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Will it rain in Colombo in the next hour?

No rain expected in the next hour

No open weather radar covers Colombo yet: answer from our hourly rain forecast (GFS (NOAA, 0.25°)).

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Rain radar around Colombo

No open radar covers this area yet: the map shows our hour-by-hour rain forecast for the next 12 hours.

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Rain hour by hour in Colombo

21h
22h
0.4 23h
0.1 00h
01h
02h
03h
04h
05h
06h
0.2 07h
0.5 08h

mm · Model: GFS (NOAA, 0.25°)

Rain over the next 14 days

39 mm of rain expected over the next 7 days, with 7 wet days (1 mm or more).

Thu 29 7.9 mm 9 h of rain · ⚡ storm risk
Fri 30 1.4 mm 9 h of rain · ⚡ storm risk
Sat 31 1.2 mm 6 h of rain · ⚡ storm risk
Sun 1 4.2 mm 12 h of rain · ⚡ storm risk
Mon 2 6.1 mm 18 h of rain · ⚡ storm risk
Tue 3 12 mm 12 h of rain · ⚡ storm risk
Wed 4 6.1 mm 18 h of rain · ⚡ storm risk
Thu 5 11 mm 15 h of rain · ⚡ storm risk
Fri 6 22 mm 24 h of rain · ⚡ storm risk
Sat 7 22 mm 21 h of rain · ⚡ storm risk
Sun 8 4.5 mm 6 h of rain · ⚡ storm risk
Mon 9 0.3 mm 3 h of rain · ⚡ storm risk
Tue 10 6.8 mm 6 h of rain · ⚡ storm risk
Wed 11 2.9 mm 6 h of rain · ⚡ storm risk

Rain climate of Colombo

On average (1991–2020), Colombo receives 2,690 mm of rain a year. The wettest month is October (370 mm), the driest is January (75 mm). In October it normally rains 370 mm over the month; the next 7 days alone are forecast to bring 39 mm.

75Jan
76Feb
103Mar
207Apr
281May
291Jun
257Jul
234Aug
262Sep
370Oct
347Nov
188Dec

mm · ERA5 1991–2020 (Copernicus)

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