Riding weather · Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka south coast motorcycle weather by month
On our rules, the best months to ride in the Sri Lanka south coast area are January and February.
The driest months are January to March; the wettest is May, with about 381 mm of rain over 30 rain days.
Days are warmest in March (average high 30 °C) and nights coldest in January (average low 24 °C).
Month by month
Galle, Mirissa and the southern coast road.
- JanGood29°/24°119 mm
- FebGood30°/25°97 mm
- MarMixed30°/25°122 mm
- AprMixed30°/26°199 mm
- MayPoor29°/26°381 mm
- JunMixed29°/26°240 mm
- JulMixed28°/26°208 mm
- AugMixed28°/25°228 mm
- SeptPoor28°/25°273 mm
- OctPoor28°/25°329 mm
- NovPoor28°/25°339 mm
- DecMixed29°/24°201 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
Show the numbers
| Month | Riding | High | Low | Rain | Rain days | Why |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | Good | 29 °C 84 °F | 24 °C 75 °F | 119 mm | 15 | |
| February | Good | 30 °C 85 °F | 25 °C 76 °F | 97 mm | 15 | |
| March | Mixed | 30 °C 86 °F | 25 °C 77 °F | 122 mm | 21 | wet |
| April | Mixed | 30 °C 86 °F | 26 °C 78 °F | 199 mm | 27 | wet |
| May | Poor | 29 °C 84 °F | 26 °C 78 °F | 381 mm | 30 | very wet |
| June | Mixed | 29 °C 83 °F | 26 °C 78 °F | 240 mm | 29 | wet |
| July | Mixed | 28 °C 83 °F | 26 °C 78 °F | 208 mm | 28 | wet |
| August | Mixed | 28 °C 83 °F | 25 °C 77 °F | 228 mm | 29 | wet |
| September | Poor | 28 °C 83 °F | 25 °C 77 °F | 273 mm | 28 | very wet |
| October | Poor | 28 °C 83 °F | 25 °C 77 °F | 329 mm | 29 | very wet |
| November | Poor | 28 °C 83 °F | 25 °C 76 °F | 339 mm | 26 | very wet |
| December | Mixed | 29 °C 83 °F | 24 °C 76 °F | 201 mm | 22 | wet |
Rain days: days with at least 1 mm. Averages of daily values, 2015 to 2024, for Galle, 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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