Riding weather · Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka west coast motorcycle weather by month
On our rules, the best months to ride in the Sri Lanka west coast area are January to March.
The driest months are January to March; the wettest is October, with about 383 mm of rain over 29 rain days.
Days are warmest in February (average high 32 °C) and nights coldest in January (average low 23 °C).
Month by month
Negombo and Colombo.
- JanGood31°/23°56 mm
- FebGood32°/24°34 mm
- MarGood32°/25°76 mm
- AprMixed31°/26°164 mm
- MayPoor30°/26°334 mm
- JunMixed29°/26°229 mm
- JulMixed29°/26°184 mm
- AugMixed29°/25°217 mm
- SeptMixed29°/25°235 mm
- OctPoor29°/25°383 mm
- NovPoor29°/24°359 mm
- DecMixed30°/24°130 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 | 31 °C 87 °F | 23 °C 74 °F | 56 mm | 7 | |
| February | Good | 32 °C 90 °F | 24 °C 75 °F | 34 mm | 6 | |
| March | Good | 32 °C 90 °F | 25 °C 77 °F | 76 mm | 15 | |
| April | Mixed | 31 °C 88 °F | 26 °C 78 °F | 164 mm | 25 | wet |
| May | Poor | 30 °C 86 °F | 26 °C 79 °F | 334 mm | 30 | very wet |
| June | Mixed | 29 °C 85 °F | 26 °C 78 °F | 229 mm | 29 | wet |
| July | Mixed | 29 °C 84 °F | 26 °C 78 °F | 184 mm | 27 | wet |
| August | Mixed | 29 °C 84 °F | 25 °C 78 °F | 217 mm | 27 | wet |
| September | Mixed | 29 °C 84 °F | 25 °C 77 °F | 235 mm | 28 | wet |
| October | Poor | 29 °C 84 °F | 25 °C 76 °F | 383 mm | 29 | very wet |
| November | Poor | 29 °C 84 °F | 24 °C 76 °F | 359 mm | 24 | very wet |
| December | Mixed | 30 °C 85 °F | 24 °C 75 °F | 130 mm | 14 | wet |
Rain days: days with at least 1 mm. Averages of daily values, 2015 to 2024, for Negombo, 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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