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Climate of Sri Lanka |
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Sri Lanka is a lovely island basking with colorful landscape, vibrant life and cultural affluence. Sri Lanka is a fascinating land with verdant tea plantations, rolling hills, national parks with elephants and other animals. Sri Lanka is a land of tropical warmth. Climate of Sri Lanka is tropical and pleasant.
Sri Lanka is situated between 80 to 82 east longitude and 6 to 10 north latitude. The total area of Sri Lanka is 65,525 square kilometer. There are hilly regions in the central parts of Sri Lanka and in the southern parts of the center. In general Sri Lanka is a warm country.
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There are no clear cut marked seasons in Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka is unique with its warm lowlands where humidity level is high and the lovely hills where the temperature is cooler.
From the average temperature you can get a fair idea on the climatic conditions of Sri Lanka. 26.7 degree C is the mean average temperature of the coast. 19.7 degree C is the average mean temperature of the hilly regions. The temperature in Colombo, the Commercial Sri Lankan capital, located on the western coast varies from 26.4 C to 27.8 C. The variation of humidity is from 70% in the day to 90% at night time. The lowlands in Sri Lanka have a typical tropical climate, where the average temperature remains around 27 degree C. The high lands of Sri Lanka have coll climate with the average temperature remaining 16 degree C at the height of 2000 meters.
Days in Sri Lanka are full of sunshine even during the monsoon seasons. There is no off season in Sri Lanka, speaking climatically. In the eastern and northern regions of Sri Lanka north-east monsoon brings rain during December and January. The central, southern and western regions of Sri Lanka receive rain from south west monsoon in the months from May to July.
The climate of Sri Lanka remains enjoyable throughout the year.
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