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Sigiriya in March

okbusy · worth considering · the sunniest month of the year

The year in Sigiriya

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  1. Sigiriya in January: sweet spot
  2. Sigiriya in February: sweet spot, busy
  3. Sigiriya in March: ok, busy
  4. Sigiriya in April: avoid
  5. Sigiriya in May: ok
  6. Sigiriya in June: sweet spot
  7. Sigiriya in July: sweet spot
  8. Sigiriya in August: ok
  9. Sigiriya in September: sweet spot
  10. Sigiriya in October: avoid
  11. Sigiriya in November: avoid
  12. Sigiriya in December: ok, busy
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  • OK
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  • Busy
March at Sigiriya is 31°C by day and 22°C at night, with 4 rainy days and about 11 hours of sun a day. Busier than usual.

The numbers

Daily high31°C
Nightly low22°C
Feels like, afternoon36°C
Rainy days, 1 mm or more4 · 68 mm
Humidity79%
Sunshine10.7 h/day
Daylight12.1 h/day
Days over 35°C1
Crowds65 / 100, higher is quieter

Ten-year averages for this calendar month. A rainy day is one with at least 1 mm of rain, as a weather station counts it. The model these figures come from drizzles more than a rain gauge, the more so the warmer the month, so its days count from 2 mm, rising to 5 mm in the hottest.

Weather read at Sigiriya village (or Dambulla): ten years of ERA5 and ERA5-Land reanalysis, through Open-Meteo's open data.

How busy it gets

March: busy. Busiest in February and March; quietest from April to June.

Sigiriya in pictures

What to pack

  • Summer clothes by day, highs around 31°C.
  • Sun protection: about 11 hours of sunshine a day.
  • Humidity averages 79%; breathable fabrics dry faster.

Each line is a threshold over the ten-year figures above, not advice from anywhere else.

Before you go

Type D and G plugs at 230 V. Drives on the left. The currency is the Sri lankan rupee. No UK Foreign Office advice against travel. Everything for Sri Lanka: cost of living, languages, emergency numbers and health.

On arrival in Sigiriya: the apps, paying, getting around, tipping and the emergency numbers.

March elsewhere

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