På gång i Trincomalee, Sri Lanka under året

Mycket folk — Year-end break i Sri Lanka, skollov i 6 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

• Regel

  Pigeon Island park rules

  1 jan – 31 decStängningar

  The island is a national park with a wildlife-department ticket bought at the Nilaveli jetty, a cap on visitor numbers and a ban on standing on the reef. Boats do not run when the sea is up. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Northeast (Maha) monsoon (1 nov – 15 feb (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — February break i Sri Lanka, skollov i 2 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

Inget nytt börjar i februari.

Pågår fortfarande: Pigeon Island park rules (1 jan – 31 dec), Northeast (Maha) monsoon (1 nov – 15 feb (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — February break i Sri Lanka, skollov i 2 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

Inget nytt börjar i mars.

Pågår fortfarande: Pigeon Island park rules (1 jan – 31 dec)

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

• Helg

  Sinhala and Tamil New Year

  10–18 aprSkollovStängningarTrångt

  Shops and banks shut for days and domestic travellers arrive just as the east coast season is opening. Koneswaram on the headland is busy from dawn through the holiday. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Pigeon Island park rules (1 jan – 31 dec)

Mycket folk — East coast season, skollov i 2 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

• Säsong

  East coast season

  1 maj – 30 sepTorrsäsongTrångt

  The mirror image of the south: while Galle and Mirissa are shut in for the monsoon, Nilaveli and Uppuveli are flat, clear and open. Sri Lanka's summer answer to a washed-out southwest.

• Natur

  Blue and sperm whale season

  1 maj – 15 okt · vanligtvis

  The shelf drops away close to shore here, so the boats reach the whales in under an hour rather than two. Sperm whale pods as well as blues, with June to August the reliable stretch.

Pågår fortfarande: Pigeon Island park rules (1 jan – 31 dec)

Mycket folk — East coast season, skollov i 3 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

Inget nytt börjar i juni.

Pågår fortfarande: Pigeon Island park rules (1 jan – 31 dec), East coast season (1 maj – 30 sep), Blue and sperm whale season (1 maj – 15 okt (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — East coast season, skollov i 5 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

Inget nytt börjar i juli.

Pågår fortfarande: Pigeon Island park rules (1 jan – 31 dec), East coast season (1 maj – 30 sep), Blue and sperm whale season (1 maj – 15 okt (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — East coast season, August break i Sri Lanka

Inget nytt börjar i augusti.

Pågår fortfarande: Pigeon Island park rules (1 jan – 31 dec), East coast season (1 maj – 30 sep), Blue and sperm whale season (1 maj – 15 okt (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — East coast season, August break i Sri Lanka

Inget nytt börjar i september.

Pågår fortfarande: Pigeon Island park rules (1 jan – 31 dec), East coast season (1 maj – 30 sep), Blue and sperm whale season (1 maj – 15 okt (vanligtvis))

Lugnt — skollov i 3 av marknaderna som fyller platsen, en av dess sämsta vädermånader

Inget nytt börjar i oktober.

Pågår fortfarande: Pigeon Island park rules (1 jan – 31 dec), Blue and sperm whale season (1 maj – 15 okt (vanligtvis))

Lugnt — en av dess sämsta vädermånader

• Säsong

  Northeast (Maha) monsoon

  1 nov – 15 feb · vanligtvisRiskStängningar

  The east coast's wet season, and a real shutdown: whale boats stop, the Pigeon Island crossing is off most days, and the beach hotels at Nilaveli close or drop to a caretaker.

• Risk

  Cyclone season

  1 nov – 31 dec · vanligtvisStängningar

  The east coast faces the storms the Bay of Bengal sends west late in the year: Burevi crossed just north of town in 2020 and Ditwah flooded the district in 2025. Boats to Pigeon Island stop and the coast road can go under. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Pigeon Island park rules (1 jan – 31 dec)

Mycket folk — Year-end break i Sri Lanka, skollov i 5 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

Inget nytt börjar i december.

Pågår fortfarande: Pigeon Island park rules (1 jan – 31 dec), Northeast (Maha) monsoon (1 nov – 15 feb (vanligtvis)), Cyclone season (1 nov – 31 dec (vanligtvis))