Dambulla weather in August

In August, Dambulla sees average daytime highs of 31°C and overnight lows near 24°C, with 64 mm of rain across 17.9 wet days and about 12.3 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 10th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 31°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 7% of the time in August, and the air most often feels oppressive.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 18 min at the start of August to 12 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Dambulla's 8th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Dambulla's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 31°; 5th warmest
Overnight low: 24°; 9th coldest
Rainfall: 64 mm; 17.9 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 18 min; 6:04 AM – 6:19 PM
Cloud cover: 78%; 8th clearest
Wind: 19 km/h; 3rd windiest
Solar energy: 5.72 kWh/m²
Travel score: 3.5; out of 10

Dambulla is human settlement.

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

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Temperature in August

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 31°C through the month.

A typical August day in Dambulla reaches about 31°C in the afternoon and slips back to 24°C overnight — a 7°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 29°C and 33°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs on par with July and on par with September.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31
Avg low (°C)	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	31	24
2	31	24
3	31	24
4	31	24
5	31	24
6	31	24
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30	31	24
31	31	24

How August really feels in Dambulla

Once humidity and wind are folded in, August averages 31 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

The story in August is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Dambulla weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 5th-warmest and 10th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	27° / 20°	128	15.2	11.6	5.5
Feb	29° / 20°	84	11.7	11.7	5.4
Mar	31° / 21°	74	10.9	11.9	4.4
Apr	32° / 23°	152	18.8	12.2	3.1
May	31° / 24°	113	18.3	12.4	3.4
Jun	31° / 24°	45	14.2	12.4	3.9
Jul	31° / 24°	55	16.1	12.4	3.8
Aug	31° / 24°	64	17.9	12.3	3.5
Sep	31° / 24°	88	18.7	12	3.3
Oct	30° / 23°	248	22.7	11.8	3.3
Nov	28° / 22°	282	24.1	11.6	3.7
Dec	27° / 21°	229	21.6	11.6	4.6

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 7% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 13% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 80%.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	17	17	18	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	20	20	20	20	19	19	19	19	20	21	21	21	22	22	22	22	22	22	22
Cloudier (%)	83	83	82	81	81	81	81	81	81	81	81	81	80	80	80	80	81	81	81	81	80	79	79	79	78	78	78	78	78	78	78

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	17	83
2	17	83
3	18	82
4	19	81
5	19	81
6	19	81
7	19	81
8	19	81
9	19	81
10	19	81
11	19	81
12	19	81
13	20	80
14	20	80
15	20	80
16	20	80
17	19	81
18	19	81
19	19	81
20	19	81
21	20	80
22	21	79
23	21	79
24	21	79
25	22	78
26	22	78
27	22	78
28	22	78
29	22	78
30	22	78
31	22	78

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Dambulla gets around 64 mm of rain over 17.9 wet days in August. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 58% and peaks near 62% on the wettest days.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	53	54	54	55	55	56	57	58	58	59	60	60	61	61	61	62	62	61	61	61	60	60	59	59	58	58	58	58	58	58	58

	Rain chance (%)
1	53
2	54
3	54
4	55
5	55
6	56
7	57
8	58
9	58
10	59
11	60
12	60
13	61
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31	58

Humidity in August

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of August feels oppressive — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, August lands in the oppressive band about 55% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Muggy (%)	39	40	40	41	42	42	43	44	44	45	45	45	46	46	45	45	45	45	45	45	45	45	46	46	47	47	48	48	49	50	50
Oppressive (%)	61	60	60	59	58	58	57	56	56	55	55	55	54	54	55	55	55	55	55	55	55	55	54	54	53	53	52	52	51	50	50

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	39	61
2	40	60
3	40	60
4	41	59
5	42	58
6	42	58
7	43	57
8	44	56
9	44	56
10	45	55
11	45	55
12	45	55
13	46	54
14	46	54
15	45	55
16	45	55
17	45	55
18	45	55
19	45	55
20	45	55
21	45	55
22	45	55
23	46	54
24	46	54
25	47	53
26	47	53
27	48	52
28	48	52
29	49	51
30	50	50
31	50	50

Wind in August

Winds average 19 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 18 km/h on the calmest days to 20 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	20	breezy
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3	20	breezy
4	20	light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 18 min at the start of August to 12 h 12 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 6 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 6:03 AM to 6:03 AM, and sunset from 6:24 PM to 6:12 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2
Sunrise (AM)	6:03	6:03	6:03	6:03	6:03	6:03	6:04	6:04	6:04	6:04	6:04	6:04	6:04	6:04	6:04	6:04	6:04	6:04	6:04	6:04	6:04	6:03	6:03	6:03	6:03	6:03	6:03	6:03	6:03	6:03	6:03
Sunset (PM)	6:24	6:24	6:23	6:23	6:23	6:23	6:22	6:22	6:22	6:21	6:21	6:21	6:20	6:20	6:20	6:19	6:19	6:18	6:18	6:18	6:17	6:17	6:16	6:16	6:15	6:15	6:14	6:14	6:13	6:13	6:12

