Climate

The south - west monsoon brings rain to the western, southern and central regions from May to July, while the north - eastern monsoon occurs in the north and east in December and January.The weather is finest in the coastal regions and hill country of the south - west from October to March.The temperature in the lowlands averages 27 Celsius and hill country temperature on average 20 Celsius and in Nuwara Eliya it is often below 15 Celsius.