Sri Lanka, an island country, enjoys typical tropical monsoonal climate. This island has marked verdure with some mountains in the central southern part. They rise considerably above the sea level and add to the amazing variety of landscapes in the island. The sun pours down relentlessly during the summer months. As mentioned earlier, Sri Lankan climate is of the tropical kind and therefore during monsoons there is always the chance of a deluge. The average temperature is around 28º to 30º for the year. However, on the whole, January is the coolest month and May is the hottest month. In the Central Highlands, warm clothing is a requirement during the winter days. But the humidity is definitely higher in the south west and mountainous regions.

Tropical monsoons means rains at a stretch for some months. Sri Lanka certainly has no dearth of monsoon rains as it has two monsoons and two inter monsoon periods. Sri Lanka climate has wide influence on both the coastal plains and other low lying area as well as the high mountainous regions. This again means that keeping in par with the rest of variations of this island, the climate is also pretty varied. Daylight stays for a long time on this island and this is the case as far as the year is concerned. The island of Sri Lanka has two distinct climatic zones and this reflects the influence of the two monsoons that occur with unfailing regularity each year. The Dry Zone of the island is the north and east of the island, this region is affected by the north east monsoon. It is thought to be dry because most of the rains fall during the northeast monsoon. The Wet Zone of the island constitutes of the western and central part of the island. This part gets rain from the southwesterly monsoon and experiences quite a bit of rains and for long periods. Though sunshine is plentiful, monsoon and inter monsoon see days of sun being covered with clouds.