| Climate and Seasons in Sri
Lanka Sri Lanka Lies between 6 - 10 of North Latitude
and Between 80 - 82 of East Longitude. It has a Maximum Length
of 432 km (Devundara to Point Peduru) and Maximum Breadth 224
km (Colombo - Sangamankanda) . The Land Area is 65,525 Sq. km.
The Area Excluding the Inland Water 62,336 Sq. km. The hills
appear in the center and the south of Center. Sri Lanka is
generally a warm country.
Sri Lanka has no marked seasons. A special feature is that
the hot and humid lowlands and the salubrious hill country are
separated by a few hours motoring. |
Temperature
Chart
|
Area
|
Jan-April |
May-August |
Sept-Dec |
| Max. |
Min. |
Max. |
Min. |
Max. |
Min. |
| Colombo |
30OC |
22OC |
30OC |
24OC |
29OC |
22OC |
| Kandy |
31OC |
17OC |
29OC |
21OC |
28OC |
18OC |
| Nuwara Eliya |
21OC |
14OC |
18OC |
16OC |
18OC |
15OC |
| Trincomalee |
32OC |
24OC |
33OC |
25OC |
33OC |
23OC |
|
| Average mean
temperature along the coast is 26.7 C (80 F) and 19.7 C (66.50
F) in the hill country. In Colombo, the commercial capital,
situated on the west coast, the temperature varies from 26.4 C
(79.5 F) to 27.8 C (82.12 F). Relative Humidity varies from
70% during the day to 90% at night. In the lowlands the
climate is typically tropical with an average temperature of
27OC in Colombo. In the higher elevations it
can be quite cool with temperatures going down to 16OC
at an altitude of nearly 2,000 meters. Bright, sunny warm days
are the rule and are common even during the height of the
monsoon - climatically Sri Lanka has no off season. The south
west monsoon brings rain mainly from May to July to the
western, southern and central regions of the island, while the
north-east monsoon rains occur in the northern and eastern
regions in December and January. |
Map of Sri Lanka