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When to play golf in Sri Lanka

Month by month: temperature, sunshine, rain and wind from the official weather service, with what the clubs themselves say about their seasons.

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The wind

The official normals for these stations publish no wind figures, so we make no wind claim here.

Colombo

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Average high (°C)	31.4	31.6	32	32	31.5	30.7	30.3	30.3	30.4	30.4	30.6	30.9
Average low (°C)	23.1	23.6	24.8	25.3	26.2	26.1	25.9	25.9	25.4	24.7	23.9	23.5
Rain (mm)	80	77	103	249	314	197	123	116	264	359	346	171
Rain days	4.9	5.1	7.7	12.6	16.6	15.2	10	10.2	15.2	18.6	16	9

Sri Lanka Department of Meteorology (WMO Climate Normals) long-term averages, 1991–2020.

Nuwara Eliya

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Average high (°C)	19.9	21	22.3	22.5	21.5	19.2	18.6	19	19.5	19.7	19.8	19.4
Average low (°C)	10.4	10.2	10.8	11.9	13.4	13.8	13.5	13.3	12.9	12.6	12.3	11.5
Rain (mm)	116	73	72	134	172	168	155	132	161	247	226	183
Rain days	9.5	6.7	7.1	12.6	13.4	15.1	16	13.9	14.5	18.9	17.6	14.9

Sri Lanka Department of Meteorology (WMO Climate Normals) long-term averages, 1991–2020.

Hambantota

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Average high (°C)	30.9	31.5	31.9	31.9	31.2	31.2	31.6	30.9	30.5	30.7	30.6	30.4
Average low (°C)	23.3	23.6	24.3	25.3	26	25.6	25.2	25	24.9	24.6	24.1	23.7
Rain (mm)	68	47	47	92	73	41	31	59	100	128	222	132
Rain days	5.3	4	4	6.8	6.9	5.6	4.3	6.3	8.3	10.1	13	9.4

Sri Lanka Department of Meteorology (WMO Climate Normals) long-term averages, 1991–2020.

Sources: the national weather service and the clubs’ own websites