Nepal vs Sri Lanka: Annual precipitation

Nepal

2,131 millimeters

in 2025

Sri Lanka

2,057 millimeters

in 2025

Nepal rank

25th

Sri Lanka rank

28th

Annual precipitation over time

Nepal
Sri Lanka

How they compare

Nepal currently reports 2,131 millimeters against 2,057 millimeters in Sri Lanka, a difference of 73.8 millimeters.

The two have swapped places 15 times across 86 shared years of data; in 1940 it was Sri Lanka ahead.

Nepal ranks 25th and Sri Lanka ranks 28th of 192 countries.

Individual pages

Annual precipitation in Nepal
Annual precipitation in Sri Lanka
Full country ranking

About this data

Indicator: Annual precipitation
Unit: millimeters
Source: Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 192 places, 16,512 data points, 1940–2025
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Total annual precipitation—rain and snow—calculated as the sum of daily averages, reported as the depth of water falling to Earth's surface, excluding fog and dew.