Climate and Weather in Sri Lanka

Its climate is tropical but with no seasonal variations.  

It has a north-east monsoon from late October to January which is mainly effective in the north and the east and south-west monsoon from May to late June which is very wet and most of the country receives lot of rain.

The average temperature in Colombo is 27 degrees C (80 degrees F) with high levels of humidity.

However, the higher you go through the country, the cooler it gets with Nuwara Eliya in the mountainous area, having an average temperature of 16 degrees C (61 degrees F).

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