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.3	6:03	6:24
2	12.3	6:03	6:24
3	12.3	6:03	6:23
4	12.3	6:03	6:23
5	12.3	6:03	6:23
6	12.3	6:03	6:23
7	12.3	6:04	6:22
8	12.3	6:04	6:22
9	12.3	6:04	6:22
10	12.3	6:04	6:21
11	12.3	6:04	6:21
12	12.3	6:04	6:21
13	12.3	6:04	6:20
14	12.3	6:04	6:20
15	12.3	6:04	6:20
16	12.3	6:04	6:19
17	12.3	6:04	6:19
18	12.2	6:04	6:18
19	12.2	6:04	6:18
20	12.2	6:04	6:18
21	12.2	6:04	6:17
22	12.2	6:03	6:17
23	12.2	6:03	6:16
24	12.2	6:03	6:16
25	12.2	6:03	6:15
26	12.2	6:03	6:15
27	12.2	6:03	6:14
28	12.2	6:03	6:14
29	12.2	6:03	6:13
30	12.2	6:03	6:13
31	12.2	6:03	6:12

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 5.72 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.76 kWh/m² to a high of 6.29 kWh/m² in March across the year — August's 5.72 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7
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	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.7	Bright
2	5.7	Bright
3	5.7	Bright
4	5.7	Bright
5	5.7	Bright
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30	5.7	Bright
31	5.7	Bright

Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Dambulla

In seasonPeak

None of Dambulla's seasonal hazards are active in August. The full-year calendar below shows when the rainy season, cyclone risk and dust haze do peak.

Dambulla's rainy season runs April–April, when most of the year's rain falls.

Rainy season

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Apr

May

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Oct

Nov

Dec

Is August a good time to visit Dambulla?

Our two travel scores rate August for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

3.5

Sightseeing

8th-best month of the year

5.2

Beach & pool

7th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Dambulla.

What to pack for Dambulla in August

From August's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In August, Dambulla sees daytime highs around 31°C and nights near 24°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 18 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Dambulla in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 13 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Dambulla peaks around April 20 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 20 at about 10 (very high).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	10	13	13	14	13	11	12	13	13	13	11	10
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	10	Extreme
Feb	13	Extreme
Mar	13	Extreme
Apr	14	Extreme
May	13	Extreme
Jun	11	Extreme
Jul	12	Extreme
Aug	13	Extreme
Sep	13	Extreme
Oct	13	Extreme
Nov	11	Extreme
Dec	10	Very high

Air quality in Dambulla in August

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where August falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Dambulla is worst in April — around 46 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), and holds fairly steady the rest of the year.

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	40	37	45	46	40	31	30	30	34	43	44	41
Level	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Poor	Poor	Poor

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	40	Poor
Feb	37	Poor
Mar	45	Poor
Apr	46	Poor
May	40	Poor
Jun	31	Moderate
Jul	30	Moderate
Aug	30	Moderate
Sep	34	Moderate
Oct	43	Poor
Nov	44	Poor
Dec	41	Poor

Location & terrain

Where is Dambulla?

Dambulla sits at 7.9°N, 80.7°E, 168 m above sea level, in Sri Lanka. The nearest listed city is Sigiriya, 15 km away.

Topography around Dambulla

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Dambulla.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Dambulla has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 186 m around an average of 173 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 747 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,865 m.

The land around Dambulla is covered by trees (69%) within 3 km, trees (73%) within 16 km, and trees (74%) within 80 km.

3 km

186 m

trees 69%

16 km

747 m

trees 73%

80 km

1,865 m

trees 74%

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← July Dambulla year-round climate September →Best places to visit in August

August weather nearby: Sigiriya 15 km · Polonnaruwa 40 km · Matale 44 km · Kurunegala 52 km · Anuradhapura 57 km · Kandy 63 km · Kegalle 76 km · Gampola 78 km

Sri Lanka travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 2; Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs: Type D / G / M; 230 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 27% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $5,002; 2025
Happiness: 4.0 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 47%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 3.3; per 100k, 2019
Road deaths: 19.7; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: Upper middle; World Bank
English: Low; EF EPI 486
Religion

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Dambulla (7.86°, 80.6517°, elevation 168 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	31	24
2	31	24
3	31	24
4	31	24
5	31	24
6	31	24
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8	31	24
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10	31	24
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12	31	24
13	31	24
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18	31	24
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20	31	24
21	31	24
22	31	24
23	31	24
24	31	24
25	31	24
26	31	24
27	31	24
28	31	24
29	31	24
30	31	24
31	31	24

