Jaffna Weather in August
Average highs run from 30°C on August 1 to 30°C on August 31, and lows from 27°C to 27°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 43 mm over about 9 wet days.
August day by day
The normal high and low for each date, in °C.
- Normal low
- Normal high
- Reanalysis extreme high
- Reanalysis extreme low
August at a glance
- Average high
- 30°C
- Average low
- 27°C
- Precipitation
- 43 mm
- Reanalysis high
- 32°CAug 14, 2015
- Reanalysis low
- 26°CAug 8, 1992
- Daylight
- 12 h 33 min to 12 h 19 min
- Cloud cover
- 70%
- Humidity
- 78%
- Dew point
- 24°C
- Wind
- 27.0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 1 | 30°C | 27°C | 31°C 2013 | 26°C 2000 | 16% |
| Aug 2 | 30°C | 27°C | 31°C 2016 | 26°C 1994 | 16% |
| Aug 3 | 30°C | 27°C | 31°C 2017 | 26°C 1994 | 16% |
| Aug 4 | 30°C | 27°C | 31°C 2014 | 26°C 1994 | 17% |
| Aug 5 | 30°C | 27°C | 31°C 1997 | 26°C 1992 | 18% |
| Aug 6 | 30°C | 27°C | 32°C 2016 | 26°C 1993 | 18% |
| Aug 7 | 30°C | 27°C | 31°C 2016 | 26°C 1992 | 20% |
| Aug 8 | 30°C | 27°C | 31°C 2005 | 26°C 1992 | 21% |
| Aug 9 | 30°C | 27°C | 31°C 2015 | 26°C 1992 | 22% |
| Aug 10 | 30°C | 27°C | 31°C 2015 | 26°C 1993 | 25% |
| Aug 11 | 30°C | 27°C | 32°C 2018 | 26°C 1993 | 27% |
| Aug 12 | 30°C | 27°C | 31°C 2018 | 26°C 1994 | 28% |
| Aug 13 | 30°C | 27°C | 31°C 2015 | 27°C 1996 | 28% |
| Aug 14 | 30°C | 27°C | 32°C 2015 | 26°C 2000 | 30% |
| Aug 15 | 30°C | 27°C | 31°C 2016 | 26°C 2000 | 31% |
| Aug 16 | 30°C | 27°C | 32°C 2016 | 26°C 1999 | 33% |
| Aug 17 | 30°C | 27°C | 31°C 2016 | 26°C 1996 | 33% |
| Aug 18 | 30°C | 27°C | 32°C 2016 | 26°C 2009 | 34% |
| Aug 19 | 30°C | 27°C | 32°C 2016 | 26°C 1993 | 34% |
| Aug 20 | 30°C | 27°C | 31°C 2016 | 27°C 2009 | 34% |
| Aug 21 | 30°C | 27°C | 31°C 2016 | 27°C 1999 | 34% |
| Aug 22 | 30°C | 27°C | 31°C 2016 | 26°C 1999 | 34% |
| Aug 23 | 30°C | 27°C | 31°C 2002 | 26°C 1999 | 32% |
| Aug 24 | 30°C | 27°C | 31°C 1997 | 26°C 1996 | 32% |
| Aug 25 | 30°C | 27°C | 31°C 1993 | 26°C 1996 | 31% |
| Aug 26 | 30°C | 27°C | 31°C 2017 | 26°C 1996 | 30% |
| Aug 27 | 30°C | 27°C | 31°C 2004 | 26°C 1993 | 32% |
| Aug 28 | 30°C | 27°C | 31°C 2020 | 26°C 1993 | 32% |
| Aug 29 | 30°C | 27°C | 31°C 2015 | 27°C 2000 | 32% |
| Aug 30 | 30°C | 27°C | 32°C 1991 | 26°C 2000 | 31% |
| Aug 31 | 30°C | 27°C | 32°C 2013 | 26°C 2000 | 30% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (GMT+5:30).
- August 1
- sunrise 6:00 AM, sunset 6:33 PM
- August 31
- sunrise 6:01 AM, sunset 6:20 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 2026-09-25. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.