Jaffna Weather in March
Average highs run from 30°C on March 1 to 32°C on March 31, and lows from 26°C to 27°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 31 mm over about 3 wet days.
March day by day
The normal high and low for each date, in °C.
- Normal low
- Normal high
- Reanalysis extreme high
- Reanalysis extreme low
March at a glance
- Average high
- 31°C
- Average low
- 26°C
- Precipitation
- 31 mm
- Reanalysis high
- 34°CMar 30, 2014
- Reanalysis low
- 23°CMar 3, 1992
- Daylight
- 11 h 57 min to 12 h 12 min
- Cloud cover
- 41%
- Humidity
- 72%
- Dew point
- 23°C
- Wind
- 15.5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 1 | 30°C | 26°C | 33°C 2009 | 23°C 2004 | 14% |
| Mar 2 | 30°C | 26°C | 32°C 2009 | 24°C 1992 | 15% |
| Mar 3 | 30°C | 26°C | 31°C 2009 | 23°C 1992 | 15% |
| Mar 4 | 30°C | 26°C | 31°C 2009 | 24°C 2010 | 15% |
| Mar 5 | 30°C | 26°C | 31°C 1995 | 24°C 1992 | 16% |
| Mar 6 | 30°C | 26°C | 32°C 2009 | 24°C 1992 | 16% |
| Mar 7 | 30°C | 26°C | 33°C 2019 | 23°C 1999 | 16% |
| Mar 8 | 30°C | 26°C | 32°C 1998 | 23°C 1999 | 16% |
| Mar 9 | 30°C | 26°C | 33°C 1998 | 23°C 1992 | 18% |
| Mar 10 | 30°C | 26°C | 33°C 1998 | 24°C 1992 | 18% |
| Mar 11 | 30°C | 26°C | 33°C 1998 | 24°C 1992 | 18% |
| Mar 12 | 30°C | 26°C | 33°C 1998 | 24°C 1996 | 17% |
| Mar 13 | 31°C | 26°C | 33°C 1998 | 24°C 1996 | 17% |
| Mar 14 | 31°C | 26°C | 33°C 1997 | 23°C 1996 | 16% |
| Mar 15 | 31°C | 26°C | 32°C 1998 | 24°C 1992 | 15% |
| Mar 16 | 31°C | 26°C | 33°C 1997 | 25°C 1992 | 15% |
| Mar 17 | 31°C | 26°C | 33°C 1997 | 25°C 1995 | 14% |
| Mar 18 | 31°C | 26°C | 33°C 1993 | 25°C 1992 | 14% |
| Mar 19 | 31°C | 26°C | 33°C 1993 | 25°C 2007 | 13% |
| Mar 20 | 31°C | 26°C | 34°C 1991 | 24°C 1992 | 12% |
| Mar 21 | 31°C | 27°C | 33°C 1991 | 24°C 1992 | 12% |
| Mar 22 | 31°C | 27°C | 33°C 1996 | 25°C 1992 | 12% |
| Mar 23 | 31°C | 27°C | 33°C 2014 | 25°C 2013 | 11% |
| Mar 24 | 31°C | 27°C | 34°C 2019 | 25°C 2007 | 11% |
| Mar 25 | 32°C | 27°C | 33°C 2019 | 25°C 2017 | 11% |
| Mar 26 | 32°C | 27°C | 33°C 2007 | 25°C 2017 | 12% |
| Mar 27 | 32°C | 27°C | 33°C 2007 | 26°C 2017 | 13% |
| Mar 28 | 32°C | 27°C | 33°C 2019 | 26°C 1992 | 15% |
| Mar 29 | 32°C | 27°C | 34°C 2019 | 26°C 1992 | 18% |
| Mar 30 | 32°C | 27°C | 34°C 2014 | 25°C 2007 | 21% |
| Mar 31 | 32°C | 27°C | 33°C 1995 | 26°C 2011 | 23% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (GMT+5:30).
- March 1
- sunrise 6:24 AM, sunset 6:21 PM
- March 31
- sunrise 6:08 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.