Matale weather in October

In October, Matale sees average daytime highs of 29°C and overnight lows near 22°C, with 312 mm of rain across 25.2 wet days and about 11.8 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 29°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 5% of the time in October, and the air most often feels oppressive.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 54 min at the start of October to 11 h 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, October is Matale's 8th-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Matale's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 29°; 5th warmest
Overnight low: 22°; 6th coldest
Rainfall: 312 mm; 25.2 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 48 min; 5:58 AM – 5:48 PM
Cloud cover: 80%; 8th clearest
Wind: 9 km/h; 7th windiest
Solar energy: 4.83 kWh/m²
Travel score: 3.5; out of 10

Matale is Administrative Capital in Central Province, Sri Lanka.

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

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Temperature in October

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 29°C through the month.

A typical October day in Matale reaches about 29°C in the afternoon and slips back to 22°C overnight — a 7°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 27°C and 31°C. Set against its neighbours, October runs on par with September and on par with November.

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

How October really feels in Matale

Once humidity and wind are folded in, October averages 22 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 October is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Matale weather by month

How October compares with the rest of the year at a glance. October is the 5th-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	28° / 21°	79	10	11.6	5.6
Feb	30° / 21°	63	8.5	11.8	5.0
Mar	32° / 22°	83	11.6	11.9	3.8
Apr	32° / 23°	196	21	12.2	3.1
May	30° / 24°	130	22.4	12.3	3.4
Jun	29° / 23°	99	23.8	12.4	3.5
Jul	29° / 23°	103	24.3	12.4	3.6
Aug	29° / 23°	98	23.2	12.2	3.8
Sep	29° / 23°	109	21.2	12	3.8
Oct	29° / 22°	312	25.2	11.8	3.5
Nov	29° / 22°	310	22.7	11.7	3.8
Dec	28° / 21°	185	17.8	11.6	4.9

Cloud cover in October

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

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

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 11% of October, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 84%.

	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 (%)	20	19	19	18	18	17	18	18	18	16	16	15	15	15	14	14	15	14	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	18	16	16	16	16
Cloudier (%)	80	81	81	82	82	83	82	82	82	84	84	85	85	85	86	86	85	86	85	85	85	84	84	84	84	84	82	84	84	84	84

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	20	80
2	19	81
3	19	81
4	18	82
5	18	82
6	17	83
7	18	82
8	18	82
9	18	82
10	16	84
11	16	84
12	15	85
13	15	85
14	15	85
15	14	86
16	14	86
17	15	85
18	14	86
19	15	85
20	15	85
21	15	85
22	16	84
23	16	84
24	16	84
25	16	84
26	16	84
27	18	82
28	16	84
29	16	84
30	16	84
31	16	84

Chance of precipitation in October

Any precipitation

Matale gets around 312 mm of rain over 25.2 wet days in October, the wettest month. 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 83% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

	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 (%)	76	76	76	77	77	78	79	79	80	80	81	81	82	82	82	82	82	83	83	83	83	83	83	83	83	83	83	83	83	83	83

	Rain chance (%)
1	76
2	76
3	76
4	77
5	77
6	78
7	79
8	79
9	80
10	80
11	81
12	81
13	82
14	82
15	82
16	82
17	82
18	83
19	83
20	83
21	83
22	83
23	83
24	83
25	83
26	83
27	83
28	83
29	83
30	83
31	83

Humidity in October

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, October lands in the oppressive band about 89% 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 (%)	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	11	11	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	9
Oppressive (%)	86	86	87	87	87	87	87	88	88	89	89	90	90	90	91	91	91	91	91	91	91	91	91	91	91	91	90	90	90	90	91

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	14	86
2	14	86
3	13	87
4	13	87
5	13	87
6	13	87
7	13	87
8	12	88
9	12	88
10	11	89
11	11	89
12	10	90
13	10	90
14	10	90
15	9	91
16	9	91
17	9	91
18	9	91
19	9	91
20	9	91
21	9	91
22	9	91
23	9	91
24	9	91
25	9	91
26	9	91
27	10	90
28	10	90
29	10	90
30	10	90
31	9	91

Wind in October

Winds average 9 km/h in October.

