Weather in Sri Lanka
How the weather is RIGHT NOW round the Lotus-Villa, Find out at the bottom of this page.
Questions about the weather are asked frequently. In books and discussions it is often written and talked about the "east-west-monsoon", mainly because the weather in Sri Lanka is often "mixed up" with the Indian weathers. However, there are great differences:
In India monsoon season is usually between April and September, with the well-known and often very strong downpours (please also bear in mind the size of India).
There are actually 4(!) different zones in Sri Lanka, which are totally different in terms of the weather (the equator, by the way, is only about 500km the south of Sri Lanka).
+ In the north there is a rather more "Indian weather" with strong temperature changes and temperatures between 18 Degrees Celsius (C) and over 45-C and between April to September with generous downpours. In the north of Sri Lanka, in the District Mannar, there is even a small desert.
+ In central Sri Lanka it "almost always rains" which is very important for the tea plants thet require lots of water. At night in this region the temperatures in extreme cases can fall under 0-C. Hence if you are planing an excursion, please also take some warmer clothes with you. During the excursions (which we also organise ourselves), we only experienced very few days without rain.
+ In the east it is rather African "steppe like", palm trees e.g. only grow in a space of 30 to 50 metres and the remaining vegetation consists also of steppe-like undergrowth, so there are many bushes and low trees, but also a rich, fascinating animal world with leopards, wild elephants, peacocks, etc.
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+ In the south (where the Lotus-Villa is located) there is - throughout the entire year - the same temperature of around 30-C (according to the statistical weather department in Colombo there was in 2002, as a yearly average of 0.1-C temperature difference in the south of Sri Lanka). But it normally rains every day for a duration of 1 - 2 hours. This can happen during the day as well as during the night. However, it never rains for days like often during the Indian monsoon. The sun shines practically all day through a thin cloud cover (like everywhere in close proximity to the equator).the humidity is always between 60% and 80% throughout the entire year. A great difference bears the sea: during the Indian monsoon season (April to September) the sea is rather restless in the south. The waves can be up to 4 metres high. This means that the sea is only suitable for very experienced swimmers during this time (please als see chapter: "Sea and Swimming"). The vegetation in the south is due to the stable temperatures and the "regular watering - wonderful green" almost all plants in the south are evergreens. In the south of Sri Lanka, one does not speak of a "monsoon" in the usual sense, but rather similar to Europe, only of "bad weather" when it rains. With a monsoon - i.e. strong weather changes - the vegetation would also be totally different.
- We hope that this information is a little helpful - however, we are never sure what the weather is actually going to be like!!
If you click on "GO", you will be given the temperature as it is around the Lotus-Villa at the moment.
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