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Toppsesong — redaksjonens toppmåned, Year-end break i Sri Lanka

Ingenting nytt starter i januar.

Fortsatt på gang: Blue whales off Mirissa (1. nov – 15. apr (vanligvis))

Toppsesong — redaksjonens toppmåned, Independence Day

• Helligdag

  Independence Day

  4. febNasjonaldagStengningerMye folk

  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. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Blue whales off Mirissa (1. nov – 15. apr (vanligvis))

Travelt — mellom toppene, February break i Sri Lanka

Ingenting nytt starter i mars.

Fortsatt på gang: Blue whales off Mirissa (1. nov – 15. apr (vanligvis))

Toppsesong — Sinhala and Tamil New Year, Sinhala & Tamil New Year break i Sri Lanka

• Helligdag

  Sinhala and Tamil New Year

  13.–14. aprSkoleferieStengninger

  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. Kilde ↗

• Festival

  Vesak

  30.–31. maiReligiøs høytidStengninger

  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. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Blue whales off Mirissa (1. nov – 15. apr (vanligvis))

Rolig — redaksjonens rolige måned, skoleferie i 2 av markedene som fyller stedet

• Sesong

  East coast season

  1. mai – 30. sep · vanligvisTørrsesong

  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.

• Sesong

  Southwest (Yala) monsoon

  15. mai – 15. sep · vanligvisRisiko

  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.

Fortsatt på gang: Vesak (30.–31. mai)

Rolig — redaksjonens rolige måned, skoleferie i 3 av markedene som fyller stedet

Ingenting nytt starter i juni.

Fortsatt på gang: Vesak (30.–31. mai), East coast season (1. mai – 30. sep (vanligvis)), Southwest (Yala) monsoon (15. mai – 15. sep (vanligvis))

Skuldersesong — skoleferie i 5 av markedene som fyller stedet, en helt vanlig måned

• Festival

  Esala Perahera

  18.–28. augReligiøs høytidMye folkBestill tidlig

  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. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: East coast season (1. mai – 30. sep (vanligvis)), Southwest (Yala) monsoon (15. mai – 15. sep (vanligvis))

Rolig — redaksjonens rolige måned, Esala Perahera

Ingenting nytt starter i august.

Fortsatt på gang: East coast season (1. mai – 30. sep (vanligvis)), Southwest (Yala) monsoon (15. mai – 15. sep (vanligvis)), Esala Perahera (18.–28. aug)

Travelt — mellom toppene, August break i Sri Lanka

Ingenting nytt starter i september.

Fortsatt på gang: East coast season (1. mai – 30. sep (vanligvis)), Southwest (Yala) monsoon (15. mai – 15. sep (vanligvis))

Rolig — redaksjonens rolige måned, skoleferie i 3 av markedene som fyller stedet

• Sesong

  Second inter-monsoon

  1. okt – 20. nov · vanligvisRisiko

  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.

Skuldersesong — mellom toppene

• Natur

  Blue whales off Mirissa

  1. nov – 15. apr · vanligvisHvalsesong

  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.

Fortsatt på gang: Second inter-monsoon (1. okt – 20. nov (vanligvis))

Toppsesong — redaksjonens toppmåned, Year-end break i Sri Lanka

Ingenting nytt starter i desember.

Fortsatt på gang: Blue whales off Mirissa (1. nov – 15. apr (vanligvis))