Across October, daily wind ranges from about 6 km/h on the calmest days to 11 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)	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	11	calm
2	11	calm
3	11	calm
4	11	calm
5	11	calm
6	10	calm
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8	10	calm
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12	9	calm
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14	9	calm
15	9	calm
16	8	calm
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18	8	calm
19	8	calm
20	8	calm
21	8	calm
22	7	calm
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29	6	calm
30	6	calm
31	6	calm

Sunrise & sunset in October

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 54 min at the start of October to 11 h 42 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 12 minutes over October. Sunrise moves from 5:58 AM to 5:59 AM, and sunset from 5:55 PM to 5:43 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)	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.7	11.7	11.7
Sunrise (AM)	5:58	5:58	5:58	5:58	5:58	5:58	5:58	5:58	5:58	5:58	5:58	5:58	5:58	5:58	5:58	5:58	5:58	5:58	5:58	5:58	5:58	5:58	5:58	5:58	5:58	5:58	5:58	5:58	5:59	5:59	5:59
Sunset (PM)	5:55	5:54	5:53	5:53	5:52	5:52	5:51	5:51	5:51	5:50	5:50	5:49	5:49	5:48	5:48	5:48	5:47	5:47	5:46	5:46	5:46	5:45	5:45	5:45	5:45	5:44	5:44	5:44	5:44	5:43	5:43

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.9	5:58	5:55
2	11.9	5:58	5:54
3	11.9	5:58	5:53
4	11.9	5:58	5:53
5	11.9	5:58	5:52
6	11.9	5:58	5:52
7	11.9	5:58	5:51
8	11.9	5:58	5:51
9	11.9	5:58	5:51
10	11.9	5:58	5:50
11	11.9	5:58	5:50
12	11.9	5:58	5:49
13	11.9	5:58	5:49
14	11.8	5:58	5:48
15	11.8	5:58	5:48
16	11.8	5:58	5:48
17	11.8	5:58	5:47
18	11.8	5:58	5:47
19	11.8	5:58	5:46
20	11.8	5:58	5:46
21	11.8	5:58	5:46
22	11.8	5:58	5:45
23	11.8	5:58	5:45
24	11.8	5:58	5:45
25	11.8	5:58	5:45
26	11.8	5:58	5:44
27	11.8	5:58	5:44
28	11.8	5:58	5:44
29	11.7	5:59	5:44
30	11.7	5:59	5:43
31	11.7	5:59	5:43

Solar energy in October

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in October, about 4.83 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.05 kWh/m² to a high of 6.3 kWh/m² in March across the year — October's 4.83 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)	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5
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	5.1	Bright
2	5.1	Bright
3	5.1	Bright
4	5.1	Bright
5	5.1	Bright
6	5.1	Bright
7	5.0	Bright
8	5.0	Bright
9	5.0	Bright
10	5.0	Bright
11	5.0	Bright
12	5.0	Bright
13	4.9	Bright
14	4.9	Bright
15	4.9	Bright
16	4.8	Bright
17	4.8	Bright
18	4.8	Bright
19	4.8	Bright
20	4.7	Bright
21	4.7	Bright
22	4.7	Bright
23	4.7	Bright
24	4.6	Bright
25	4.6	Bright
26	4.6	Bright
27	4.5	Bright
28	4.5	Bright
29	4.5	Bright
30	4.5	Bright
31	4.5	Bright

Planning a trip in October

Hazard calendar for Matale

In seasonPeak

In October, Matale sits inside its rainy season season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Matale's rainy season runs October–December, when most of the year's rain falls.

Rainy season

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is October a good time to visit Matale?

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

3.5

Sightseeing

9th-best month of the year

4.5

Beach & pool

12th-best month of the year

October is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Matale.

What to pack for Matale in October

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

In October, Matale sees daytime highs around 29°C and nights near 22°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 25 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Matale in October

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in October peaks around 12 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Matale peaks around April 19 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 19 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	14	11	12	13	13	12	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	14	Extreme
Jun	11	Extreme
Jul	12	Extreme
Aug	13	Extreme
Sep	13	Extreme
Oct	12	Extreme
Nov	11	Extreme
Dec	10	Very high

Air quality in Matale in October

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

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

Air quality in Matale 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 Matale?

Matale sits at 7.5°N, 80.6°E, 366 m above sea level, in Sri Lanka. The nearest listed city is Kandy, 20 km away.

Topography around Matale

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Matale has large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 876 m around an average of 471 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,752 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,502 m.

The land around Matale is covered by trees (88%) within 3 km, trees (94%) within 16 km, and trees (83%) within 80 km.

