Пляжный отдых и природные достопримечательности – Here are the main landmarks that attract tourists to the island of Sri Lanka. The weather for months in this pearl of the Indian Ocean is information that always remains relevant and excites all travelers without exception. After all, admit it will be a shame if you pay so much money for a long flight, you book a hotel and you will sit all your vacation without leaving your room, because it will be tropical rain all day. When does the wet season begin and end in Sri Lanka? And when is the best time to visit this island? When does the peak season begin? Does it really affect prices? Can I travel to Sri Lanka during the rainy season? What do tourists say about this? We will try to answer these and other questions in our article.
The old name of the island is Ceylon.And that's it. Is that a newborn baby did not drink Ceylon tea. Sri Lanka supplies the whole world with leaves, from which they make a fragrant drink. The island’s climate is ideal for ripening tea bushes. Weather in Sri Lanka for months, as they say, those who have been in this country, almost does not change. All year round, the air temperature varies between + 28-30 degrees. The only exceptions are mountain areas. There in winter the temperature drops to ten degrees with a plus, which only makes the tea more fragrant. Well, the water off the coast of the island is warm all year round: +26 ° C. Geographers define the climate of Sri Lanka as a tropical monsoon. This means that the island has two seasons: the rainy season and the dry period. In this case, ninety-five percent of the precipitation falls in the summer months. But in general, the rainy season is longer and lasts from May to the end of October. And from November to April on the island is set clear weather.
But not everything is so simple on the island of Sri Lanka.Weather for months often does not depend on the dry or wet period. The fact is that from November to mid-spring northeastern winds dominate the island. For lovers of calm seas, reviews are advised to look for beaches on the southern and western coasts of Sri Lanka. Inveterate surfers, on the contrary, will find a steady wind and a high wave on the northeast tip of the island.
Sri Lanka falls from April to the end of Octoberunder the influence of the western monsoon. Therefore, in the summer, everything changes. Cloudless weather and calm set on the east coast. And this, note, in the so-called rainy season, which scare travel agency people. Reviews claim that choosing a suitable beach will not be any problem. Sri Lanka is thousands of kilometers of soft coastal sand framed by coconut trees on one side and coral reefs on the other. Forbes magazine ranking included two local beaches - Bentota and Tangalle (before Weligam) - among the ten best in all of Asia.
The central mountain range determines thatThe southwestern and northeastern coasts in the same period have different climates. The weather is not determined by temperature fluctuations. Even in January at the resorts the air warms up to +30 degrees. It is cold only in the mountains. In the village of Nuwara Eliya, +16 is recorded during the daytime, and at night the temperature drops to +10 degrees. In winter, seasoned travelers advise to rest on the southwest coast. In December, the rainy season there has already ended, although the sky no-no and sprinkles an unexpected downpour. But precipitation takes place mostly at night and the rest is not poisoned. When planning a trip for December 2015, we recommend that you look at the weather forecast in Sri Lanka for a month in advance. January pleases plenty of sunny days. The ocean is never calm, but in the middle of winter swimming is not a tough competition with the waves. In February, partly cloudy weather and even rain are possible. The ocean can often storm. But small coves provide shelter for lovers of a calm sea.
What awaits tourists who come to this bloomingperiod on the island of Sri Lanka? The weather for months is inter-monsoon. This means that in March in the northeast begins the “dry season”, and in the southwest - “wet”. Rains are possible throughout the island, especially when the sun is at its zenith. But this, say reviews of vacationers, short showers. In April, it rains more and more often in the southwest, and the sea is stormy. It has little effect on temperature. During the day, the thermometer rises to +34 degrees, which, with one hundred percent moisture, is fraught with a sudden increase in blood pressure. The total amount of precipitation in the middle of spring is 250 mm. In May, as the reviews say, it rains almost continuously in the capital of the republic, Colombo and Galle. But the Central Massif reliably shelters the north and east of the island from the rains. There, the annual precipitation is only 1500 mm, while on the opposite side this figure reaches five thousand millimeters.
Nature has no bad weather.And this saying is particularly suitable for an island paradise lying in tropical latitudes. What is the weather in months in Sri Lanka? The rainy season in the summer is not so bad as it is painted. In June, there is almost no rain in the northeast of the island, and the sea is calm. It rains, but this is not a problem, but high humidity - 96%. In July, there is more precipitation, and the mountains can no longer serve as a reliable shelter from an intensifying monsoon. But rains are short-term - from fifteen to thirty minutes. This is usually the evening hours. But the wind is weak, and the clouds are average. In August, the rains are generally less. Even in the wettest part of the island they fall 150 mm. But the ocean is restless. "So what? - consoled tourists. - Jumping in the surf - this is a great pastime."
Going to the island in September is like playingin roulette. It can rain all day or not for weeks. Humidity also jumps from one hundred percent to fifty. Weather in Sri Lanka during the months of autumn remains unpredictable. Sometimes the monsoon can occur in October. In any case, reviews are advised to choose for the rest of the south-west coast of the island. And in November, the “dry season” begins. Prices are rising, reaching their peak for the Christmas holidays. If it falls, then at night. Reviews claim that a better time to rest in Sri Lanka than in November or December cannot be found.
