Kataragama Weather in January

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

Average highs run from 28°C on January 1 to 29°C on January 31, and lows from 22°C to 22°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 112 mm over about 12 wet days.

January day by day

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

Normal low
Normal high
Reanalysis extreme high
Reanalysis extreme low

January at a glance

Average high: 29°C
Average low: 22°C
Precipitation: 112 mm
Reanalysis high: 35°CJan 20, 1997
Reanalysis low: 16°CJan 24, 2006
Daylight: 11 h 46 min to 11 h 51 min
Cloud cover: 64%
Humidity: 84%
Dew point: 22°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
Jan 1	28°C	22°C	32°C 1995	18°C 2009	50%
Jan 2	28°C	22°C	32°C 1995	18°C 2012	51%
Jan 3	28°C	22°C	33°C 1997	18°C 2009	51%
Jan 4	28°C	22°C	33°C 1997	18°C 2007	51%
Jan 5	28°C	22°C	33°C 1997	18°C 2007	51%
Jan 6	28°C	22°C	32°C 1996	18°C 2018	50%
Jan 7	28°C	22°C	33°C 1997	17°C 2018	50%
Jan 8	28°C	22°C	32°C 1996	17°C 2018	49%
Jan 9	29°C	22°C	33°C 1996	18°C 2017	48%
Jan 10	29°C	22°C	32°C 1996	19°C 2017	47%
Jan 11	29°C	22°C	32°C 1996	19°C 1992	46%
Jan 12	29°C	22°C	32°C 1995	18°C 2017	45%
Jan 13	29°C	22°C	33°C 1995	18°C 2015	43%
Jan 14	29°C	22°C	33°C 1997	19°C 2017	42%
Jan 15	29°C	22°C	32°C 1997	19°C 2020	40%
Jan 16	29°C	22°C	33°C 1997	17°C 2002	38%
Jan 17	29°C	22°C	32°C 1996	17°C 2002	36%
Jan 18	29°C	21°C	32°C 1995	18°C 2002	34%
Jan 19	29°C	21°C	32°C 1997	18°C 2008	32%
Jan 20	29°C	21°C	35°C 1997	18°C 1993	32%
Jan 21	29°C	21°C	34°C 1997	17°C 2006	32%
Jan 22	29°C	21°C	34°C 1997	17°C 2006	32%
Jan 23	29°C	21°C	34°C 1997	17°C 2006	33%
Jan 24	29°C	21°C	33°C 1997	16°C 2006	33%
Jan 25	29°C	21°C	33°C 1997	17°C 2006	34%
Jan 26	29°C	21°C	33°C 1996	19°C 1999	35%
Jan 27	29°C	22°C	33°C 1997	18°C 1994	36%
Jan 28	29°C	22°C	33°C 1997	18°C 1993	37%
Jan 29	29°C	22°C	34°C 1997	18°C 1993	39%
Jan 30	29°C	22°C	34°C 1997	18°C 2009	40%
Jan 31	29°C	22°C	34°C 1997	18°C 1999	41%

Chance of rain

Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

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

January 1: sunrise 6:15 AM, sunset 6:01 PM
January 31: sunrise 6:23 AM, sunset 6:14 PM

Every day of January: 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 2026-09-25. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.