% |
| Oct 26 | 25°C | 16°C | 29°C 1992 | 15°C 1979 | 66% |
| Oct 27 | 25°C | 16°C | 30°C 1992 | 15°C 1996 | 65% |
| Oct 28 | 25°C | 16°C | 29°C 1992 | 12°C 1992 | 65% |
| Oct 29 | 25°C | 16°C | 25°C 1994 | 16°C 1996 | 64% |
| Oct 30 | 25°C | 16°C | 28°C 1979 | 10°C 1994 | 64% |
| Oct 31 | 25°C | 16°C | 25°C 1980 | 13°C 1980 | 65% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (GMT-3).
- October 1
- sunrise 5:57 AM, sunset 6:17 PM
- October 31
- sunrise 5:29 AM, sunset 6:32 PM
Other months
Sources
Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station BR002549075, every year on file, quality-flagged values removed. 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.