Gampola weather in May

In May, Gampola sees average daytime highs of 28°C and overnight lows near 22°C, with 158 mm of rain across 25.5 wet days and about 12.3 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-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 5% of the time in May, and the air most often feels oppressive.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 12 min at the start of May to 12 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Gampola's 7th-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Gampola's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 28°; 4th warmest
Overnight low: 22°; 12th coldest
Rainfall: 158 mm; 25.5 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 18 min; 5:54 AM – 6:14 PM
Cloud cover: 79%; 7th clearest
Wind: 8 km/h; 5th windiest
Solar energy: 5.2 kWh/m²
Travel score: 3.7; out of 10

Gampola is city in Central Province, Sri Lanka.

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

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Temperature in May

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

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

A typical May day in Gampola reaches about 28°C in the afternoon and slips back to 22°C overnight — a 6°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 27°C and 30°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 1°C cooler than April and about 1°C warmer than June.

	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)	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28
Avg low (°C)	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22

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

How May really feels in Gampola

Once humidity and wind are folded in, May averages 2 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 May is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Gampola weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 4th-warmest and 5th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	27° / 20°	82	9	11.6	6.5
Feb	29° / 20°	84	8.2	11.8	5.8
Mar	30° / 21°	118	12	12	4.7
Apr	30° / 21°	259	21.8	12.2	3.7
May	28° / 22°	158	25.5	12.3	3.7
Jun	27° / 22°	131	25.1	12.4	3.9
Jul	27° / 22°	137	25.2	12.4	4.1
Aug	27° / 22°	122	25.1	12.2	4.1
Sep	27° / 21°	136	22.5	12	4.3
Oct	27° / 21°	360	25.4	11.8	4.0
Nov	27° / 21°	372	22.5	11.7	4.3
Dec	27° / 20°	209	16.7	11.6	5.4

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 5% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 15% of May, 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 (%)	27	27	26	25	25	25	25	24	24	23	23	23	22	22	21	21	20	19	18	18	17	17	16	16	14	14	13	13	13	11	11
Cloudier (%)	73	73	74	75	75	75	75	76	76	77	77	77	78	78	79	79	80	81	82	82	83	83	84	84	86	86	87	87	87	89	89

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	27	73
2	27	73
3	26	74
4	25	75
5	25	75
6	25	75
7	25	75
8	24	76
9	24	76
10	23	77
11	23	77
12	23	77
13	22	78
14	22	78
15	21	79
16	21	79
17	20	80
18	19	81
19	18	82
20	18	82
21	17	83
22	17	83
23	16	84
24	16	84
25	14	86
26	14	86
27	13	87
28	13	87
29	13	87
30	11	89
31	11	89

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Gampola gets around 158 mm of rain over 25.5 wet days in May. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 82% and peaks near 84% 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 (%)	79	79	79	80	80	81	81	82	82	82	82	82	83	83	83	82	82	82	82	82	82	82	82	82	82	82	83	83	83	84	84

	Rain chance (%)
1	79
2	79
3	79
4	80
5	80
6	81
7	81
8	82
9	82
10	82
11	82
12	82
13	83
14	83
15	83
16	82
17	82
18	82
19	82
20	82
21	82
22	82
23	82
24	82
25	82
26	82
27	83
28	83
29	83
30	84
31	84

Humidity in May

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, May lands in the oppressive band about 95% 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 (%)	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	6	6	6	7	7	8	8	9
Oppressive (%)	95	95	96	96	96	96	96	96	95	95	95	95	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	95	95	95	94	94	94	93	93	92	92	91

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	5	95
2	5	95
3	4	96
4	4	96
5	4	96
6	4	96
7	4	96
8	4	96
9	5	95
10	5	95
11	5	95
12	5	95
13	4	96
14	4	96
15	4	96
16	4	96
17	4	96
18	4	96
19	4	96
20	4	96
21	5	95
22	5	95
23	5	95
24	6	94
25	6	94
26	6	94
27	7	93
28	7	93
29	8	92
30	8	92
31	9	91

Wind in May

Winds average 8 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 6 km/h on the calmest days to 10 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	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
Wind speed (km/h)	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	6	calm
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Sunrise & sunset in May

