Kataragama climate

Kataragama Weather in March

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 31°C on March 1 to 32°C on March 31, and lows from 22°C to 24°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 84 mm over about 12 wet days.

March day by day

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

Normal daily high and low temperature at Kataragama, in °C, with the record for each date.152025303540151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Reanalysis extreme high
  • Reanalysis extreme low

March at a glance

Average high
32°C
Average low
23°C
Precipitation
84 mm
Reanalysis high
37°CMar 28, 1996
Reanalysis low
18°CMar 1, 1994
Daylight
12 h 00 min to 12 h 10 min
Cloud cover
52%
Humidity
77%
Dew point
22°C
Wind
10.8 km/h

Every day of the month

A wet day has at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis.

DateNormal highNormal lowReanalysis highReanalysis lowChance wet
Mar 131°C22°C35°C 200918°C 199436%
Mar 231°C22°C35°C 200919°C 199436%
Mar 331°C22°C35°C 200918°C 199437%
Mar 431°C22°C35°C 199220°C 201038%
Mar 531°C22°C35°C 199520°C 200739%
Mar 631°C22°C35°C 199620°C 199939%
Mar 731°C23°C36°C 199619°C 199939%
Mar 831°C23°C35°C 199620°C 199940%
Mar 931°C23°C36°C 199620°C 199441%
Mar 1031°C23°C35°C 199819°C 201141%
Mar 1131°C23°C36°C 199619°C 199241%
Mar 1231°C23°C36°C 199720°C 199239%
Mar 1332°C23°C36°C 199721°C 199239%
Mar 1432°C23°C35°C 199621°C 200138%
Mar 1532°C23°C36°C 199721°C 201436%
Mar 1632°C23°C37°C 199721°C 200535%
Mar 1732°C23°C36°C 199721°C 200535%
Mar 1832°C23°C37°C 199721°C 201735%
Mar 1932°C23°C36°C 199120°C 201635%
Mar 2032°C23°C36°C 199719°C 201535%
Mar 2132°C23°C37°C 199121°C 201536%
Mar 2232°C23°C36°C 199721°C 201537%
Mar 2332°C23°C37°C 199121°C 201738%
Mar 2432°C24°C36°C 200421°C 201237%
Mar 2532°C24°C37°C 199619°C 201239%
Mar 2632°C24°C36°C 199520°C 201240%
Mar 2732°C24°C37°C 199621°C 200744%
Mar 2832°C24°C37°C 199621°C 200747%
Mar 2932°C24°C37°C 199620°C 200751%
Mar 3032°C24°C36°C 200120°C 201455%
Mar 3132°C24°C37°C 199221°C 201458%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at Kataragama, in percent.02040601102030
  • Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

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

March 1
sunrise 6:17 AM, sunset 6:17 PM
March 31
sunrise 6:04 AM, sunset 6:14 PM

Every day of March: 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.