3 km

876 m

trees 88%

16 km

1,752 m

trees 94%

80 km

2,502 m

trees 83%

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← September Matale year-round climate November →Best places to visit in October

October weather nearby: Kandy 20 km · Kurunegala 28 km · Gampola 34 km · Kegalle 39 km · Dambulla 44 km · Sigiriya 55 km · Nuwara Eliya 58 km · Hatton 64 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 Matale (7.4698°, 80.6217°, elevation 366 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	23
2	29	23
3	29	23
4	29	23
5	29	23
6	29	23
7	29	22
8	29	22
9	29	22
10	29	22
11	29	22
12	29	22
13	29	22
14	29	22
15	29	22
16	29	22
17	29	22
18	29	22
19	29	22
20	29	22
21	29	22
22	29	22
23	29	22
24	29	22
25	29	22
26	29	22
27	29	22
28	29	22
29	29	22
30	29	22
31	29	22

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	20	80
2	19	81
3	19	81
4	18	82
5	18	82
6	17	83
7	18	82
8	18	82
9	18	82
10	16	84
11	16	84
12	15	85
13	15	85
14	15	85
15	14	86
16	14	86
17	15	85
18	14	86
19	15	85
20	15	85
21	15	85
22	16	84
23	16	84
24	16	84
25	16	84
26	16	84
27	18	82
28	16	84
29	16	84
30	16	84
31	16	84

	Rain chance (%)
1	76
2	76
3	76
4	77
5	77
6	78
7	79
8	79
9	80
10	80
11	81
12	81
13	82
14	82
15	82
16	82
17	82
18	83
19	83
20	83
21	83
22	83
23	83
24	83
25	83
26	83
27	83
28	83
29	83
30	83
31	83

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	14	86
2	14	86
3	13	87
4	13	87
5	13	87
6	13	87
7	13	87
8	12	88
9	12	88
10	11	89
11	11	89
12	10	90
13	10	90
14	10	90
15	9	91
16	9	91
17	9	91
18	9	91
19	9	91
20	9	91
21	9	91
22	9	91
23	9	91
24	9	91
25	9	91
26	9	91
27	10	90
28	10	90
29	10	90
30	10	90
31	9	91

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	20	80
2	19	81
3	19	81
4	18	82
5	18	82
6	17	83
7	18	82
8	18	82
9	18	82
10	16	84
11	16	84
12	15	85
13	15	85
14	15	85
15	14	86
16	14	86
17	15	85
18	14	86
19	15	85
20	15	85
21	15	85
22	16	84
23	16	84
24	16	84
25	16	84
26	16	84
27	18	82
28	16	84
29	16	84
30	16	84
31	16	84

	Rain chance (%)
1	76
2	76
3	76
4	77
5	77
6	78
7	79
8	79
9	80
10	80
11	81
12	81
13	82
14	82
15	82
16	82
17	82
18	83
19	83
20	83
21	83
22	83
23	83
24	83
25	83
26	83
27	83
28	83
29	83
30	83
31	83

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	14	86
2	14	86
3	13	87
4	13	87
5	13	87
6	13	87
7	13	87
8	12	88
9	12	88
10	11	89
11	11	89
12	10	90
13	10	90
14	10	90
15	9	91
16	9	91
17	9	91
18	9	91
19	9	91
20	9	91
21	9	91
22	9	91
23	9	91
24	9	91
25	9	91
26	9	91
27	10	90
28	10	90
29	10	90
30	10	90
31	9	91

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	20	80
2	19	81
3	19	81
4	18	82
5	18	82
6	17	83
7	18	82
8	18	82
9	18	82
10	16	84
11	16	84
12	15	85
13	15	85
14	15	85
15	14	86
16	14	86
17	15	85
18	14	86
19	15	85
20	15	85
21	15	85
22	16	84
23	16	84
24	16	84
25	16	84
26	16	84
27	18	82
28	16	84
29	16	84
30	16	84
31	16	84

	Rain chance (%)
1	76
2	76
3	76
4	77
5	77
6	78
7	79
8	79
9	80
10	80
11	81
12	81
13	82
14	82
15	82
16	82
17	82
18	83
19	83
20	83
21	83
22	83
23	83
24	83
25	83
26	83
27	83
28	83
29	83
30	83
31	83

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	14	86
2	14	86
3	13	87
4	13	87
5	13	87
6	13	87
7	13	87
8	12	88
9	12	88
10	11	89
11	11	89
12	10	90
13	10	90
14	10	90
15	9	91
16	9	91
17	9	91
18	9	91
19	9	91
20	9	91
21	9	91
22	9	91
23	9	91
24	9	91
25	9	91
26	9	91
27	10	90
28	10	90
29	10	90
30	10	90
31	9	91