Beliatta climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Beliatta?

Beliatta has a tropical rainforest climate (Köppen Af). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 26.2 °C and it receives 1,718 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Beliatta?

The hottest day measured in Beliatta between 1940 and 2025 was 7 March 2010, reaching 34.4 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Beliatta?

The coldest day measured in Beliatta between 1940 and 2025 was 13 January 1975, at 19.9 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Beliatta?

Almost never: Beliatta sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Q: Has the climate of Beliatta warmed?

Yes: Beliatta warmed by +1.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Beliatta?

The wettest day measured in Beliatta between 1940 and 2025 was 8 November 1942, with 194 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Beliatta?

The windiest day measured in Beliatta between 1940 and 2025 was 1 June 1991, with winds reaching 42.9 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Beliatta?

The warmest month in Beliatta is April (27.0 °C on average); the coldest is January (25.7 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Beliatta?

Beliatta receives on average 1,718 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 266 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Beliatta?

Beliatta gets on average 10.5 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,833 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Beliatta (Sri Lanka) has a tropical rainforest climate (Af) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 26.2 °C and it receives 1,718 mm of precipitation per year.

These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.

The warmest month is April (27.0 °C on average) and the coldest is January (25.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in November.

Beliatta averages 0 frost days, 60 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 266 rainy days per year.

Beliatta has warmed by +1.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.17 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 34.4 °C (on 7 March 2010) and the coldest 19.9 °C (on 13 January 1975).

Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.

Climate normals · ERA5

BeliattaSouthern Province

coords: 6.05°, 80.73°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AfTropical rainforestWarmest monthAprilColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthNovemberDriest monthFebruary

Mean daily temperature

26.2°C

Average daily high

28.7°C

Average daily low

24.3°C

Annual rainfall

1,718mm

Sunshine / day

10.5h

Mean relative humidity

84%

Average peak wind

19.9km/h

Seasonal range

1.3°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

60 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

266 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

33.2 °C

Average feels-like low

27.7 °C

Average peak gust

38.3 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

365 d/yr

Solar radiation

20.1 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.4 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.80 · p = < 0.001

19402025

Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).

A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.

