Matale Weather in January
Average highs run from 28°C on January 1 to 29°C on January 31, and lows from 20°C to 19°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 96 mm over about 9 wet days.
January day by day
The normal high and low for each date, in °C.
- Normal low
- Normal high
- Reanalysis extreme high
- Reanalysis extreme low
January at a glance
- Average high
- 28°C
- Average low
- 19°C
- Precipitation
- 96 mm
- Reanalysis high
- 37°CJan 21, 1997
- Reanalysis low
- 14°CJan 24, 2006
- Daylight
- 11 h 42 min to 11 h 48 min
- Cloud cover
- 63%
- Humidity
- 85%
- Dew point
- 20°C
- Wind
- 14.0 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 | Reanalysis high | Reanalysis low | Chance wet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 1 | 28°C | 20°C | 32°C 1996 | 16°C 2012 | 45% |
| Jan 2 | 28°C | 20°C | 32°C 1995 | 16°C 2012 | 45% |
| Jan 3 | 28°C | 20°C | 33°C 1996 | 16°C 2009 | 46% |
| Jan 4 | 28°C | 20°C | 32°C 1997 | 16°C 2007 | 46% |
| Jan 5 | 28°C | 20°C | 32°C 1996 | 16°C 2007 | 45% |
| Jan 6 | 28°C | 20°C | 32°C 1995 | 16°C 2010 | 45% |
| Jan 7 | 28°C | 20°C | 32°C 1997 | 16°C 2018 | 44% |
| Jan 8 | 28°C | 20°C | 33°C 1997 | 16°C 2017 | 42% |
| Jan 9 | 28°C | 20°C | 33°C 1996 | 17°C 2017 | 42% |
| Jan 10 | 28°C | 20°C | 32°C 1997 | 17°C 2017 | 42% |
| Jan 11 | 28°C | 20°C | 32°C 1997 | 17°C 1992 | 41% |
| Jan 12 | 28°C | 20°C | 33°C 1997 | 16°C 1992 | 40% |
| Jan 13 | 28°C | 20°C | 34°C 1995 | 16°C 2002 | 38% |
| Jan 14 | 28°C | 19°C | 34°C 1997 | 16°C 2002 | 37% |
| Jan 15 | 28°C | 19°C | 34°C 1997 | 16°C 2002 | 36% |
| Jan 16 | 28°C | 19°C | 34°C 1997 | 15°C 2002 | 35% |
| Jan 17 | 28°C | 19°C | 34°C 1997 | 15°C 2002 | 33% |
| Jan 18 | 28°C | 19°C | 33°C 1996 | 16°C 2013 | 31% |
| Jan 19 | 28°C | 19°C | 33°C 1996 | 15°C 2008 | 29% |
| Jan 20 | 28°C | 19°C | 34°C 1997 | 15°C 1993 | 28% |
| Jan 21 | 28°C | 19°C | 37°C 1997 | 14°C 2006 | 28% |
| Jan 22 | 28°C | 19°C | 36°C 1997 | 15°C 2000 | 28% |
| Jan 23 | 28°C | 19°C | 34°C 1997 | 15°C 2006 | 28% |
| Jan 24 | 29°C | 19°C | 33°C 1997 | 14°C 2006 | 27% |
| Jan 25 | 29°C | 19°C | 34°C 1997 | 14°C 2006 | 27% |
| Jan 26 | 29°C | 19°C | 33°C 1996 | 16°C 1992 | 28% |
| Jan 27 | 29°C | 19°C | 33°C 1997 | 16°C 1994 | 28% |
| Jan 28 | 29°C | 19°C | 33°C 1997 | 16°C 1993 | 28% |
| Jan 29 | 29°C | 19°C | 35°C 1997 | 15°C 1993 | 28% |
| Jan 30 | 29°C | 19°C | 34°C 1997 | 15°C 1999 | 29% |
| Jan 31 | 29°C | 19°C | 34°C 1997 | 15°C 1999 | 30% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (GMT+5:30).
- January 1
- sunrise 6:20 AM, sunset 6:02 PM
- January 31
- sunrise 6:27 AM, sunset 6:15 PM
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.