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Best time to visit Sri Lanka

2 destinations · monthly climate normals, judged against the Tropical preset (mean 24–33 °C75–91 °F, anything but the monsoon) — pick another below

The best time to visit Sri Lanka for tropical weather is January to March, when every one of its destinations on Sun Season fits. All of them have a true monsoon season, falling between April and December depending on the destination.

Verdicts come from WorldClim 2.1 monthly normals 1970–2000; see the method.

Sri Lanka month by month

Pick the weather you like and every destination's months are judged against it.

Weather you like

mean 24–33 °C75–91 °F, anything but the monsoon

For Tropical weather, the best time is January to March, when every one of its destinations fit.

Open Sri Lanka on the interactive map ↗ the same verdict for every place on Earth, any month

Destination	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Colombo	GO	GO	GO	MSN	MSN	MSN	GO	GO	MSN	MSN	MSN	GO
Galle	GO	GO	GO	MSN	MSN	MSN	MSN	MSN	MSN	MSN	MSN	MSN

Destination

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

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Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Colombo

MSN

Galle

MSN

GO fits · CLD too cold · HOT too hot · DRY too dry · RN too rainy · MSN monsoon

When to go to Sri Lanka, by the weather you like

Looking for	Rule	Best months	Destinations that fit
Warm	mean 14–24 °C57–75 °F, dry or showers	no month	0 of 2
Tropical	mean 24–33 °C75–91 °F, anything but the monsoon	January to March	2 of 2
Beach	mean 24–33 °C75–91 °F, dry or showers	January to February	2 of 2
Cool	mean 0–14 °C32–57 °F, anything but the monsoon	no month	0 of 2
Snow	mean below 0 °C32 °F, any rain	no month	0 of 2

Destinations in Sri Lanka

Colombo December to March and July to August
Galle January to March