Records for the period

Hottest day

34.4 °C

7 March 2010

Coldest day

19.9 °C

13 January 1975

Wettest day

194 mm

8 November 1942

Windiest day

42.9 km/h

1 June 1991

Strongest gust

82.4 km/h

18 May 1955

Hottest feels-like

40.8 °C

18 April 2015

Coldest feels-like

17.7 °C

13 January 2011

Sunniest day

12.3 h

8 June 1957

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	33.6 °C24 February 2025	22.6 °C4 February 2025	27.0 °C	2,064 mm	179
2024	33.7 °C18 February 2024	22.4 °C16 January 2024	27.3 °C	2,001 mm	200
2023	32.5 °C16 May 2023	21.4 °C11 January 2023	26.9 °C	2,497 mm	140
2022	32.2 °C27 February 2022	21.9 °C22 January 2022	26.6 °C	1,637 mm	106
2021	32.5 °C15 March 2021	22.5 °C27 January 2021	26.8 °C	1,636 mm	129
2020	34.0 °C27 February 2020	22.2 °C28 January 2020	27.1 °C	1,316 mm	193
2019	33.3 °C13 February 2019	22.5 °C5 January 2019	26.8 °C	1,945 mm	129
2018	32.6 °C23 February 2018	21.9 °C17 January 2018	26.6 °C	1,722 mm	101
2017	32.4 °C16 February 2017	21.3 °C7 January 2017	26.6 °C	1,724 mm	86
2016	33.8 °C11 March 2016	22.5 °C26 December 2016	27.1 °C	1,447 mm	153
2015	32.8 °C18 April 2015	21.9 °C17 February 2015	26.8 °C	2,009 mm	126
2014	33.2 °C26 March 2014	22.1 °C4 February 2014	26.7 °C	1,850 mm	130
2013	32.3 °C13 April 2013	21.4 °C17 January 2013	26.5 °C	1,452 mm	91
2012	32.2 °C6 March 2012	21.5 °C17 January 2012	26.5 °C	1,767 mm	80
2011	31.3 °C8 October 2011	20.0 °C13 January 2011	26.5 °C	1,882 mm	63
2010	34.4 °C7 March 2010	22.3 °C5 January 2010	26.8 °C	1,727 mm	128
2009	32.8 °C4 February 2009	21.4 °C1 January 2009	26.7 °C	1,687 mm	104
2008	31.2 °C21 April 2008	21.5 °C15 January 2008	26.5 °C	1,906 mm	59
2007	31.9 °C22 February 2007	20.9 °C23 January 2007	26.5 °C	1,634 mm	90
2006	31.4 °C19 March 2006	21.0 °C22 January 2006	26.4 °C	2,038 mm	65
2005	32.5 °C20 February 2005	21.9 °C27 December 2005	26.6 °C	1,619 mm	89
2004	32.0 °C22 January 2004	22.1 °C21 December 2004	26.5 °C	1,848 mm	78
2003	31.6 °C9 February 2003	21.8 °C2 January 2003	26.5 °C	1,714 mm	65
2002	32.6 °C23 February 2002	21.5 °C29 December 2002	26.5 °C	1,768 mm	67
2001	31.9 °C5 May 2001	21.9 °C13 February 2001	26.4 °C	1,440 mm	40
2000	31.4 °C16 November 2000	22.0 °C23 January 2000	26.1 °C	1,734 mm	27
1999	31.3 °C29 March 1999	21.6 °C31 January 1999	26.1 °C	1,654 mm	30
1998	33.5 °C28 March 1998	22.8 °C20 December 1998	26.9 °C	1,559 mm	129
1997	33.2 °C27 March 1997	21.4 °C3 February 1997	26.4 °C	1,928 mm	68
1996	32.5 °C24 March 1996	22.1 °C8 January 1996	26.3 °C	1,498 mm	73
1995	32.0 °C26 February 1995	21.6 °C3 March 1995	26.5 °C	1,531 mm	62
1994	31.9 °C12 April 1994	22.0 °C27 January 1994	26.2 °C	2,019 mm	51
1993	32.3 °C7 March 1993	21.0 °C9 February 1993	26.3 °C	1,723 mm	67
1992	33.1 °C22 March 1992	21.3 °C16 February 1992	26.3 °C	1,250 mm	85
1991	32.0 °C28 February 1991	20.2 °C18 February 1991	26.4 °C	1,585 mm	73
1990	32.2 °C29 January 1990	21.8 °C22 January 1990	26.4 °C	1,542 mm	59
1989	32.2 °C5 April 1989	21.4 °C12 February 1989	26.1 °C	1,428 mm	64
1988	32.4 °C22 March 1988	21.8 °C2 December 1988	26.5 °C	1,718 mm	74
1987	31.9 °C4 March 1987	22.1 °C2 February 1987	26.6 °C	1,663 mm	80
1986	31.3 °C1 April 1986	21.9 °C31 January 1986	26.3 °C	1,353 mm	42
1985	31.8 °C14 April 1985	22.1 °C21 January 1985	26.0 °C	1,700 mm	32
1984	31.0 °C29 April 1984	22.0 °C15 December 1984	26.0 °C	1,682 mm	32
1983	32.8 °C25 March 1983	21.0 °C7 January 1983	26.7 °C	1,212 mm	115
1982	32.6 °C28 February 1982	21.8 °C20 January 1982	26.3 °C	1,631 mm	86
1981	32.8 °C22 October 1981	21.5 °C8 December 1981	26.4 °C	1,282 mm	71
1980	32.5 °C21 February 1980	21.3 °C5 March 1980	26.6 °C	1,200 mm	98
1979	31.9 °C7 May 1979	22.0 °C13 January 1979	26.4 °C	1,694 mm	81
1978	31.9 °C24 February 1978	21.4 °C21 January 1978	26.0 °C	2,064 mm	54
1977	31.3 °C25 January 1977	21.1 °C18 January 1977	26.1 °C	1,810 mm	61
1976	31.9 °C22 February 1976	21.0 °C3 January 1976	25.9 °C	1,522 mm	51
1975	31.4 °C19 February 1975	19.9 °C13 January 1975	25.7 °C	1,922 mm	32
1974	31.8 °C6 November 1974	20.8 °C10 February 1974	25.8 °C	1,327 mm	42
1973	33.3 °C7 February 1973	21.8 °C17 January 1973	26.3 °C	1,623 mm	109
1972	32.0 °C5 March 1972	21.0 °C26 February 1972	26.1 °C	1,463 mm	55
1971	31.9 °C16 February 1971	20.6 °C12 February 1971	25.8 °C	1,712 mm	33
1970	31.8 °C1 April 1970	21.2 °C5 December 1970	26.1 °C	1,651 mm	43
1969	31.1 °C30 March 1969	22.0 °C17 February 1969	26.2 °C	1,905 mm	53
1968	31.7 °C8 March 1968	21.0 °C15 February 1968	25.8 °C	1,619 mm	24
1967	30.8 °C16 February 1967	21.3 °C12 February 1967	25.7 °C	1,956 mm	16
1966	31.1 °C19 March 1966	21.9 °C2 January 1966	25.9 °C	2,009 mm	18
1965	31.1 °C25 February 1965	21.7 °C7 March 1965	25.6 °C	2,359 mm	16
1964	31.1 °C14 May 1964	20.7 °C28 November 1964	25.8 °C	1,784 mm	16
1963	30.8 °C7 May 1963	21.4 °C17 February 1963	25.7 °C	2,183 mm	10
1962	30.3 °C2 March 1962	21.9 °C2 March 1962	25.8 °C	1,947 mm	13
1961	31.2 °C13 April 1961	21.6 °C17 December 1961	25.7 °C	1,790 mm	11
1960	31.1 °C18 February 1960	21.8 °C29 January 1960	25.7 °C	1,625 mm	6
1959	32.9 °C20 March 1959	22.6 °C27 February 1959	26.1 °C	1,543 mm	44
1958	32.8 °C8 March 1958	22.7 °C15 February 1958	26.1 °C	1,663 mm	20
1957	31.6 °C25 March 1957	21.8 °C21 January 1957	25.9 °C	1,676 mm	22
1956	31.4 °C5 March 1956	21.2 °C22 January 1956	25.4 °C	1,571 mm	10
1955	30.7 °C13 March 1955	21.9 °C21 December 1955	25.4 °C	1,880 mm	4
1954	31.1 °C3 March 1954	21.5 °C9 November 1954	25.5 °C	1,950 mm	10
1953	31.0 °C9 February 1953	21.7 °C5 January 1953	25.9 °C	1,588 mm	25
1952	32.0 °C9 March 1952	21.3 °C17 December 1952	25.9 °C	1,411 mm	32
1951	31.1 °C5 May 1951	20.9 °C4 January 1951	25.9 °C	1,790 mm	8
1950	31.3 °C5 February 1950	21.2 °C17 January 1950	25.7 °C	1,310 mm	15
1949	31.4 °C18 April 1949	22.3 °C9 February 1949	25.7 °C	1,477 mm	20
1948	30.4 °C2 March 1948	22.5 °C25 December 1948	25.7 °C	2,172 mm	10
1947	31.0 °C28 April 1947	22.2 °C8 February 1947	25.7 °C	1,809 mm	14
1946	32.7 °C13 March 1946	21.3 °C29 January 1946	25.7 °C	1,876 mm	19
1945	32.0 °C10 May 1945	20.6 °C26 January 1945	25.7 °C	1,692 mm	24
1944	31.6 °C27 February 1944	20.8 °C7 February 1944	25.5 °C	2,105 mm	12
1943	31.7 °C10 February 1943	21.6 °C20 January 1943	25.2 °C	1,645 mm	18
1942	30.3 °C9 February 1942	21.0 °C1 February 1942	25.4 °C	1,932 mm	3
1941	32.6 °C4 May 1941	21.1 °C15 December 1941	25.6 °C	1,800 mm	32
1940	30.5 °C8 March 1940	21.6 °C16 January 1940	25.5 °C	1,670 mm	4

