Chilaw climate

Chilaw Weather in March

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

Average highs run from 33°C on March 1 to 33°C on March 31, and lows from 23°C to 26°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 72 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 Chilaw, in °C, with the record for each date.152025303540151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Reanalysis extreme high
  • Reanalysis extreme low

March at a glance

Average high
33°C
Average low
25°C
Precipitation
72 mm
Reanalysis high
38°CMar 28, 1998
Reanalysis low
19°CMar 3, 1994
Daylight
11 h 59 min to 12 h 11 min
Cloud cover
53%
Humidity
70%
Dew point
22°C
Wind
11.2 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 133°C23°C36°C 200920°C 199429%
Mar 233°C23°C36°C 200919°C 199429%
Mar 333°C24°C35°C 200919°C 199430%
Mar 433°C24°C35°C 199722°C 200231%
Mar 533°C24°C37°C 199521°C 200732%
Mar 633°C24°C36°C 200420°C 199933%
Mar 733°C24°C37°C 200419°C 199935%
Mar 833°C24°C36°C 199620°C 199935%
Mar 933°C24°C36°C 199820°C 199438%
Mar 1033°C24°C37°C 199820°C 201138%
Mar 1133°C24°C36°C 199219°C 201139%
Mar 1233°C24°C36°C 199222°C 199237%
Mar 1333°C24°C36°C 199621°C 199436%
Mar 1433°C24°C36°C 199522°C 199436%
Mar 1533°C24°C37°C 199522°C 201436%
Mar 1633°C25°C36°C 199722°C 200536%
Mar 1733°C25°C37°C 199121°C 200536%
Mar 1833°C25°C37°C 199122°C 201536%
Mar 1933°C25°C36°C 199523°C 200636%
Mar 2033°C25°C36°C 199522°C 201536%
Mar 2133°C25°C36°C 199222°C 201536%
Mar 2233°C25°C37°C 199222°C 201537%
Mar 2333°C25°C38°C 199222°C 201738%
Mar 2433°C25°C38°C 199623°C 201238%
Mar 2533°C25°C37°C 199622°C 201240%
Mar 2633°C25°C37°C 199723°C 201941%
Mar 2733°C25°C38°C 199823°C 202045%
Mar 2833°C25°C38°C 199823°C 200748%
Mar 2933°C26°C37°C 199723°C 200751%
Mar 3033°C26°C37°C 201424°C 201454%
Mar 3133°C26°C36°C 202024°C 201157%

Chance of rain

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

Sunrise and sunset

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

March 1
sunrise 6:24 AM, sunset 6:23 PM
March 31
sunrise 6:10 AM, sunset 6:21 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 2026-09-26. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.