Kandy weather in September

In September, Kandy sees average daytime highs of 27°C and overnight lows near 20°C, with 121 mm of rain across 19.2 wet days and about 12 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 6th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 27°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 8% of the time in September, and the air most often feels muggy.

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 Kandy's 5th-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Kandy's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 27°; 4th warmest
Overnight low: 20°; 8th coldest
Rainfall: 121 mm; 19.2 wet days
Daylight: 12 hours; 6:01 AM – 6:03 PM
Cloud cover: 76%; 5th clearest
Wind: 9 km/h; 4th windiest
Solar energy: 5.57 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.9; out of 10

Kandy is capital city in Central Province, Sri Lanka.

Density: 3,915/km²; people per km²
Founded: 1350

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

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Temperature in September

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 27°C through the month.

A typical September day in Kandy reaches about 27°C in the afternoon and slips back to 20°C overnight — a 7°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 25°C and 29°C. Set against its neighbours, September runs on par with August and on par with October.

	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
Avg high (°C)	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27
Avg low (°C)	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20

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

Kandy weather by month

How September compares with the rest of the year at a glance. September is the 4th-warmest and 6th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	24° / 18°	110	14.4	11.6	6.1
Feb	26° / 18°	86	11	11.8	6.4
Mar	28° / 19°	83	10.9	12	6.0
Apr	28° / 20°	171	18.3	12.2	4.6
May	28° / 21°	125	20	12.3	4.5
Jun	27° / 21°	79	17.4	12.4	5.0
Jul	27° / 21°	83	18.3	12.4	5.0
Aug	27° / 20°	90	18.1	12.2	5.0
Sep	27° / 20°	121	19.2	12	4.9
Oct	27° / 20°	257	23	11.8	4.4
Nov	25° / 19°	274	23.7	11.7	4.3
Dec	24° / 19°	214	20.8	11.6	5.0

Cloud cover in September

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 8% of the time in September.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 16% of September, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 77%.

	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
Clearer (%)	18	19	19	20	21	21	22	22	23	24	24	25	26	27	27	26	26	26	26	26	26	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	23	23
Cloudier (%)	82	81	81	80	79	79	78	78	77	76	76	75	74	73	73	74	74	74	74	74	74	76	76	76	76	76	76	76	77	77

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

Chance of precipitation in September

Any precipitation

Kandy gets around 121 mm of rain over 19.2 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 64% and peaks near 67% 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
Rain chance (%)	63	62	62	62	62	61	61	61	61	61	61	61	61	62	62	63	63	64	64	65	65	66	66	67	67	67	67	67	67	67

	Rain chance (%)
1	63
2	62
3	62
4	62
5	62
6	61
7	61
8	61
9	61
10	61
11	61
12	61
13	61
14	62
15	62
16	63
17	63
18	64
19	64
20	65
21	65
22	66
23	66
24	67
25	67
26	67
27	67
28	67
29	67
30	67

Humidity in September

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, September lands in the muggy band about 87% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 87% 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
Humid (%)	12	13	14	14	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	15	15	14	14	13	12	12	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11
Muggy (%)	88	87	85	85	84	84	84	83	83	84	84	85	85	86	86	87	88	88	89	89	89	90	90	90	90	90	90	89	89	89
Oppressive (%)	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	12	88	0
2	13	87	0
3	14	85	1
4	14	85	1
5	15	84	1
6	15	84	1
7	15	84	1
8	16	83	1
9	16	83	1
10	16	84	0
11	16	84	0
12	15	85	0
13	15	85	0
14	14	86	0
15	14	86	0
16	13	87	0
17	12	88	0
18	12	88	0
19	11	89	0
20	11	89	0
21	11	89	0
22	10	90	0
23	10	90	0
24	10	90	0
25	10	90	0
26	10	90	0
27	10	90	0
28	11	89	0
29	11	89	0
30	11	89	0

Wind in September

Winds average 9 km/h in September.

