Hambantota
හම්බන්තොට · அம்பாந்தோட்டை
Hambantota is in Hambantota DS division, Hambantota district
Outside NBRI’s warning area
NBRI issues no landslide warnings for the districts this road crosses, so the bulletin says nothing about it. This is not a guarantee that the road is safe or open.
About Hambantota
Hambantota is a Divisional Secretariat (DS) division in Hambantota district, Southern Province.
It is outside the area NBRI’s landslide bulletins cover: NBRI does not issue landslide warnings for this district.
Towns on our road checks here: Hambantota.
Named rivers here: Malala Oya (29 km), Karagan Lewaya (13 km), Embilikala Kalapuwa (8 km), Lunugamvehera dakunu Eura Ela (5 km), Karagawa Ara (4 km).
River basins: Malala Oya, Karagan Oya, Walawe Ganga.
Wettest days on the satellite record
The wettest days here since June 2000, on NASA’s satellite rain estimate (IMERG): November 2000, December 2012, November 2024.
Months only, never amounts: the satellite’s amounts can be far off at any one place (too low in the hills). This is not a warning.
Roads through Hambantota
The fastest road between two of our towns, as on each road check.
- Tissamaharama – Hambantota
- Hambantota – Embilipitiya
- Hambantota – Kataragama
- Hambantota – Tangalle
- Kataragama – Embilipitiya
- Tissamaharama – Embilipitiya
- Matara – Hambantota
- Hambantota – Mirissa
- Hambantota – Wellawaya
- Tangalle – Kataragama
- Tissamaharama – Tangalle
- Galle – Hambantota
and 262 more
Neighbouring DS divisions
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Rain here
×Rain gauges near Hambantota
- Hambantota · about 2 km away
0 mm, Dry
Rain in the 24 hours to Mon 9 Nov, 08:30, as published by Department of Meteorology · Irrigation Department · NBRI. Nearest first; Met gauge sites are approximate.
Rain here
Last 3 days: Not unusual
- Rain over the last 7 days has not been unusual for the divisions on this route.
- Compared with each division's own satellite record since 2000. This is not a warning and does not replace NBRI's levels. Satellites can miss heavy local downpours, so it never means a road is safe. Satellite data up to 10 Nov, 02:30.
Weather forecast (Department of Meteorology)
- No Department of Meteorology advisory is in force for Hambantota.
- Forecast issued 10 Nov, 05:30
- Showers or thundershowers will occur at times in the Northern province and in Trincomalee district.
- Showers or thundershowers will occur elsewhere in the island after 1.00 p.m.
- Heavy falls above 100mm are likely at some places in Western, Sabaragamuwa, Central and Uva provinces and in Galle and Matara districts.
- Covers Hambantota on this road: Showers may occur in the coastal areas of the Southern Province during the morning.
- The general public is kindly requested to take adequate precautions to minimize damage caused by temporary localized strong winds and lightning during thundershowers.
- Misty conditions can be expected at some places in Western, Sabaragamuwa, Central and Uva provinces and in Galle, Matara and Kurunegala districts during the early hours of the morning.
- A forecast never lowers or replaces the NBRI landslide warning above.
- Forecast and advisories by the Department of Meteorology, Sri Lanka, as issued. LankaWatch is not an official service.
Rain outlook (computer model) · Next day: Chance of a rare wet day
- Next day: a chance of a wet day of the kind that comes about 1–2 days a month in Hambantota (the wettest 5% of days there; several times the usual chance). (10 Nov, 05:30 to 11 Nov, 05:30)
- Next 3 days: a chance of a wet day of the kind that comes about 1–2 days a month in Hambantota (the wettest 5% of days there; several times the usual chance). (10 Nov, 05:30 to 13 Nov, 05:30)
- "Not signalled" never means dry or safe. This is a computer model, not a warning, and it never changes NBRI's levels. Like the satellite, it reads hill-country rain low and can miss heavy local downpours.
- ECMWF ensemble forecast (open data, CC BY 4.0), run 9 Nov, 17:30, compared with each division's own satellite record.
None of these changes NBRI’s level.
Weather forecast (Met Dept)
×- No Department of Meteorology advisory is in force for Hambantota.
- Forecast issued 10 Nov, 05:30
- Showers or thundershowers will occur at times in the Northern province and in Trincomalee district.
- Showers or thundershowers will occur elsewhere in the island after 1.00 p.m.
- Heavy falls above 100mm are likely at some places in Western, Sabaragamuwa, Central and Uva provinces and in Galle and Matara districts.
- Covers Hambantota on this road: Showers may occur in the coastal areas of the Southern Province during the morning.
- The general public is kindly requested to take adequate precautions to minimize damage caused by temporary localized strong winds and lightning during thundershowers.
- Misty conditions can be expected at some places in Western, Sabaragamuwa, Central and Uva provinces and in Galle, Matara and Kurunegala districts during the early hours of the morning.
- A forecast never lowers or replaces the NBRI landslide warning above.
- Forecast and advisories by the Department of Meteorology, Sri Lanka, as issued. LankaWatch is not an official service.
Rivers and catchments here
×6 named rivers here · 3 basins · Walawe Ganga basin rain: Rare here (1–2 days a month)
River basins this division lies in
- Malala Oya basin
- Karagan Oya basin
- Walawe Ganga basin
Satellite rain over these basins
- Walawe Ganga basin · Last 3 days: Rare here (1–2 days a month)
A whole-basin satellite average against that basin’s own record since 2000, not the area upstream of any one point. Satellites under-read hill rain. Not a warning.
Named rivers through this division
- Malala Oya · about 29 km inside
- Karagan Lewaya (Karagan Oya basin) · about 13 km inside
- Embilikala Kalapuwa (Embilikala Aru basin) · about 8 km inside
- Lunugamvehera dakunu Eura Ela (Malala Oya basin) · about 5 km inside
- Karagawa Ara (Walawe Ganga basin) · about 4 km inside
- Kiridi Oya (Kirindi Oya basin) · about 3 km inside
Rivers and basins come from our own map of Sri Lanka’s river network. Flow direction, where shown, is worked out from the height of the land. This is orientation only, not a flood warning.
River levels are the Irrigation Department’s own readings at its gauge, against its own thresholds. This is not a flood warning: flood warnings come from the Irrigation Department and DMC.