Kandy
Sri Lanka
Kandy has warmed by about +0.8 °C since 1981.Its rainy-season rain shows no clear change.It lies in the Sri Lanka central highlands landslide region.
Temperature
Whole year
Getting warmer
+0.17 °C
every 10 years
Very sure this is a real change
Hot season (March–May): +0.11 °C every 10 years.
Each year Long-term trend Likely range of the trend (95%)
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- Rate (Sen's slope)
- +0.174 °C/decade
- 95% range
- +0.157 to +0.188
- p-value (modified Mann–Kendall)
- p < 0.001
- Passes the map-wide check (FDR)
- Yes
- Map square used
- 7.00°N, 81.00°E (52 km from the city)
- Data
- NASA GISTEMP v4 (GISS), 2° grid
Rain
Rainy season (June–September)
No clear change
−16 mm
every 10 years (−3.6% of the usual amount)
Not sure: could be natural ups and downs
Whole year: no clear change.
Each year Long-term trend Likely range of the trend (95%)
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- Rate (Sen's slope)
- −16.3 mm/decade
- 95% range
- −46.4 to +13.7
- p-value (modified Mann–Kendall)
- p = 0.30
- Passes the map-wide check (FDR)
- No
- Map square used
- 6.25°N, 81.25°E (134 km from the city)
- Data
- GPCP v2.3 monthly precipitation (NASA GSFC / NOAA), 2.5° grid
Disasters around Kandy
Floods
62
flood alerts within 150 km since 2000, 21 of them serious or severe.
Most recent: November 2025.
Landslides
79
reported landslides within 100 km (2007–2017), 324 people died.
Deadliest: 101 people died, May 2016.
Fires
2
fires a year seen by satellite nearby in March–May (2003–2024 average).