Riding weather · Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka east coast motorcycle weather by month
On our rules, the best months to ride in the Sri Lanka east coast area are April to September.
The driest months are June to August; the wettest is November, with about 303 mm of rain over 25 rain days.
Days are warmest in June (average high 33 °C) and nights coldest in January (average low 24 °C).
Month by month
Arugam Bay and the east coast road.
- JanMixed28°/24°114 mm
- FebMixed28°/25°79 mm
- MarMixed30°/25°77 mm
- AprGood31°/26°75 mm
- MayGood32°/27°97 mm
- JunGood33°/27°40 mm
- JulGood32°/27°37 mm
- AugGood32°/27°44 mm
- SeptGood32°/26°58 mm
- OctMixed30°/26°196 mm
- NovPoor29°/25°303 mm
- DecMixed28°/25°210 mm
Average high/low in °C and monthly rain. How we rate months
- Sri Lanka has two monsoons: the south-west monsoon (about June to October) soaks the west, south and hills, and the north-east monsoon (about December to March) brings rain to the north and east. Source
- The east coast gets most of its rain from the north-east monsoon, about December to March, so we mark those months Mixed at best. Source
Show the numbers
| Month | Riding | High | Low | Rain | Rain days | Why |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | Mixed | 28 °C 82 °F | 24 °C 76 °F | 114 mm | 15 | see note |
| February | Mixed | 28 °C 83 °F | 25 °C 76 °F | 79 mm | 15 | see note |
| March | Mixed | 30 °C 85 °F | 25 °C 78 °F | 77 mm | 14 | see note |
| April | Good | 31 °C 87 °F | 26 °C 79 °F | 75 mm | 16 | |
| May | Good | 32 °C 89 °F | 27 °C 80 °F | 97 mm | 14 | |
| June | Good | 33 °C 91 °F | 27 °C 80 °F | 40 mm | 10 | |
| July | Good | 32 °C 90 °F | 27 °C 80 °F | 37 mm | 11 | |
| August | Good | 32 °C 90 °F | 27 °C 80 °F | 44 mm | 12 | |
| September | Good | 32 °C 89 °F | 26 °C 79 °F | 58 mm | 13 | |
| October | Mixed | 30 °C 87 °F | 26 °C 78 °F | 196 mm | 21 | wet |
| November | Poor | 29 °C 83 °F | 25 °C 76 °F | 303 mm | 25 | very wet |
| December | Mixed | 28 °C 82 °F | 25 °C 76 °F | 210 mm | 21 | wet |
Rain days: days with at least 1 mm. Averages of daily values, 2015 to 2024, for Arugam Bay, corrected to riding elevation. Reanalysis smooths mountains and local showers, so read these as a regional picture rather than a forecast.
Climate data: Open-Meteo / ERA5, 2015 to 2024 (CC BY 4.0).
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