Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia weather in September

In September, Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia sees average daytime highs of 28°C and overnight lows near 26°C, with 232 mm of rain across 24.3 wet days and about 12 hours of daylight. It is the 10th-warmest and 5th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 28°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 6% of the time in September, and the air most often feels miserable.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 06 min at the start of September to 11 h 54 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, September is Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia's 7th-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia's year-round climate.

Daytime high
28°
10th warmest
Overnight low
26°
6th coldest
Rainfall
232 mm
24.3 wet days
Daylight
12 hours
6:04 AM – 6:06 PM
Cloud cover
78%
7th clearest
Wind
17 km/h
4th windiest
Solar energy
5.09 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.7
out of 10

Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia is suburb of Colombo, Western Province, Sri Lanka.

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

Temperature in September

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 28°C through the month.

A typical September day in Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia reaches about 28°C in the afternoon and slips back to 26°C overnight — a 3°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 27°C and 29°C. Set against its neighbours, September runs on par with August and on par with October.

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How September really feels in Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia

Once humidity and wind are folded in, September averages 30 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
30
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

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

Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia weather by month

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

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan30° / 25°608.811.65.4
Feb30° / 25°578.511.85.2
Mar30° / 26°7514.9124.5
Apr30° / 26°17424.412.13.3
May29° / 27°2932912.33.0
Jun29° / 26°25726.512.43.3
Jul28° / 26°20525.312.43.7
Aug28° / 26°18324.612.23.8
Sep28° / 26°23224.3123.7
Oct28° / 25°3282611.83.6
Nov29° / 25°33023.811.73.7
Dec29° / 25°17516.711.64.6

Cloud cover in September

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 6% of the time in September.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 14% of September, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 81%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
11684
21684
31882
41981
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Chance of precipitation in September

Any precipitation

Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia gets around 232 mm of rain over 24.3 wet days in September. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 81% and peaks near 82% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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Humidity in September

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, September lands in the miserable band about 70% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
12872
22971
32971
43070
53070
63070
73070
83169
93169
103070
113070
123070
132971
142971
152872
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232971
243070
253169
263268
273367
283367
293466
303565

Wind in September

Winds average 17 km/h in September.

Across September, daily wind ranges from about 16 km/h on the calmest days to 18 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
118light breeze
218light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in September

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 06 min at the start of September to 11 h 54 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 12 minutes over September. Sunrise moves from 6:06 AM to 6:01 AM, and sunset from 6:14 PM to 5:58 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.16:066:14
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512.16:066:12
612.16:056:12
712.16:056:11
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Solar energy in September

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in September, about 5.09 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.62 kWh/m² to a high of 6.26 kWh/m² in March across the year — September's 5.09 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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Planning a trip in September

Hazard calendar for Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia

In seasonPeak

In September, Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia sits inside its cyclone season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia sits in the North Indian Ocean cyclone zone; the season peaks May and October–November.

Cyclone
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is September a good time to visit Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia?

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

3.7
Sightseeing
6th-best month of the year
4.4
Beach & pool
8th-best month of the year

September is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia.

What to pack for Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia in September

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

In September, Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia sees daytime highs around 28°C and nights near 26°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 24 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

Sea temperature near Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia in September

The nearest coast averages about 28°C in September — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea offshore is warmest in April at about 30°C and coldest in August near 27°C.

The water stays above 20°C all year — warm enough for a swim any month.

26°28°30°32°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwarmtropicalcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan28Warm
Feb28Tropical
Mar29Tropical
Apr30Tropical
May29Tropical
Jun28Tropical
Jul28Warm
Aug27Warm
Sep28Warm
Oct28Tropical
Nov29Tropical
Dec28Tropical

UV index in Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia in September

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in September 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 Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia peaks around September 10 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 15 at about 10 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highSep 10UV 13Dec 15UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan10Extreme
Feb12Extreme
Mar12Extreme
Apr12Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug13Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov10Extreme
Dec10Very high

Air quality in Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia in September

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

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

Air quality in Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia is worst in February — around 37 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 2.1× the cleanest month (September, 18 µg/m³).

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

010203040JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecPoorModerateFeb 1437 µg/m³Sep 1118 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan36Poor
Feb37Poor
Mar36Poor
Apr28Moderate
May24Moderate
Jun19Moderate
Jul18Moderate
Aug18Moderate
Sep18Moderate
Oct20Moderate
Nov30Moderate
Dec34Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia?

Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia sits at 6.8°N, 79.9°E, 16 m above sea level, in Sri Lanka. The nearest listed city is Maharagama, 6.0 km away.

Topography around Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 33 m around an average of 7 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 74 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,145 m.

The land around Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia is covered by artificial surfaces (51%) and water (32%) within 3 km, water (50%), trees (25%) and artificial surfaces (21%) within 16 km, and trees (59%) and water (37%) within 80 km.

3 km
33 m
16 km
74 m
80 km
2,145 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
September weather nearby: Maharagama 6.0 km · Sri Jayewardenepura Kotte 6.0 km · Pita Kotte 7.0 km · Moratuwa 8.0 km · Battaramulla South 8.0 km · Kolonnawa 10 km · Kotikawatta 11 km · Colombo 11 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
Buddhist 70%Hindu 13%Muslim 10%Roman Catholic 6%

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 Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia (6.8402°, 79.8712°, elevation 16 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. Tropical-cyclone seasons are the published climatological basin seasons (NOAA National Hurricane Center / regional warning centres). Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. 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).