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Daylight runs from about 12 h 12 min at the start of May to 12 h 24 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 12 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 5:57 AM to 5:54 AM, and sunset from 6:12 PM to 6:17 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)	12.2	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	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4
Sunrise (AM)	5:57	5:57	5:57	5:57	5:56	5:56	5:56	5:56	5:55	5:55	5:55	5:55	5:55	5:54	5:54	5:54	5:54	5:54	5:54	5:54	5:54	5:54	5:54	5:54	5:54	5:54	5:54	5:54	5:54	5:54	5:54
Sunset (PM)	6:12	6:12	6:12	6:13	6:13	6:13	6:13	6:13	6:13	6:13	6:13	6:13	6:13	6:13	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:15	6:15	6:15	6:15	6:15	6:16	6:16	6:16	6:16	6:16	6:17

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.2	5:57	6:12
2	12.3	5:57	6:12
3	12.3	5:57	6:12
4	12.3	5:57	6:13
5	12.3	5:56	6:13
6	12.3	5:56	6:13
7	12.3	5:56	6:13
8	12.3	5:56	6:13
9	12.3	5:55	6:13
10	12.3	5:55	6:13
11	12.3	5:55	6:13
12	12.3	5:55	6:13
13	12.3	5:55	6:13
14	12.3	5:54	6:13
15	12.3	5:54	6:14
16	12.3	5:54	6:14
17	12.3	5:54	6:14
18	12.3	5:54	6:14
19	12.3	5:54	6:14
20	12.3	5:54	6:14
21	12.3	5:54	6:15
22	12.4	5:54	6:15
23	12.4	5:54	6:15
24	12.4	5:54	6:15
25	12.4	5:54	6:15
26	12.4	5:54	6:16
27	12.4	5:54	6:16
28	12.4	5:54	6:16
29	12.4	5:54	6:16
30	12.4	5:54	6:16
31	12.4	5:54	6:17

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.2 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.12 kWh/m² to a high of 6.23 kWh/m² in March across the year — May's 5.2 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)	5.5	5.5	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.5	Bright
2	5.5	Bright
3	5.4	Bright
4	5.4	Bright
5	5.4	Bright
6	5.3	Bright
7	5.3	Bright
8	5.3	Bright
9	5.3	Bright
10	5.3	Bright
11	5.3	Bright
12	5.3	Bright
13	5.3	Bright
14	5.2	Bright
15	5.2	Bright
16	5.2	Bright
17	5.2	Bright
18	5.2	Bright
19	5.2	Bright
20	5.2	Bright
21	5.2	Bright
22	5.1	Bright
23	5.1	Bright
24	5.1	Bright
25	5.1	Bright
26	5.1	Bright
27	5.1	Bright
28	5.0	Bright
29	5.0	Bright
30	5.0	Bright
31	5.0	Bright

Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Gampola?

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

3.7

Sightseeing

11th-best month of the year

4.3

Beach & pool

8th-best month of the year

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Gampola.

What to pack for Gampola in May

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

In May, Gampola sees daytime highs around 28°C and nights near 22°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 26 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Gampola in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May 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 Gampola peaks around April 18 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 15 at about 10 (extreme).

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)	11	13	12	14	13	11	12	13	13	12	11	10
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

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

Air quality in Gampola in May

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

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

Air quality in Gampola is worst in November — around 60 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 2.4× the cleanest month (July, 25 µg/m³).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	45	41	57	59	42	27	25	26	30	49	60	52
Level	Poor	Poor	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Poor	Unhealthy	Poor

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	45	Poor
Feb	41	Poor
Mar	57	Unhealthy
Apr	59	Unhealthy
May	42	Poor
Jun	27	Moderate
Jul	25	Moderate
Aug	26	Moderate
Sep	30	Moderate
Oct	49	Poor
Nov	60	Unhealthy
Dec	52	Poor

Location & terrain

Where is Gampola?

Gampola sits at 7.2°N, 80.6°E, 492 m above sea level, in Sri Lanka. The nearest listed city is Kandy, 16 km away.

Topography around Gampola

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Gampola has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 586 m around an average of 576 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,628 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,505 m.

The land around Gampola is covered by trees (90%) within 3 km, trees (92%) within 16 km, and trees (89%) within 80 km.

