Weekly note

Sri Lanka in January

5 of the 5 destinations in Sri Lanka are in season in January: 1 a sweet spot, 1 good, 3 ok.

January is a sweet spot at 1 of these 5 places: Sigiriya.

Ranked for January

#PlaceVerdict High Rain Why
1 Trincomalee good 28° 8d 28C max, 8 rainy days
2 Kandy okbusy 28° 5d busier than usual
3 Sigiriya sweet spot 28° 8d 28C max, 8 rainy days
4 Colombo okbusy 30° 6d busier than usual
5 Nuwara Eliya ok 20° 12d 20C max, 12 rainy days

Other months for Sri Lanka

January elsewhere

Every verdict here is the destination's own: ten years of climate readings, the public holidays that crowd it, and what the flight costs. Nothing is said about Sri Lanka as a whole that was not first measured at each place in it.