Badulla Weather in May
Average highs run from 32°C on May 1 to 31°C on May 31, and lows from 23°C to 23°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 112 mm over about 19 wet days.
May day by day
The normal high and low for each date, in °C.
- Normal low
- Normal high
- Reanalysis extreme high
- Reanalysis extreme low
May at a glance
- Average high
- 32°C
- Average low
- 23°C
- Precipitation
- 112 mm
- Reanalysis high
- 40°CMay 12, 1996
- Reanalysis low
- 19°CMay 4, 2012
- Daylight
- 12 h 22 min to 12 h 29 min
- Cloud cover
- 62%
- Humidity
- 77%
- Dew point
- 22°C
- Wind
- 13.0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1 | 32°C | 23°C | 37°C 1991 | 21°C 2020 | 71% |
| May 2 | 32°C | 23°C | 39°C 1991 | 20°C 2012 | 70% |
| May 3 | 32°C | 23°C | 39°C 1991 | 20°C 2012 | 69% |
| May 4 | 32°C | 23°C | 38°C 1991 | 19°C 2012 | 68% |
| May 5 | 32°C | 23°C | 38°C 1996 | 20°C 2012 | 67% |
| May 6 | 32°C | 23°C | 37°C 1991 | 20°C 2012 | 66% |
| May 7 | 32°C | 23°C | 37°C 1991 | 22°C 2012 | 64% |
| May 8 | 32°C | 23°C | 39°C 1991 | 21°C 1994 | 63% |
| May 9 | 32°C | 23°C | 38°C 2000 | 21°C 1994 | 63% |
| May 10 | 32°C | 23°C | 38°C 2019 | 20°C 2012 | 63% |
| May 11 | 32°C | 23°C | 38°C 1996 | 21°C 2011 | 63% |
| May 12 | 32°C | 23°C | 40°C 1996 | 21°C 2011 | 63% |
| May 13 | 32°C | 23°C | 39°C 1996 | 21°C 2012 | 62% |
| May 14 | 32°C | 23°C | 39°C 1996 | 21°C 2011 | 62% |
| May 15 | 32°C | 23°C | 39°C 1996 | 21°C 1997 | 62% |
| May 16 | 32°C | 23°C | 39°C 1996 | 20°C 2012 | 61% |
| May 17 | 32°C | 23°C | 39°C 1996 | 21°C 2012 | 60% |
| May 18 | 32°C | 23°C | 39°C 1996 | 21°C 2012 | 61% |
| May 19 | 32°C | 23°C | 37°C 1996 | 22°C 2018 | 60% |
| May 20 | 32°C | 23°C | 39°C 1996 | 22°C 2011 | 60% |
| May 21 | 32°C | 23°C | 38°C 1996 | 22°C 2009 | 61% |
| May 22 | 32°C | 23°C | 39°C 1996 | 22°C 2018 | 61% |
| May 23 | 32°C | 23°C | 39°C 1996 | 21°C 2008 | 62% |
| May 24 | 32°C | 23°C | 37°C 2000 | 22°C 2008 | 62% |
| May 25 | 32°C | 23°C | 36°C 1998 | 22°C 2008 | 61% |
| May 26 | 31°C | 23°C | 36°C 1996 | 22°C 2018 | 60% |
| May 27 | 31°C | 23°C | 35°C 2019 | 22°C 1999 | 60% |
| May 28 | 31°C | 23°C | 36°C 1998 | 21°C 2006 | 59% |
| May 29 | 31°C | 23°C | 36°C 1997 | 22°C 2016 | 58% |
| May 30 | 31°C | 23°C | 36°C 1997 | 22°C 2004 | 59% |
| May 31 | 31°C | 23°C | 35°C 1997 | 22°C 2007 | 60% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (GMT+5:30).
- May 1
- sunrise 5:52 AM, sunset 6:14 PM
- May 31
- sunrise 5:49 AM, sunset 6:18 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 2026-09-24. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.