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	17	83
2	17	83
3	18	82
4	19	81
5	19	81
6	19	81
7	19	81
8	19	81
9	19	81
10	19	81
11	19	81
12	19	81
13	20	80
14	20	80
15	20	80
16	20	80
17	19	81
18	19	81
19	19	81
20	19	81
21	20	80
22	21	79
23	21	79
24	21	79
25	22	78
26	22	78
27	22	78
28	22	78
29	22	78
30	22	78
31	22	78

	Rain chance (%)
1	53
2	54
3	54
4	55
5	55
6	56
7	57
8	58
9	58
10	59
11	60
12	60
13	61
14	61
15	61
16	62
17	62
18	61
19	61
20	61
21	60
22	60
23	59
24	59
25	58
26	58
27	58
28	58
29	58
30	58
31	58

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	39	61
2	40	60
3	40	60
4	41	59
5	42	58
6	42	58
7	43	57
8	44	56
9	44	56
10	45	55
11	45	55
12	45	55
13	46	54
14	46	54
15	45	55
16	45	55
17	45	55
18	45	55
19	45	55
20	45	55
21	45	55
22	45	55
23	46	54
24	46	54
25	47	53
26	47	53
27	48	52
28	48	52
29	49	51
30	50	50
31	50	50

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	31	24
2	31	24
3	31	24
4	31	24
5	31	24
6	31	24
7	31	24
8	31	24
9	31	24
10	31	24
11	31	24
12	31	24
13	31	24
14	31	24
15	31	24
16	31	24
17	31	24
18	31	24
19	31	24
20	31	24
21	31	24
22	31	24
23	31	24
24	31	24
25	31	24
26	31	24
27	31	24
28	31	24
29	31	24
30	31	24
31	31	24

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	17	83
2	17	83
3	18	82
4	19	81
5	19	81
6	19	81
7	19	81
8	19	81
9	19	81
10	19	81
11	19	81
12	19	81
13	20	80
14	20	80
15	20	80
16	20	80
17	19	81
18	19	81
19	19	81
20	19	81
21	20	80
22	21	79
23	21	79
24	21	79
25	22	78
26	22	78
27	22	78
28	22	78
29	22	78
30	22	78
31	22	78

	Rain chance (%)
1	53
2	54
3	54
4	55
5	55
6	56
7	57
8	58
9	58
10	59
11	60
12	60
13	61
14	61
15	61
16	62
17	62
18	61
19	61
20	61
21	60
22	60
23	59
24	59
25	58
26	58
27	58
28	58
29	58
30	58
31	58

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	39	61
2	40	60
3	40	60
4	41	59
5	42	58
6	42	58
7	43	57
8	44	56
9	44	56
10	45	55
11	45	55
12	45	55
13	46	54
14	46	54
15	45	55
16	45	55
17	45	55
18	45	55
19	45	55
20	45	55
21	45	55
22	45	55
23	46	54
24	46	54
25	47	53
26	47	53
27	48	52
28	48	52
29	49	51
30	50	50
31	50	50

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	31	24
2	31	24
3	31	24
4	31	24
5	31	24
6	31	24
7	31	24
8	31	24
9	31	24
10	31	24
11	31	24
12	31	24
13	31	24
14	31	24
15	31	24
16	31	24
17	31	24
18	31	24
19	31	24
20	31	24
21	31	24
22	31	24
23	31	24
24	31	24
25	31	24
26	31	24
27	31	24
28	31	24
29	31	24
30	31	24
31	31	24

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	17	83
2	17	83
3	18	82
4	19	81
5	19	81
6	19	81
7	19	81
8	19	81
9	19	81
10	19	81
11	19	81
12	19	81
13	20	80
14	20	80
15	20	80
16	20	80
17	19	81
18	19	81
19	19	81
20	19	81
21	20	80
22	21	79
23	21	79
24	21	79
25	22	78
26	22	78
27	22	78
28	22	78
29	22	78
30	22	78
31	22	78

	Rain chance (%)
1	53
2	54
3	54
4	55
5	55
6	56
7	57
8	58
9	58
10	59
11	60
12	60
13	61
14	61
15	61
16	62
17	62
18	61
19	61
20	61
21	60
22	60
23	59
24	59
25	58
26	58
27	58
28	58
29	58
30	58
31	58

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	39	61
2	40	60
3	40	60
4	41	59
5	42	58
6	42	58
7	43	57
8	44	56
9	44	56
10	45	55
11	45	55
12	45	55
13	46	54
14	46	54
15	45	55
16	45	55
17	45	55
18	45	55
19	45	55
20	45	55
21	45	55
22	45	55
23	46	54
24	46	54
25	47	53
26	47	53
27	48	52
28	48	52
29	49	51
30	50	50
31	50	50