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Luxor vs Colombo

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Bottom line

Colombo is the warmer of the two — about 3°C on the annual average; Colombo is the wetter, with 2362 mm more rain a year, and Luxor the sunnier.

Warmer Colombo 3°C on the year

Wetter Colombo 2362 mm more a year

Sunnier Luxor 52 pp less cloud

Colder winters Luxor 17°C colder nights

How the seasons compare

The differences between Luxor and Colombo, in everyday terms.

Summers

Luxor has far hotter summers

Luxor: Extreme heat
Colombo: Hot

Winters

Colombo has far milder winters

Luxor: Cool
Colombo: Stays warm

Rain & snow

Colombo is much wetter

Luxor: Very dry
Colombo: Very wet

Sky

Luxor is far sunnier

Luxor: Sunny
Colombo: Often cloudy

Month-by-month charts

Temperature

Colombo is the warmer of the two — about 3°C on the annual average.

Precipitation

Colombo is the wetter — about 2362 mm more across the year.

Clear skies

Luxor has the clearer skies — the higher line.

Exact monthly numbers

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Avg high (°C) Varies through the year

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Luxor	23	25	30	35	39	41	41	41	39	35	29	24
Colombo	31	32	32	32	32	30	30	30	30	30	31	31
Difference	+9	+6	+2	-3	-8	-11	-11	-11	-9	-5	+2	+7

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Luxor	23	25	30	35	39	41
Colombo	31	32	32	32	32	30
Difference	+9	+6	+2	-3	-8	-11

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Luxor	41	41	39	35	29	24
Colombo	30	30	30	30	31	31
Difference	-11	-11	-9	-5	+2	+7

Avg low (°C) Colombo runs higher most of the year

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Luxor	7	9	13	17	22	25	26	25	23	19	13	8
Colombo	24	25	26	27	28	27	27	26	27	26	26	25
Difference	+17	+16	+14	+10	+6	+3	+1	+1	+3	+7	+13	+17

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Luxor	7	9	13	17	22	25
Colombo	24	25	26	27	28	27
Difference	+17	+16	+14	+10	+6	+3

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Luxor	26	25	23	19	13	8
Colombo	27	26	27	26	26	25
Difference	+1	+1	+3	+7	+13	+17

Precipitation (mm) Colombo runs higher most of the year

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Luxor	2	0	2	2	12	0	0	0	1	1	3	0
Colombo	65	85	104	270	312	178	96	115	276	289	340	256
Difference	+63	+85	+103	+268	+300	+178	+95	+115	+275	+288	+336	+256

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Luxor	2	0	2	2	12	0
Colombo	65	85	104	270	312	178
Difference	+63	+85	+103	+268	+300	+178

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Luxor	0	0	1	1	3	0
Colombo	96	115	276	289	340	256
Difference	+95	+115	+275	+288	+336	+256

Cloud cover (%) Colombo runs higher most of the year

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Luxor	24	25	25	27	24	10	9	8	9	11	15	22
Colombo	59	53	53	65	73	77	77	74	73	76	78	70
Difference	+35	+29	+28	+39	+49	+68	+68	+67	+65	+65	+63	+48

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Luxor	24	25	25	27	24	10
Colombo	59	53	53	65	73	77
Difference	+35	+29	+28	+39	+49	+68

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Luxor	9	8	9	11	15	22
Colombo	77	74	73	76	78	70
Difference	+68	+67	+65	+65	+63	+48

Relative humidity (%) Colombo runs higher most of the year

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Luxor	46	37	27	20	18	18	20	21	25	30	40	47
Colombo	79	75	73	80	85	86	86	86	85	85	84	82
Difference	+33	+38	+46	+60	+67	+68	+67	+64	+60	+55	+44	+35

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Luxor	46	37	27	20	18	18
Colombo	79	75	73	80	85	86
Difference	+33	+38	+46	+60	+67	+68

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Luxor	20	21	25	30	40	47
Colombo	86	86	85	85	84	82
Difference	+67	+64	+60	+55	+44	+35

How both climates are changing

Both cities are warming. Each city has its own warming trend; see its trends page for the year-by-year detail. Luxor trends → · Colombo trends →

Methodology & sources

Luxor

Temperature & precipitation — 1991–2020 normals computed from 30 years of daily observations at Luxor Intl, a weather station, about 7 km from the city centre. The underlying daily records come from NOAA's global station network.

Cloud, humidity, wind & sunshine — modelled estimates from NASA POWER, NASA's satellite-and-reanalysis climatology. This is the standard global source for atmospheric variables, which are not measured at most weather stations.

Colombo

Temperature — modelled for this location from ERA5-Land reanalysis, a ~9 km global grid, because no long-record weather station is close enough to use.

Precipitation — 1991–2020 normals computed from 12 years of daily observations at Colombo, a weather station, about 4 km from the city centre. The underlying daily records come from NOAA's global station network.

How we build these numbers →

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