Across September, daily wind ranges from about 8 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
Wind speed (km/h)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	10	calm
2	10	calm
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6	10	calm
7	10	calm
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24	8	calm
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28	8	calm
29	8	calm
30	8	calm

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 6:03 AM to 5:58 AM, and sunset from 6:11 PM to 5:55 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
Daylight (h)	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	11.9
Sunrise (AM)	6:03	6:03	6:03	6:03	6:02	6:02	6:02	6:02	6:02	6:02	6:01	6:01	6:01	6:01	6:01	6:01	6:00	6:00	6:00	6:00	6:00	6:00	5:59	5:59	5:59	5:59	5:59	5:59	5:59	5:58
Sunset (PM)	6:11	6:11	6:10	6:10	6:09	6:09	6:08	6:08	6:07	6:06	6:06	6:05	6:05	6:04	6:04	6:03	6:02	6:02	6:01	6:01	6:00	6:00	5:59	5:58	5:58	5:57	5:57	5:56	5:56	5:55

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.1	6:03	6:11
2	12.1	6:03	6:11
3	12.1	6:03	6:10
4	12.1	6:03	6:10
5	12.1	6:02	6:09
6	12.1	6:02	6:09
7	12.1	6:02	6:08
8	12.1	6:02	6:08
9	12.1	6:02	6:07
10	12.1	6:02	6:06
11	12.1	6:01	6:06
12	12.1	6:01	6:05
13	12.1	6:01	6:05
14	12.1	6:01	6:04
15	12.0	6:01	6:04
16	12.0	6:01	6:03
17	12.0	6:00	6:02
18	12.0	6:00	6:02
19	12.0	6:00	6:01
20	12.0	6:00	6:01
21	12.0	6:00	6:00
22	12.0	6:00	6:00
23	12.0	5:59	5:59
24	12.0	5:59	5:58
25	12.0	5:59	5:58
26	12.0	5:59	5:57
27	12.0	5:59	5:57
28	12.0	5:59	5:56
29	12.0	5:59	5:56
30	11.9	5:58	5:55

Solar energy in September

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in September, about 5.57 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.88 kWh/m² to a high of 6.28 kWh/m² in March across the year — September's 5.57 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
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4
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

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.6	Bright
2	5.6	Bright
3	5.6	Bright
4	5.6	Bright
5	5.6	Bright
6	5.6	Bright
7	5.6	Bright
8	5.6	Bright
9	5.6	Bright
10	5.6	Bright
11	5.6	Bright
12	5.6	Bright
13	5.6	Bright
14	5.6	Bright
15	5.6	Bright
16	5.6	Bright
17	5.6	Bright
18	5.6	Bright
19	5.6	Bright
20	5.6	Bright
21	5.5	Bright
22	5.5	Bright
23	5.5	Bright
24	5.5	Bright
25	5.5	Bright
26	5.5	Bright
27	5.4	Bright
28	5.4	Bright
29	5.4	Bright
30	5.4	Bright

Planning a trip in September

Hazard calendar for Kandy

In seasonPeak

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

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

Rainy season

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Mar

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May

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Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is September a good time to visit Kandy?

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

4.9

Sightseeing

8th-best month of the year

5.0

Beach & pool

9th-best month of the year

September is a reasonable time to visit Kandy for sightseeing.

What to pack for Kandy in September

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

In September, Kandy sees daytime highs around 27°C and nights near 20°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 19 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Kandy 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 Kandy peaks around April 16 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 17 at about 11 (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	14	14	14	14	12	12	13	13	13	11	11
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

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

Air quality in Kandy 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 Kandy 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 Kandy?

Kandy sits at 7.3°N, 80.6°E, 500 m above sea level, in Sri Lanka. The nearest listed city is Gampola, 16 km away.

Topography around Kandy

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Kandy has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 562 m around an average of 566 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,298 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,498 m.

