Colombo climate

Colombo Weather in September

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 23°C on September 1 to 23°C on September 30, and lows from 13°C to 15°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 144 mm over about 15 wet days.

September 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

September at a glance

Average high
23°C
Average low
14°C
Precipitation
144 mm
Reanalysis high
35°CSep 27, 2020
Reanalysis low
3°CSep 5, 2006
Daylight
11 h 36 min to 12 h 18 min
Cloud cover
76%
Humidity
87%
Dew point
15°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
Sep 123°C13°C30°C 20098°C 201138%
Sep 223°C13°C28°C 19993°C 200239%
Sep 323°C13°C29°C 19974°C 200240%
Sep 423°C13°C28°C 19977°C 200641%
Sep 523°C14°C28°C 20173°C 200642%
Sep 623°C14°C29°C 20205°C 200643%
Sep 723°C14°C30°C 19997°C 200645%
Sep 823°C14°C33°C 20129°C 201645%
Sep 923°C14°C32°C 19979°C 199445%
Sep 1023°C14°C32°C 20199°C 199645%
Sep 1123°C14°C32°C 20067°C 199646%
Sep 1223°C14°C33°C 20067°C 199346%
Sep 1323°C14°C33°C 20208°C 200547%
Sep 1423°C14°C34°C 200610°C 200348%
Sep 1523°C14°C35°C 200610°C 201649%
Sep 1623°C14°C32°C 20198°C 200149%
Sep 1723°C14°C33°C 20126°C 200151%
Sep 1823°C14°C33°C 20129°C 201353%
Sep 1923°C14°C35°C 201210°C 199254%
Sep 2023°C14°C29°C 19939°C 199554%
Sep 2123°C14°C32°C 19949°C 200256%
Sep 2223°C14°C31°C 20049°C 200856%
Sep 2323°C14°C31°C 201510°C 200258%
Sep 2423°C14°C33°C 199411°C 201360%
Sep 2523°C14°C34°C 19948°C 201362%
Sep 2623°C14°C33°C 20207°C 201262%
Sep 2723°C14°C35°C 20208°C 201363%
Sep 2823°C14°C29°C 200910°C 201664%
Sep 2923°C15°C30°C 199911°C 200964%
Sep 3023°C15°C33°C 202010°C 200964%

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).

September 1
sunrise 6:29 AM, sunset 6:05 PM
September 30
sunrise 5:58 AM, sunset 6:16 PM

Every day of September: 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.