 Climate
& Seasons
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 t
o 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
Temperature
Chart:
Area
|
Jan
- April |
May
- August |
Sep
t- Dec |
Colombo |
22.OC
- 30.OC |
24.OC
- 30.OC |
22.OC
- 29.OC |
Kandy
|
17.OC
- 31.OC |
21.OC
- 29.OC |
18.OC
- 28.OC |
Nuwara
Eliya |
14O.C
- 21.OC |
16.OC
- 18.OC |
15.OC
- 18.OC |
Trincomalee |
24.OC
- 32.OC |
25.OC
- 33.OC |
23.OC
- 33.OC |
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.
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