Best time to visit Colombo
All twelve months scored on daily temperature, rainfall, humidity and holiday crowding, against what the flight from BLR actually costs.
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Month by month
| Month | Max °C | Rain days | Humidity | Sun h/day | Typical fare | Verdict | Why |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 30° | 8d | 77% | 10.1h | ₹24,656 | sweet spot busy | peak: This period witnesses the highest influx of tourists due to… |
| Feb | 32° | 5d | 74% | 11.0h | — | sweet spot busy | peak: This period witnesses the highest influx of tourists due to… |
| Mar | 31° | 12d | 81% | 10.9h | — | okbusy | peak: This period witnesses the highest influx of tourists due to… |
| Apr | 31° | 20d | 84% | 10.4h | — | ok | 31C max, 20 rainy days |
| May | 30° | 26d | 85% | 8.8h | — | avoid | monsoon: 26 rainy days, 347mm |
| Jun | 29° | 27d | 85% | 10.0h | — | avoid | monsoon: 27 rainy days, 279mm |
| Jul | 29° | 21d | 84% | 10.1h | — | avoid | monsoon (moderate) |
| Aug | 29° | 23d | 84% | 9.9h | — | avoid | monsoon: 23 rainy days, 182mm |
| Sep | 29° | 25d | 85% | 9.1h | — | avoid | monsoon: 25 rainy days, 272mm |
| Oct | 29° | 26d | 87% | 8.2h | — | avoid | monsoon: 26 rainy days, 352mm |
| Nov | 29° | 23d | 88% | 7.9h | — | avoid | monsoon: 23 rainy days, 436mm |
| Dec | 30° | 15d | 83% | 9.2h | — | okbusy | peak: This period witnesses the highest influx of tourists due to… |
A busy month is a crowded one, not a bad one — usually it is crowded because the weather is good. It is flagged rather than scored down, and crowds alone never make a month “avoid”: that is reserved for weather worth skipping.
Getting there
How far Colombo is, and what it costs, depends on where you set off from — the months above do not.
- from Kochi
- from Chennai
- from Bengaluru
- from Hyderabad
- from Mumbai
- from Ahmedabad
- from Kolkata
- from Bangkok
The year in Colombo
Colombo experiences a tropical climate, and the weather patterns indicated by the climate normals should guide your planning as it can be more humid and rainy during the monsoon period.
| Busiest |
mid Dec to late Mar — This period witnesses the highest influx of tourists due to favorable weather and holiday seasons.
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|---|---|
| Quieter, still good |
early Apr to late May — The shoulder months before the wet season start to see fewer tourists and lower prices.
early Oct to late Nov — Post-peak season with more reasonable prices as the weather becomes more unpredictable.
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| Wet or stormy |
early May to late Sep — monsoon, moderate
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| Watch out for | haze |
This section was written by a language model from the climate figures above, and nobody has checked it. The month-by-month table is measured — ten years of ERA5 readings and published holiday calendars — and where the two disagree, the table is the one to believe. The busiest and quieter periods here also count toward the crowd score, which is 20% of the ranking.
The rest of the trip
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