According to Lifeguin’s travel calendar, the best time to visit Sri Lanka is December to March. Plan 10–14 days.
Best months for Sri Lanka
- Best months
- December to March
- How long to stay
- 10–14 days
- Continent
- Asia
What Sri Lanka is best for
Ancient Sigiriya and Kandy temples, elephant safaris in Udawalawe, tea country trails, and southern surf beaches.
- Prices
- € · cheaper than in Slovakia
Weather in Sri Lanka by month
Monthly averages around Colombo; the mountains and other regions can differ a lot.
| Month | Average temperature | Rain |
|---|---|---|
| January best | about 25 °C | some rain (72 mm) |
| February best | about 26 °C | some rain (75 mm) |
| March best | about 27 °C | a lot of rain (111 mm) |
| April | about 28 °C | a lot of rain (225 mm) |
| May | about 27 °C | a lot of rain (216 mm) |
| June | about 27 °C | a lot of rain (144 mm) |
| July | about 26 °C | some rain (96 mm) |
| August | about 26 °C | a lot of rain (108 mm) |
| September | about 26 °C | a lot of rain (162 mm) |
| October | about 26 °C | a lot of rain (282 mm) |
| November | about 26 °C | a lot of rain (306 mm) |
| December best | about 26 °C | a lot of rain (171 mm) |
Sources: what a place is best for — our own travel guides and, for places we have not written about yet, research done with the help of AI (Google Gemini); weather — NASA POWER climate averages; prices — World Bank price levels (CC BY 4.0).
Good to know about Sri Lanka
- Capitals
- Colombo and Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte
- Languages
- Sinhala and Tamil
- Currency
- Sri Lankan Rupee (LKR)
- Time
- UTC+5:30
- Plugs
- Type D, G · 230 V
- Driving
- On the left
- Calling code
- +94
Sources: Wikidata, Unicode CLDR and the IANA time zone database.
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