Batticaloa climate

Batticaloa Weather in March

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

Average highs run from 31°C on March 1 to 33°C on March 31, and lows from 21°C to 23°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 71 mm over about 12 wet days.

March day by day

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

Normal daily high and low temperature at Batticaloa, in °C, with the record for each date.15202530354045151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Reanalysis extreme high
  • Reanalysis extreme low

March at a glance

Average high
32°C
Average low
22°C
Precipitation
71 mm
Reanalysis high
40°CMar 28, 1996
Reanalysis low
17°CMar 10, 1992
Daylight
11 h 59 min to 12 h 11 min
Cloud cover
49%
Humidity
76%
Dew point
21°C
Wind
9.4 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
Mar 131°C21°C36°C 200918°C 200431%
Mar 231°C21°C36°C 200917°C 199432%
Mar 331°C22°C36°C 199218°C 199232%
Mar 431°C22°C36°C 199217°C 201032%
Mar 531°C22°C36°C 200918°C 199233%
Mar 631°C22°C36°C 199118°C 199233%
Mar 731°C22°C37°C 199817°C 199233%
Mar 832°C22°C38°C 199817°C 199234%
Mar 932°C22°C38°C 199817°C 199236%
Mar 1032°C22°C37°C 199817°C 199235%
Mar 1132°C22°C37°C 199818°C 199234%
Mar 1232°C22°C38°C 199720°C 199434%
Mar 1332°C22°C38°C 199719°C 199133%
Mar 1432°C22°C38°C 199720°C 199632%
Mar 1532°C22°C39°C 199719°C 199330%
Mar 1632°C22°C39°C 199720°C 200130%
Mar 1733°C22°C39°C 199719°C 199330%
Mar 1833°C22°C39°C 199719°C 199330%
Mar 1933°C22°C38°C 199219°C 201531%
Mar 2033°C22°C39°C 199719°C 200732%
Mar 2133°C22°C40°C 199718°C 200733%
Mar 2233°C22°C39°C 199718°C 200734%
Mar 2333°C22°C39°C 199719°C 200735%
Mar 2433°C22°C38°C 199819°C 200736%
Mar 2533°C22°C39°C 199819°C 201237%
Mar 2633°C23°C39°C 199819°C 200739%
Mar 2733°C23°C39°C 199619°C 200742%
Mar 2833°C23°C40°C 199620°C 200745%
Mar 2933°C23°C40°C 199621°C 200749%
Mar 3033°C23°C39°C 199620°C 201453%
Mar 3133°C23°C39°C 199220°C 201456%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at Batticaloa, in percent.02040601102030
  • Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (GMT+5:30).

March 1
sunrise 6:16 AM, sunset 6:15 PM
March 31
sunrise 6:02 AM, sunset 6:13 PM

Every day of March: 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 2026-09-25. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.