Agenda di Kolombo, Sri Lanka sepanjang tahun

Puncak keramaian — bulan tersibuk menurut editor, Year-end break di Sri Lanka

Tidak ada yang baru dimulai di Januari.

Masih berlangsung: Blue whales off Mirissa (1 Nov – 15 Apr (biasanya))

Puncak keramaian — bulan tersibuk menurut editor, Independence Day

• Libur

  Independence Day

  4 FebHari libur nasionalPenutupanRamai

  A military parade and closed roads in the capital on 4 February, and a public holiday across the island. Government offices and many shops shut for the day. Sumber ↗

Masih berlangsung: Blue whales off Mirissa (1 Nov – 15 Apr (biasanya))

Ramai — di antara dua puncak, February break di Sri Lanka

Tidak ada yang baru dimulai di Maret.

Masih berlangsung: Blue whales off Mirissa (1 Nov – 15 Apr (biasanya))

Puncak keramaian — Sinhala and Tamil New Year, Sinhala & Tamil New Year break di Sri Lanka

• Libur

  Sinhala and Tamil New Year

  13–14 AprLibur sekolahPenutupan

  The island stops for several days in mid-April. Shops, kitchens and transport shut, buses and trains out of Colombo are full for a week beforehand, and hotels run on skeleton staff. Sumber ↗

• Festival

  Vesak

  30–31 MeiPerayaan keagamaanPenutupan

  The Buddha's birth, enlightenment and death marked with paper lanterns outside every house and free food stalls, dansal, set up on the roadsides. Alcohol sales stop and meat comes off many menus for the poya. Sumber ↗

Masih berlangsung: Blue whales off Mirissa (1 Nov – 15 Apr (biasanya))

Sepi — bulan tersepi menurut editor, libur sekolah di 2 pasar utama yang memenuhinya

• Musim

  East coast season

  1 Mei – 30 Sep · biasanyaMusim kemarau

  While this coast is under the monsoon, the other side of the island is in its dry season: Trincomalee, Pasikudah and the surf at Arugam Bay are at their best exactly when Colombo is at its worst.

• Musim

  Southwest (Yala) monsoon

  15 Mei – 15 Sep · biasanyaRisiko

  The southwest monsoon soaks Colombo and the west and south coasts, with rain in heavy bursts and a sea too rough for the beach towns south of the city. Low season here, high season on the far side of the island.

Masih berlangsung: Vesak (30–31 Mei)

Sepi — bulan tersepi menurut editor, libur sekolah di 3 pasar utama yang memenuhinya

Tidak ada yang baru dimulai di Juni.

Masih berlangsung: Vesak (30–31 Mei), East coast season (1 Mei – 30 Sep (biasanya)), Southwest (Yala) monsoon (15 Mei – 15 Sep (biasanya))

Musim peralihan — libur sekolah di 5 pasar utama yang memenuhinya, bulan biasa

• Festival

  Esala Perahera

  18–28 AguPerayaan keagamaanRamaiPesan lebih awal

  Ten nights of tusker elephants, whip-crackers, fire dancers and drummers processing through Kandy, three hours inland. Rooms along the route are sold a year ahead and the town is impassable on the last nights. Sumber ↗

Masih berlangsung: East coast season (1 Mei – 30 Sep (biasanya)), Southwest (Yala) monsoon (15 Mei – 15 Sep (biasanya))

Sepi — bulan tersepi menurut editor, Esala Perahera

Tidak ada yang baru dimulai di Agustus.

Masih berlangsung: East coast season (1 Mei – 30 Sep (biasanya)), Southwest (Yala) monsoon (15 Mei – 15 Sep (biasanya)), Esala Perahera (18–28 Agu)

Ramai — di antara dua puncak, August break di Sri Lanka

Tidak ada yang baru dimulai di September.

Masih berlangsung: East coast season (1 Mei – 30 Sep (biasanya)), Southwest (Yala) monsoon (15 Mei – 15 Sep (biasanya))

Sepi — bulan tersepi menurut editor, libur sekolah di 3 pasar utama yang memenuhinya

• Musim

  Second inter-monsoon

  1 Okt – 20 Nov · biasanyaRisiko

  The wettest weeks of the year on this coast, delivered as heavy afternoon and evening thunderstorms rather than a steady soak. Mornings are often clear enough to be useful.

Musim peralihan — di antara dua puncak

• Alam

  Blue whales off Mirissa

  1 Nov – 15 Apr · biasanyaMusim paus

  The boats run out of Mirissa, three hours south, from November to April, and December to March is when the sea is calm enough to see anything. Early starts, and a genuinely rough ride on a bad morning.

Masih berlangsung: Second inter-monsoon (1 Okt – 20 Nov (biasanya))

Puncak keramaian — bulan tersibuk menurut editor, Year-end break di Sri Lanka

Tidak ada yang baru dimulai di Desember.

Masih berlangsung: Blue whales off Mirissa (1 Nov – 15 Apr (biasanya))