Matale weather in September

In September, Matale sees average daytime highs of 29°C and overnight lows near 23°C, with 109 mm of rain across 21.2 wet days and about 12 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 6th-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 6% of the time in September, and the air most often feels oppressive.

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 Matale's 7th-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Matale's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 29°; 5th warmest
Overnight low: 23°; 8th coldest
Rainfall: 109 mm; 21.2 wet days
Daylight: 12 hours; 6:01 AM – 6:03 PM
Cloud cover: 78%; 7th clearest
Wind: 13 km/h; 4th windiest
Solar energy: 5.3 kWh/m²
Travel score: 3.8; 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 September

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

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

A typical September day in Matale reaches about 29°C in the afternoon and slips back to 23°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 31°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)	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	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23

	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	23
8	29	23
9	29	23
10	29	23
11	29	23
12	29	23
13	29	23
14	29	23
15	29	23
16	29	23
17	29	23
18	29	23
19	29	23
20	29	23
21	29	23
22	29	23
23	29	23
24	29	23
25	29	23
26	29	23
27	29	23
28	29	23
29	29	23
30	29	23

How September really feels in Matale

Once humidity and wind are folded in, September averages 15 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 September is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Matale weather by month

How September compares with the rest of the year at a glance. September is the 5th-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	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 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 15% of September, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 79%.

	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 (%)	16	16	17	18	18	19	20	20	21	22	22	23	23	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	23	23	22	22	21	21	20	20	21	20
Cloudier (%)	84	84	83	82	82	81	80	80	79	78	78	77	77	76	76	76	76	76	76	76	77	77	78	78	79	79	80	80	79	80

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

Chance of precipitation in September

Any precipitation

Matale gets around 109 mm of rain over 21.2 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 72% and peaks near 75% 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 (%)	72	71	71	70	70	69	69	69	69	69	69	69	70	70	70	71	71	71	72	72	73	73	73	74	74	75	75	75	75	75

	Rain chance (%)
1	72
2	71
3	71
4	70
5	70
6	69
7	69
8	69
9	69
10	69
11	69
12	69
13	70
14	70
15	70
16	71
17	71
18	71
19	72
20	72
21	73
22	73
23	73
24	74
25	74
26	75
27	75
28	75
29	75
30	75

Humidity in September

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, September lands in the oppressive band about 83% 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
Muggy (%)	15	16	17	18	18	19	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	19	19	18	17	17	16	16	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Oppressive (%)	85	84	83	82	82	81	80	80	80	80	80	80	80	81	81	82	83	83	84	84	85	85	85	86	86	86	86	86	86	86

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

Wind in September

Winds average 13 km/h in September.

Across September, daily wind ranges from about 11 km/h on the calmest days to 14 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)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	14	light breeze
2	14	light breeze
3	14	light breeze
4	14	light breeze
5	14	light breeze
6	14	light breeze
7	14	light breeze
8	14	light breeze
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10	14	light breeze
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20	13	light breeze
21	13	light breeze
22	12	light breeze
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24	12	light breeze
25	12	light breeze
26	12	calm
27	12	calm
28	12	calm
29	11	calm
30	11	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 5:59 AM, and sunset from 6:12 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	11.9	11.9
Sunrise (AM)	6:03	6:03	6:03	6:02	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	6:00	5:59	5:59	5:59	5:59	5:59	5:59	5:59
Sunset (PM)	6:12	6:11	6:10	6:10	6:09	6:09	6:08	6:08	6:07	6:07	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	6:12
2	12.1	6:03	6:11
3	12.1	6:03	6:10
4	12.1	6:02	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	6:07
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	6:00	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	11.9	5:59	5:56
30	11.9	5:59	5:55

Solar energy in September

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in September, about 5.3 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 — September's 5.3 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)	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	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	5.1
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	5.3	Bright
2	5.3	Bright
3	5.3	Bright
4	5.3	Bright
5	5.3	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	5.3	Bright
15	5.3	Bright
16	5.3	Bright
17	5.3	Bright
18	5.3	Bright
19	5.3	Bright
20	5.3	Bright
21	5.3	Bright
22	5.3	Bright
23	5.3	Bright
24	5.2	Bright
25	5.2	Bright
26	5.2	Bright
27	5.2	Bright
28	5.2	Bright
29	5.2	Bright
30	5.1	Bright

Planning a trip in September

Hazard calendar for Matale

In seasonPeak

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

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

Rainy season

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Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is September a good time to visit Matale?

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

3.8

Sightseeing

4th-best month of the year

4.9

Beach & pool

5th-best month of the year

September is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Matale.

What to pack for Matale in September

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

In September, Matale sees daytime highs around 29°C and nights near 23°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 21 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Matale 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 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 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 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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← August Matale year-round climate October →Best places to visit in September

September 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	23
8	29	23
9	29	23
10	29	23
11	29	23
12	29	23
13	29	23
14	29	23
15	29	23
16	29	23
17	29	23
18	29	23
19	29	23
20	29	23
21	29	23
22	29	23
23	29	23
24	29	23
25	29	23
26	29	23
27	29	23
28	29	23
29	29	23
30	29	23

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

	Rain chance (%)
1	72
2	71
3	71
4	70
5	70
6	69
7	69
8	69
9	69
10	69
11	69
12	69
13	70
14	70
15	70
16	71
17	71
18	71
19	72
20	72
21	73
22	73
23	73
24	74
25	74
26	75
27	75
28	75
29	75
30	75

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

	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	23
8	29	23
9	29	23
10	29	23
11	29	23
12	29	23
13	29	23
14	29	23
15	29	23
16	29	23
17	29	23
18	29	23
19	29	23
20	29	23
21	29	23
22	29	23
23	29	23
24	29	23
25	29	23
26	29	23
27	29	23
28	29	23
29	29	23
30	29	23

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

	Rain chance (%)
1	72
2	71
3	71
4	70
5	70
6	69
7	69
8	69
9	69
10	69
11	69
12	69
13	70
14	70
15	70
16	71
17	71
18	71
19	72
20	72
21	73
22	73
23	73
24	74
25	74
26	75
27	75
28	75
29	75
30	75

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

	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	23
8	29	23
9	29	23
10	29	23
11	29	23
12	29	23
13	29	23
14	29	23
15	29	23
16	29	23
17	29	23
18	29	23
19	29	23
20	29	23
21	29	23
22	29	23
23	29	23
24	29	23
25	29	23
26	29	23
27	29	23
28	29	23
29	29	23
30	29	23

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

	Rain chance (%)
1	72
2	71
3	71
4	70
5	70
6	69
7	69
8	69
9	69
10	69
11	69
12	69
13	70
14	70
15	70
16	71
17	71
18	71
19	72
20	72
21	73
22	73
23	73
24	74
25	74
26	75
27	75
28	75
29	75
30	75

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