Bentota Weather in March
Average highs run from 31°C on March 1 to 30°C on March 31, and lows from 24°C to 26°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 99 mm over about 16 wet days.
March day by day
The normal high and low for each date, and the record, in °C.
- Normal low
- Normal high
- Record high
- Record low
March at a glance
- Average high
- 31°C
- Average low
- 25°C
- Precipitation
- 99 mm
- Record high
- 36°CMar 17, 2011
- Record low
- 22°CMar 29, 2021
- Daylight
- 11 h 59 min to 12 h 10 min
- Cloud cover
- 61%
- Humidity
- 76%
- Dew point
- 23°C
- Wind
- 8.6 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 | Record high | Record low | Chance wet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 1 | 31°C | 24°C | 34°C 2011 | 22°C 1992 | 42% |
| Mar 2 | 31°C | 25°C | 34°C 2016 | 22°C 1995 | 43% |
| Mar 3 | 31°C | 25°C | 34°C 2022 | 23°C 2026 | 44% |
| Mar 4 | 31°C | 25°C | 34°C 2016 | 23°C 1991 | 45% |
| Mar 5 | 31°C | 25°C | 33°C 2016 | 22°C 1980 | 46% |
| Mar 6 | 31°C | 25°C | 33°C 2010 | 22°C 1979 | 46% |
| Mar 7 | 31°C | 25°C | 35°C 1958 | 23°C 2021 | 47% |
| Mar 8 | 31°C | 25°C | 33°C 2023 | 22°C 1993 | 48% |
| Mar 9 | 31°C | 25°C | 34°C 2014 | 23°C 2021 | 51% |
| Mar 10 | 31°C | 25°C | 33°C 2010 | 22°C 1979 | 52% |
| Mar 11 | 31°C | 25°C | 35°C 2014 | 23°C 1958 | 54% |
| Mar 12 | 31°C | 25°C | 34°C 2010 | 23°C 2011 | 53% |
| Mar 13 | 31°C | 25°C | 33°C 2014 | 23°C 1958 | 51% |
| Mar 14 | 31°C | 25°C | 33°C 2016 | 22°C 1979 | 49% |
| Mar 15 | 31°C | 25°C | 34°C 1981 | 23°C 1993 | 48% |
| Mar 16 | 31°C | 25°C | 34°C 2011 | 22°C 1979 | 48% |
| Mar 17 | 31°C | 25°C | 36°C 2011 | 23°C 1979 | 49% |
| Mar 18 | 31°C | 25°C | 34°C 2010 | 23°C 1958 | 48% |
| Mar 19 | 31°C | 25°C | 33°C 2020 | 23°C 1980 | 48% |
| Mar 20 | 31°C | 25°C | 33°C 2010 | 23°C 1958 | 48% |
| Mar 21 | 31°C | 25°C | 34°C 2013 | 23°C 1984 | 49% |
| Mar 22 | 31°C | 25°C | 33°C 2016 | 24°C 1958 | 50% |
| Mar 23 | 31°C | 25°C | 33°C 2014 | 23°C 1958 | 51% |
| Mar 24 | 31°C | 26°C | 33°C 2016 | 23°C 1958 | 52% |
| Mar 25 | 31°C | 26°C | 33°C 2016 | 23°C 1958 | 52% |
| Mar 26 | 31°C | 26°C | 33°C 2014 | 24°C 2017 | 53% |
| Mar 27 | 31°C | 26°C | 34°C 2016 | 23°C 2015 | 54% |
| Mar 28 | 31°C | 26°C | 34°C 2016 | 23°C 1958 | 58% |
| Mar 29 | 31°C | 26°C | 34°C 2016 | 22°C 2021 | 62% |
| Mar 30 | 30°C | 26°C | 33°C 2020 | 24°C 2012 | 65% |
| Mar 31 | 30°C | 26°C | 33°C 2016 | 24°C 1982 | 68% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (GMT+5:30).
- March 1
- sunrise 6:23 AM, sunset 6:22 PM
- March 31
- sunrise 6:09 AM, sunset 6:19 PM
Other months
Sources
Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station CEM00043466, every year on file, quality-flagged values removed. 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.