🇱🇰 Weather in Bentota in October
This is what the weather in Bentota (Sri Lanka) was like in October in 2016–2025.
Key facts at a glance
Avg. daytime high
28.1 °C
27.7 °C – 28.4 °C
Avg. night-time low
25.4 °C
25.0 °C – 25.9 °C
Avg. rain days in period
28.0
90 % of days · ≥ 1.0 mm
Avg. precipitation in period
346 mm
126 mm – 638 mm
Avg. cloud cover
82 %
This data source has no sunshine hours – average cloud cover shown instead.
Avg. sea temperature
–
Sea temperature unavailable for today (daily limit).
Extremes: Highest temperature 29.7 °C (26 Oct 2023) · Lowest temperature 23.9 °C (29 Oct 2022) · Avg. daily peak wind 20 km/h
Weather mix of all days
- 4Sunny
- 19Partly cloudy
- 7Cloudy
- 76Light rain
- 204Rain
Summary
- On average 28.1 °C during the day and 25.4 °C at night.
- On average 28.0 rain days (Rain day = at least 1.0 mm of precipitation) with 346 mm of precipitation in total.
- Prevailing: Rain.
- Warmest year: 2024 (avg. 28.4 °C), coolest: 2018 (avg. 27.7 °C).
- Wettest year: 2023 (638 mm), driest: 2020 (126 mm).
- Extremes: 29.7 °C on 26 Oct 2023 and 23.9 °C on 29 Oct 2022.
Overall values from all 10 years. How is this calculated?
Charts
Temperatures per year
Average over your travel period
Precipitation & rain days
Year by year
2025
Avg. max28.2°Avg. min25.6°- Rain days
- 26 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 465 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 76 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 29.4 °C · Min 25.0 °C
2024
Avg. max28.4°Avg. min25.9°- Rain days
- 24 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 211 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 79 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 29.7 °C · Min 24.9 °C
2023
Avg. max28.0°Avg. min25.2°- Rain days
- 31 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 638 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 89 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 29.7 °C · Min 24.4 °C
2022
Avg. max27.8°Avg. min25.1°- Rain days
- 30 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 291 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 86 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 29.5 °C · Min 23.9 °C
2021
Avg. max28.0°Avg. min25.4°- Rain days
- 30 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 404 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 84 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 28.8 °C · Min 24.6 °C
2020
Avg. max28.2°Avg. min25.6°- Rain days
- 25 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 126 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 78 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 28.8 °C · Min 24.9 °C
2019
Avg. max27.7°Avg. min25.0°- Rain days
- 31 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 586 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 87 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 29.6 °C · Min 24.3 °C
2018
Avg. max27.7°Avg. min25.0°- Rain days
- 30 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 340 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 88 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 28.7 °C · Min 24.2 °C
2017
Avg. max28.2°Avg. min25.7°- Rain days
- 30 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 250 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 79 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 29.0 °C · Min 24.8 °C
2016
Avg. max28.2°Avg. min25.2°- Rain days
- 23 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 147 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 74 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 28.9 °C · Min 24.5 °C
Frequently asked questions
- How warm is it in Bentota in October?
- Daytime highs averaged 28.1 °C, night-time lows 25.4 °C. The highest value of the past 10 years was 29.7 °C (26 Oct 2023), the lowest 23.9 °C (29 Oct 2022).
- How often does it rain in Bentota in October?
- On average there were 28.0 rain days (at least 1 mm) with 346 mm of precipitation in total.
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Data sources
- Weather data
- Data obtained from the NASA Langley Research Center (LaRC) POWER Project funded through the NASA Earth Science/Applied Science Program
Reanalysis (weather model constrained by observations) on a coarse grid of about 50 km. Values represent a large area and can differ from local conditions, especially on islands, coasts and in mountains. No sunshine duration.
Reanalysis (weather model constrained by observations)
Reanalysis values represent a grid cell (approx. 25–50 km) and may differ from local measurements on coasts, islands and in mountains. - Sea temperature
- MUR SST data were provided by JPL under support by NASA MEaSUREs program; accessed via NOAA CoastWatch ERDDAP
Daily multi-scale ultra-high resolution (≈ 1 km) analysis of satellite measurements (infrared, microwave) and in-situ data. Represents the foundation temperature below the daily warm surface layer. (Satellite and in-situ analysis) - Place search
- Natural Earth (public domain) · GeoNames (CC BY 4.0) / OpenStreetMap (ODbL)