The land around Kandy is covered by trees (78%) within 3 km, trees (91%) within 16 km, and trees (87%) within 80 km.

3 km

562 m

trees 78%

16 km

1,298 m

trees 91%

80 km

2,498 m

trees 87%

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← August Kandy year-round climate October →Best places to visit in September

September weather nearby: Gampola 16 km · Matale 20 km · Kegalle 32 km · Kurunegala 36 km · Nuwara Eliya 39 km · Hatton 45 km · Badulla 58 km · Dambulla 63 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 Kandy (7.2906°, 80.6336°, elevation 500 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	27	20
2	27	20
3	27	20
4	27	20
5	27	20
6	27	20
7	27	20
8	27	20
9	27	20
10	27	20
11	27	20
12	27	20
13	27	20
14	27	20
15	27	20
16	27	20
17	27	20
18	27	20
19	27	20
20	27	20
21	27	20
22	27	20
23	27	20
24	27	20
25	27	20
26	27	20
27	27	20
28	27	20
29	27	20
30	27	20

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

	Rain chance (%)
1	63
2	62
3	62
4	62
5	62
6	61
7	61
8	61
9	61
10	61
11	61
12	61
13	61
14	62
15	62
16	63
17	63
18	64
19	64
20	65
21	65
22	66
23	66
24	67
25	67
26	67
27	67
28	67
29	67
30	67

	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	12	88	0
2	13	87	0
3	14	85	1
4	14	85	1
5	15	84	1
6	15	84	1
7	15	84	1
8	16	83	1
9	16	83	1
10	16	84	0
11	16	84	0
12	15	85	0
13	15	85	0
14	14	86	0
15	14	86	0
16	13	87	0
17	12	88	0
18	12	88	0
19	11	89	0
20	11	89	0
21	11	89	0
22	10	90	0
23	10	90	0
24	10	90	0
25	10	90	0
26	10	90	0
27	10	90	0
28	11	89	0
29	11	89	0
30	11	89	0

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

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

	Rain chance (%)
1	63
2	62
3	62
4	62
5	62
6	61
7	61
8	61
9	61
10	61
11	61
12	61
13	61
14	62
15	62
16	63
17	63
18	64
19	64
20	65
21	65
22	66
23	66
24	67
25	67
26	67
27	67
28	67
29	67
30	67

	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	12	88	0
2	13	87	0
3	14	85	1
4	14	85	1
5	15	84	1
6	15	84	1
7	15	84	1
8	16	83	1
9	16	83	1
10	16	84	0
11	16	84	0
12	15	85	0
13	15	85	0
14	14	86	0
15	14	86	0
16	13	87	0
17	12	88	0
18	12	88	0
19	11	89	0
20	11	89	0
21	11	89	0
22	10	90	0
23	10	90	0
24	10	90	0
25	10	90	0
26	10	90	0
27	10	90	0
28	11	89	0
29	11	89	0
30	11	89	0

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

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

	Rain chance (%)
1	63
2	62
3	62
4	62
5	62
6	61
7	61
8	61
9	61
10	61
11	61
12	61
13	61
14	62
15	62
16	63
17	63
18	64
19	64
20	65
21	65
22	66
23	66
24	67
25	67
26	67
27	67
28	67
29	67
30	67

	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	12	88	0
2	13	87	0
3	14	85	1
4	14	85	1
5	15	84	1
6	15	84	1
7	15	84	1
8	16	83	1
9	16	83	1
10	16	84	0
11	16	84	0
12	15	85	0
13	15	85	0
14	14	86	0
15	14	86	0
16	13	87	0
17	12	88	0
18	12	88	0
19	11	89	0
20	11	89	0
21	11	89	0
22	10	90	0
23	10	90	0
24	10	90	0
25	10	90	0
26	10	90	0
27	10	90	0
28	11	89	0
29	11	89	0
30	11	89	0