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Ella weather by month
Historical averages 2016–2025 · not a forecast
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When is the best time to visit Ella?
For a warm holiday, the best week has been 15–21 June (Weather Index 96). Favourable start dates for a 7-day trip run from 3 June to 17 July. June to September are warmest (28°C), June is driest and February, March, June and July have the most sun.
- Warmest
- June to September 28°C
- Coolest
- January and December 24°C
- Driest
- June 31% rain-day chance
- Wettest
- November 86% rain-day chance
- Sunniest
- February, March, June and July 11 hours a day
A rain day has 1 mm or more, snow included, so a short shower counts. Monthly averages below give the amounts.
Monthly averages in Ella
Ella historical monthly estimates, 2016–2025. Temperatures and sunshine are daily averages.
| Month | High (°C) | Low (°C) | Rain-day chance (%) | Expected rain days | Precipitation (mm/month) | Sunshine (hours/day) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 24.4 | 16.5 | 44.8 | 13.9 | 121.2 | 9.9 |
| February | 25.6 | 16.6 | 44.6 | 12.5 | 72.1 | 10.8 |
| March | 26.7 | 17.3 | 49.7 | 15.4 | 106.3 | 10.6 |
| April | 27.2 | 18.4 | 69.0 | 20.7 | 185.7 | 10.4 |
| May | 26.9 | 19.8 | 68.4 | 21.2 | 192.6 | 9.8 |
| June | 27.8 | 20.2 | 31.3 | 9.4 | 52.2 | 10.8 |
| July | 28.4 | 20.2 | 36.8 | 11.4 | 79.0 | 10.6 |
| August | 28.2 | 20.0 | 37.7 | 11.7 | 75.7 | 10.4 |
| September | 27.6 | 19.5 | 47.0 | 14.1 | 115.9 | 10.2 |
| October | 26.2 | 18.7 | 70.6 | 21.9 | 314.4 | 9.0 |
| November | 24.7 | 17.9 | 85.7 | 25.7 | 400.5 | 8.1 |
| December | 24.4 | 17.2 | 62.9 | 19.5 | 170.7 | 9.2 |
Each month averages its own days. Precipitation includes snow. About the data
Sources
Open-Meteo · 1 Jan 2016 – 31 Dec 2025
- Open-Meteo Historical Weather API
- Local days, 2016–2025, every year weighted equally. Each weekly chart averages its own seven days, without smoothing.
- Shading shows the 10th–90th percentile of past days, not forecast confidence.
- A rain day has at least 1 mm, snow included. The last weekly period has eight days.
- Wind is the average daytime (10:00–18:00) maximum, not gusts. Daylight is calculated from latitude. Missing readings stay blank.
- Mugginess (dew point) comes from the original daily summaries, on UTC days.
- The live two-week forecast comes from the Open-Meteo Weather Forecast API. The Weather Index does not use it.