Badulla Weather in December

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

Average highs run from 27°C on December 1 to 27°C on December 31, and lows from 21°C to 20°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 214 mm over about 22 wet days.

December day by day

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

Normal low
Normal high
Reanalysis extreme high
Reanalysis extreme low

December at a glance

Average high: 27°C
Average low: 20°C
Precipitation: 214 mm
Reanalysis high: 34°CDec 4, 1996
Reanalysis low: 14°CDec 22, 2004
Daylight: 11 h 45 min to 11 h 43 min
Cloud cover: 74%
Humidity: 89%
Dew point: 21°C
Wind: 11.9 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
Dec 1	27°C	21°C	32°C 1996	16°C 1991	75%
Dec 2	27°C	21°C	31°C 1996	17°C 1991	74%
Dec 3	27°C	21°C	33°C 1996	17°C 1991	72%
Dec 4	27°C	21°C	34°C 1996	18°C 1991	70%
Dec 5	27°C	21°C	34°C 1996	19°C 1991	69%
Dec 6	27°C	21°C	34°C 1996	19°C 1991	68%
Dec 7	27°C	21°C	30°C 1995	17°C 1991	68%
Dec 8	27°C	21°C	31°C 1995	17°C 1991	69%
Dec 9	27°C	21°C	31°C 1995	17°C 1999	70%
Dec 10	27°C	21°C	31°C 1995	17°C 1999	70%
Dec 11	27°C	21°C	31°C 1995	17°C 2000	70%
Dec 12	27°C	21°C	31°C 1995	16°C 2018	70%
Dec 13	27°C	21°C	31°C 1995	16°C 1994	69%
Dec 14	27°C	21°C	31°C 1995	17°C 2001	68%
Dec 15	27°C	20°C	32°C 1995	16°C 2001	68%
Dec 16	27°C	20°C	31°C 1995	16°C 2001	69%
Dec 17	27°C	20°C	32°C 1995	18°C 1998	68%
Dec 18	27°C	20°C	32°C 1995	18°C 1998	69%
Dec 19	27°C	20°C	32°C 1995	17°C 2004	69%
Dec 20	27°C	20°C	31°C 1995	16°C 2004	69%
Dec 21	27°C	20°C	31°C 1995	15°C 2004	67%
Dec 22	27°C	20°C	31°C 1995	14°C 2004	65%
Dec 23	27°C	20°C	31°C 1995	16°C 2004	62%
Dec 24	27°C	20°C	30°C 1995	15°C 2016	62%
Dec 25	27°C	20°C	31°C 1996	16°C 2016	59%
Dec 26	27°C	20°C	31°C 1995	16°C 1992	58%
Dec 27	27°C	20°C	31°C 1996	15°C 1992	56%
Dec 28	27°C	20°C	31°C 1995	15°C 2005	55%
Dec 29	27°C	20°C	30°C 1994	16°C 2002	53%
Dec 30	27°C	20°C	30°C 1995	16°C 2006	52%
Dec 31	27°C	20°C	30°C 1994	15°C 2006	51%

Chance of rain

Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

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

December 1: sunrise 6:02 AM, sunset 5:47 PM
December 31: sunrise 6:17 AM, sunset 6:00 PM

Every day of December: 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 2026-09-24. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.