When to go
The best time
to visit Trincomalee.
Short answer: May to September.
Best time: May to September.
Weather: Hot 27–32°C; calm seas in the dry monsoon.
Trincomalee — Trinco — is the historic east coast port, with a colonial Dutch fort, the cliff-top Koneswaram temple and miles of white-sand beaches at Uppuveli and Nilaveli just to the north. It is the natural base for blue-whale watching from May to September.
- · The east-coast season is May to September — opposite the south.
- · Book blue-whale charters at first light.
- · Pair with one night at Pasikuda or Jaffna for the full east-coast story.