Colombo Weather in March
Average highs run from 31°C on March 1 to 31°C on March 31, and lows from 24°C to 25°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 90 mm over about 16 wet days.
March day by day
The normal high and low for each date, in °C.
- Normal low
- Normal high
- Reanalysis extreme high
- Reanalysis extreme low
March at a glance
- Average high
- 32°C
- Average low
- 25°C
- Precipitation
- 90 mm
- Reanalysis high
- 36°CMar 18, 1995
- Reanalysis low
- 20°CMar 2, 1994
- Daylight
- 12 h 00 min to 12 h 10 min
- Cloud cover
- 53%
- Humidity
- 73%
- Dew point
- 22°C
- Wind
- 9.4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 1 | 31°C | 24°C | 35°C 1996 | 21°C 1994 | 36% |
| Mar 2 | 31°C | 24°C | 35°C 1995 | 20°C 1994 | 37% |
| Mar 3 | 31°C | 24°C | 35°C 1995 | 20°C 1994 | 38% |
| Mar 4 | 31°C | 24°C | 34°C 2002 | 21°C 1994 | 39% |
| Mar 5 | 31°C | 24°C | 35°C 1995 | 22°C 1995 | 41% |
| Mar 6 | 31°C | 24°C | 36°C 1996 | 22°C 2007 | 41% |
| Mar 7 | 31°C | 24°C | 36°C 2004 | 21°C 1999 | 44% |
| Mar 8 | 31°C | 24°C | 35°C 1997 | 21°C 2008 | 44% |
| Mar 9 | 31°C | 24°C | 35°C 2002 | 21°C 1994 | 46% |
| Mar 10 | 31°C | 24°C | 35°C 1998 | 21°C 2007 | 47% |
| Mar 11 | 31°C | 24°C | 35°C 2002 | 21°C 2011 | 48% |
| Mar 12 | 32°C | 24°C | 35°C 1992 | 22°C 2002 | 46% |
| Mar 13 | 32°C | 24°C | 35°C 2002 | 22°C 1992 | 45% |
| Mar 14 | 32°C | 24°C | 35°C 1992 | 22°C 2014 | 44% |
| Mar 15 | 32°C | 25°C | 35°C 1995 | 22°C 2014 | 44% |
| Mar 16 | 32°C | 25°C | 35°C 1997 | 23°C 2014 | 44% |
| Mar 17 | 32°C | 25°C | 35°C 1991 | 22°C 2005 | 44% |
| Mar 18 | 32°C | 25°C | 36°C 1995 | 23°C 2007 | 44% |
| Mar 19 | 32°C | 25°C | 36°C 1995 | 22°C 2006 | 45% |
| Mar 20 | 32°C | 25°C | 36°C 1995 | 23°C 2006 | 45% |
| Mar 21 | 32°C | 25°C | 34°C 1992 | 23°C 2015 | 45% |
| Mar 22 | 32°C | 25°C | 35°C 1996 | 23°C 2015 | 45% |
| Mar 23 | 32°C | 25°C | 36°C 1992 | 22°C 2017 | 46% |
| Mar 24 | 32°C | 25°C | 35°C 1996 | 23°C 2012 | 47% |
| Mar 25 | 32°C | 25°C | 35°C 1996 | 23°C 2019 | 48% |
| Mar 26 | 31°C | 25°C | 36°C 1997 | 23°C 2014 | 50% |
| Mar 27 | 31°C | 25°C | 36°C 1997 | 23°C 2020 | 53% |
| Mar 28 | 31°C | 25°C | 36°C 1998 | 23°C 2007 | 57% |
| Mar 29 | 31°C | 25°C | 36°C 1997 | 23°C 2007 | 60% |
| Mar 30 | 31°C | 25°C | 35°C 1992 | 24°C 2014 | 63% |
| Mar 31 | 31°C | 25°C | 34°C 1992 | 24°C 2011 | 66% |
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 6:23 PM
- March 31
- sunrise 6:10 AM, sunset 6:20 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 2026-09-25. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.