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When to goBest time: Dec–Mar
- Jan Good
- Feb Good
- Mar Good
- Apr Fine, with caveats
- May Fine, with caveats
- Jun Fine, with caveats
- Jul Fine, with caveats
- Aug Fine, with caveats
- Sep Fine, with caveats
- Oct Fine, with caveats: rain
- Nov Fine, with caveats: rain
- Dec Good
Good Fine, with caveats Hard rain
Cheaper and fewer tourists: Apr–Nov - the trade-off: rain
Country-wide average; mountains, coasts and the far north or south can differ.
What to bring and knowD, G, M · 230 V
- Sockets: type D, G, M · 230 V, 50 Hz
Phone and laptop chargers usually work (100–240 V); you may need a plug adapter. - Traffic drives on the left
- Drink bottled or boiled water, not from the tap
- At temples, mosques and churches cover shoulders and knees and take off shoes where asked
- Oct–Nov: a light raincoat or umbrella, a waterproof phone pouch
Medicines, bans and the law
- Visible Buddha tattoos can lead to refusal of entry or deportation; avoid posing for photos in front of Buddha statues. source
- Do not photograph or fly drones near military bases, government buildings or VIP convoys. source
- Carry your passport at all times. A copy is usually accepted, but police may ask you to bring the original to a station within a set time. source
- Illegal drugs, including cannabis, carry long prison sentences and heavy fines, even when passing through the airport in transit. source
- Carry prescription medicines in their original packaging with a copy of the prescription.
Paying with a foreign card29 of 50 services in our catalogue accept one
- Taxi & Cars: Kangaroo Cabs
- Public Transport & Maps: Rome2Rio, Moovit
- Food & Groceries: Keells Online
- Shopping, Classifieds & Parcels: Daraz, FedEx, DHL Express
- Travel: Tickets & Hotels: Agoda, Booking.com, BusSeat.lk
Based on our checks of each service. Banks may add a fee for payments abroad.
Phone and internet
- 4 of 50 services here need a local phone number for the SMS code, for example LankaQR, FriMi, BusSeat.lk.
- Mobile operators and eSIM →
Checked: October 15
Useful phrasesSinhala
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- Hello ආයුබෝවන් ayubowan
- Excuse me සමාවෙන්න samawenna
- I don’t understand මට තේරෙන්නේ නැහැ mata therenne naha
- Do you speak English? ඔබ ඉංග්රීසි කතා කරනවාද? oba ingreesi katha karanawada?
- Where is the toilet? වැසිකිළිය කොහෙද? wasikiliya koheda?
- The bill, please බිල දෙන්න bila denna
- Please take me to this address (show it on the map) කරුණාකර මාව මේ ලිපිනයට ගෙනියන්න. Karunakara mawa me lipinayata geniyanna.
- How much will it cost? කීයද? Kiyada?
- Stop here, please මෙතන නවත්වන්න. Methana nawaththanna.
- Please wait a moment ටිකක් ඉන්න. Tikak inna.
- Thank you ස්තූතියි. Sthuthiyi.
- Please help me, I am a foreigner කරුණාකර මට උදව් කරන්න, මම විදේශිකයෙක්. Karunakara mata udav karanna, mama videshikayek.
- Please take me to a hospital කරුණාකර මාව රෝහලට ගෙන යන්න. Karunakara maava rohalata gena yanna.
- I am allergic to… මට මේකට අසාත්මිකතාවක් තියෙනවා: mata mēkata asātmikatāvak tiyenavā
- Where is the nearest pharmacy? ළඟම ඇති ෆාමසිය කොහෙද? Langama athi faamasiya koheda?
- Please call the police කරුණාකර පොලිසියට කතා කරන්න. Karunakara polisiyata katha karanna.
- I have lost my passport මගේ ගමන් බලපත්රය නැති වුණා. Mage gaman balapathraya nathi una.
- Where is the nearest ATM? ළඟම ඇති ATM එක කොහෙද? Langama athi ATM eka koheda?