Matale Weather in May
Average highs run from 32°C on May 1 to 30°C on May 31, and lows from 24°C to 24°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 121 mm over about 19 wet days.
May day by day
The normal high and low for each date, in °C.
- Normal low
- Normal high
- Reanalysis extreme high
- Reanalysis extreme low
May at a glance
- Average high
- 31°C
- Average low
- 24°C
- Precipitation
- 121 mm
- Reanalysis high
- 38°CMay 21, 1996
- Reanalysis low
- 20°CMay 4, 2012
- Daylight
- 12 h 23 min to 12 h 32 min
- Cloud cover
- 73%
- Humidity
- 81%
- Dew point
- 23°C
- Wind
- 16.6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1 | 32°C | 24°C | 37°C 1998 | 22°C 2015 | 61% |
| May 2 | 32°C | 24°C | 37°C 1991 | 22°C 2012 | 61% |
| May 3 | 32°C | 24°C | 38°C 1991 | 21°C 2012 | 59% |
| May 4 | 32°C | 24°C | 37°C 1991 | 20°C 2012 | 57% |
| May 5 | 32°C | 24°C | 36°C 1998 | 22°C 2012 | 56% |
| May 6 | 32°C | 24°C | 38°C 1998 | 22°C 2012 | 56% |
| May 7 | 31°C | 24°C | 38°C 1998 | 22°C 2008 | 56% |
| May 8 | 31°C | 24°C | 38°C 1991 | 21°C 1994 | 56% |
| May 9 | 31°C | 24°C | 36°C 2000 | 21°C 1994 | 54% |
| May 10 | 31°C | 24°C | 37°C 1993 | 22°C 2012 | 55% |
| May 11 | 31°C | 24°C | 36°C 2019 | 22°C 2012 | 54% |
| May 12 | 31°C | 24°C | 38°C 1996 | 22°C 2011 | 55% |
| May 13 | 31°C | 24°C | 36°C 1996 | 22°C 2012 | 54% |
| May 14 | 31°C | 24°C | 36°C 1996 | 22°C 2011 | 54% |
| May 15 | 31°C | 24°C | 36°C 1996 | 22°C 2011 | 54% |
| May 16 | 31°C | 24°C | 38°C 1996 | 22°C 2012 | 52% |
| May 17 | 31°C | 24°C | 38°C 1996 | 22°C 2007 | 52% |
| May 18 | 31°C | 24°C | 37°C 1996 | 22°C 2018 | 53% |
| May 19 | 31°C | 24°C | 35°C 2019 | 22°C 2011 | 54% |
| May 20 | 31°C | 24°C | 38°C 1996 | 22°C 2011 | 54% |
| May 21 | 31°C | 24°C | 38°C 1996 | 23°C 2011 | 53% |
| May 22 | 31°C | 24°C | 38°C 1996 | 22°C 1995 | 54% |
| May 23 | 31°C | 24°C | 37°C 1996 | 23°C 2008 | 55% |
| May 24 | 31°C | 24°C | 34°C 2000 | 23°C 2008 | 55% |
| May 25 | 30°C | 24°C | 34°C 1996 | 22°C 2008 | 55% |
| May 26 | 30°C | 24°C | 35°C 2019 | 22°C 2018 | 55% |
| May 27 | 30°C | 24°C | 36°C 2019 | 22°C 1999 | 54% |
| May 28 | 30°C | 24°C | 35°C 2019 | 23°C 2006 | 54% |
| May 29 | 30°C | 24°C | 35°C 2019 | 22°C 2007 | 54% |
| May 30 | 30°C | 24°C | 35°C 2019 | 23°C 1999 | 55% |
| May 31 | 30°C | 24°C | 34°C 1997 | 23°C 2007 | 57% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (GMT+5:30).
- May 1
- sunrise 5:53 AM, sunset 6:16 PM
- May 31
- sunrise 5:49 AM, sunset 6:21 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.