3 km

586 m

trees 90%

16 km

1,628 m

trees 92%

80 km

2,505 m

trees 89%

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← April Gampola year-round climate June →Best places to visit in May

May weather nearby: Kandy 16 km · Kegalle 27 km · Hatton 30 km · Nuwara Eliya 32 km · Matale 34 km · Kurunegala 42 km · Ratnapura 56 km · Badulla 58 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 Gampola (7.1643°, 80.5696°, elevation 492 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	29	22
2	29	22
3	29	22
4	29	22
5	29	22
6	29	22
7	29	22
8	29	22
9	29	22
10	29	22
11	28	22
12	28	22
13	28	22
14	28	22
15	28	22
16	28	22
17	28	22
18	28	22
19	28	22
20	28	22
21	28	22
22	28	22
23	28	22
24	28	22
25	28	22
26	28	22
27	28	22
28	28	22
29	28	22
30	28	22
31	28	22

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	27	73
2	27	73
3	26	74
4	25	75
5	25	75
6	25	75
7	25	75
8	24	76
9	24	76
10	23	77
11	23	77
12	23	77
13	22	78
14	22	78
15	21	79
16	21	79
17	20	80
18	19	81
19	18	82
20	18	82
21	17	83
22	17	83
23	16	84
24	16	84
25	14	86
26	14	86
27	13	87
28	13	87
29	13	87
30	11	89
31	11	89

	Rain chance (%)
1	79
2	79
3	79
4	80
5	80
6	81
7	81
8	82
9	82
10	82
11	82
12	82
13	83
14	83
15	83
16	82
17	82
18	82
19	82
20	82
21	82
22	82
23	82
24	82
25	82
26	82
27	83
28	83
29	83
30	84
31	84

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	5	95
2	5	95
3	4	96
4	4	96
5	4	96
6	4	96
7	4	96
8	4	96
9	5	95
10	5	95
11	5	95
12	5	95
13	4	96
14	4	96
15	4	96
16	4	96
17	4	96
18	4	96
19	4	96
20	4	96
21	5	95
22	5	95
23	5	95
24	6	94
25	6	94
26	6	94
27	7	93
28	7	93
29	8	92
30	8	92
31	9	91

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	27	73
2	27	73
3	26	74
4	25	75
5	25	75
6	25	75
7	25	75
8	24	76
9	24	76
10	23	77
11	23	77
12	23	77
13	22	78
14	22	78
15	21	79
16	21	79
17	20	80
18	19	81
19	18	82
20	18	82
21	17	83
22	17	83
23	16	84
24	16	84
25	14	86
26	14	86
27	13	87
28	13	87
29	13	87
30	11	89
31	11	89

	Rain chance (%)
1	79
2	79
3	79
4	80
5	80
6	81
7	81
8	82
9	82
10	82
11	82
12	82
13	83
14	83
15	83
16	82
17	82
18	82
19	82
20	82
21	82
22	82
23	82
24	82
25	82
26	82
27	83
28	83
29	83
30	84
31	84

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	5	95
2	5	95
3	4	96
4	4	96
5	4	96
6	4	96
7	4	96
8	4	96
9	5	95
10	5	95
11	5	95
12	5	95
13	4	96
14	4	96
15	4	96
16	4	96
17	4	96
18	4	96
19	4	96
20	4	96
21	5	95
22	5	95
23	5	95
24	6	94
25	6	94
26	6	94
27	7	93
28	7	93
29	8	92
30	8	92
31	9	91

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	27	73
2	27	73
3	26	74
4	25	75
5	25	75
6	25	75
7	25	75
8	24	76
9	24	76
10	23	77
11	23	77
12	23	77
13	22	78
14	22	78
15	21	79
16	21	79
17	20	80
18	19	81
19	18	82
20	18	82
21	17	83
22	17	83
23	16	84
24	16	84
25	14	86
26	14	86
27	13	87
28	13	87
29	13	87
30	11	89
31	11	89

	Rain chance (%)
1	79
2	79
3	79
4	80
5	80
6	81
7	81
8	82
9	82
10	82
11	82
12	82
13	83
14	83
15	83
16	82
17	82
18	82
19	82
20	82
21	82
22	82
23	82
24	82
25	82
26	82
27	83
28	83
29	83
30	84
31	84

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	5	95
2	5	95
3	4	96
4	4	96
5	4	96
6	4	96
7	4	96
8	4	96
9	5	95
10	5	95
11	5	95
12	5	95
13	4	96
14	4	96
15	4	96
16	4	96
17	4	96
18	4	96
19	4	96
20	4	96
21	5	95
22	5	95
23	5	95
24	6	94
25	6	94
26	6	94
27	7	93
28	7	93
29	8	92
30	8	92
31	9	91