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

29.8 °C

+1.1 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

179 d/yr

+119

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

2064 mm

+346 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	28.5 °C	-0.3 °C	339 mm	+251 mm
Feb	31.4 °C	+1.8 °C	74 mm	+6 mm
Mar	30.3 °C	+0.6 °C	152 mm	+43 mm
Apr	30.4 °C	+0.8 °C	238 mm	+81 mm
May	30.2 °C	+1.2 °C	204 mm	+33 mm
Jun	29.8 °C	+1.4 °C	83 mm	-42 mm
Jul	29.4 °C	+1.2 °C	71 mm	-37 mm
Aug	29.6 °C	+1.5 °C	44 mm	-75 mm
Sep	30.1 °C	+1.9 °C	76 mm	-66 mm
Oct	29.8 °C	+1.5 °C	219 mm	+16 mm
Nov	28.9 °C	+0.6 °C	451 mm	+201 mm
Dec	29.3 °C	+1.0 °C	113 mm	-66 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

33.6 °C

24 Feb 2025

Coldest day

22.6 °C

4 Feb 2025

Wettest day

88.7 mm

17 Nov 2025

Windiest day

38.2 km/h

27 Nov 2025

Strongest gust

69.8 km/h

29 May 2025

Hottest feels-like

40.3 °C

5 Mar 2025

Coldest feels-like

22.5 °C

27 Nov 2025

Sunniest day

12.2 h

7 Jun 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Beliatta?

Beliatta has a tropical rainforest climate (Köppen Af). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 26.2 °C and it receives 1,718 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Beliatta?

The hottest day measured in Beliatta between 1940 and 2025 was 7 March 2010, reaching 34.4 °C.

What is the coldest day in Beliatta?

The coldest day measured in Beliatta between 1940 and 2025 was 13 January 1975, at 19.9 °C.

Does it snow in Beliatta?

Almost never: Beliatta sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Has the climate of Beliatta warmed?

Yes: Beliatta warmed by +1.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Beliatta?

The wettest day measured in Beliatta between 1940 and 2025 was 8 November 1942, with 194 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Beliatta?

The windiest day measured in Beliatta between 1940 and 2025 was 1 June 1991, with winds reaching 42.9 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Beliatta?

The warmest month in Beliatta is April (27.0 °C on average); the coldest is January (25.7 °C).

How much does it rain in Beliatta?

Beliatta receives on average 1,718 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 266 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Beliatta?

Beliatta gets on average 10.5 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,833 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Beliatta?

Yes: Beliatta has on average 365 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Beliatta?

In Beliatta, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 40.8 °C on 18 April 2015, and the lowest was 17.7 °C on 13 January 2011.

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