Best time to go to Indonesia for a perfect weather and where to go?

Find the most favorable time to visit Indonesia from seasonal norms in many locations like Lombok or Surabaya below.

When is the best time to go to Indonesia?

When is the best time to go to Indonesia? Here's some information to help you in your decision:

The weather is at least tolerable in Indonesia throughout the year
The best months to go to Java (Jakarta) are July, August, September and October
On average, it is hot all year round in Java (Jakarta)
The rainiest months in this city are January, February, March, April, November and December
Rote Island is the city with the best climate, with good weather 11 months a year
The sea temperature is suitable for swimming all year round in Java (Jakarta)

For information about the climate and the weather city by city in Indonesia for a specific month, click on the corresponding line below:

Month			Our opinion	View Details
January	81°F to 88°F	80%	tolerable	Indonesia in january
February	81°F to 86°F	77%	tolerable to good*	Indonesia in february
March	81°F to 88°F	77%	tolerable to good*	Indonesia in march
April	81°F to 88°F	71%	tolerable to good*	Indonesia in april
May	81°F to 88°F	56%	tolerable to good*	Indonesia in may
June	81°F to 88°F	40%	tolerable to good*	Indonesia in june
July	81°F to 86°F	36%	tolerable to perfect*	Indonesia in july
August	79°F to 86°F	28%	tolerable to perfect*	Indonesia in august
September	81°F to 88°F	33%	tolerable to perfect*	Indonesia in september
October	81°F to 90°F	43%	tolerable to good*	Indonesia in october
November	81°F to 88°F	68%	tolerable to good*	Indonesia in november
December	81°F to 88°F	81%	tolerable	Indonesia in december

* weather varies across the country ; please check out the Where to go section below.

Best time to travel to Indonesia by cities

Best time to go to Java (Jakarta)

The best months to go to Java (Jakarta) are july, august, september and october.

Best time to go to Bali

The best months to go to Bali are may, june, july, august, september and october.

Best time to go to Lombok

The best months to go to Lombok are may, june, july, august, september and october.

Best time to go to Sulawesi (Makassar)

The best time to visit Sulawesi (Makassar) is august.

Best time to go to Sumatra (Medan)

The best months to go to Sumatra (Medan) are february and march.

Best time to go to Flores

The best months to go to Flores are april, may, june, july, august, september and october.

Indonesian Papua

Kalimantan (Borneo)

Komodo island

Moluques

Sumbawa

Timor

Rote Island

Sumba (Waingapu)

Tours and organised trips in Indonesia

Climate and Weather in Indonesia

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Temperatures and rainfall in Indonesia

On these 3 graphs, we present the evolution of temperatures of Indonesia and month-by-month rainfall for the cities of Java (Jakarta), Bali, Lombok, Sulawesi (Makassar) and Sumatra (Medan), as well as the month-by-month sea temperature for coastal cities.

	jan.	feb.	mar.	apr.	may	jun.	jul.	aug.	sep.	oct.	nov.	dec.
Average temperatures	90°F 83°F	90°F 81°F	92°F 83°F	94°F 83°F	94°F 85°F	94°F 83°F	94°F 81°F	92°F 81°F	94°F 83°F	94°F 85°F	92°F 85°F	92°F 83°F
Chance of rain	77%	81%	83%	84%	68%	53%	49%	35%	45%	64%	83%	78%
Sea temperature	85°F	85°F	86°F	86°F	86°F	86°F	85°F	85°F	85°F	86°F	86°F	86°F

Average temperatures

Chance of rain

Sea temperature

	jan.	feb.	mar.	apr.	may	jun.	jul.	aug.	sep.	oct.	nov.	dec.
Average temperatures	86°F 81°F	86°F 81°F	88°F 83°F	88°F 83°F	88°F 81°F	86°F 79°F	85°F 79°F	83°F 77°F	83°F 77°F	86°F 79°F	88°F 81°F	86°F 81°F
Chance of rain	75%	73%	67%	65%	55%	38%	37%	18%	25%	34%	69%	78%
Sea temperature	85°F	85°F	85°F	85°F	85°F	83°F	81°F	81°F	81°F	83°F	85°F	86°F

Average temperatures

Chance of rain

Sea temperature

	jan.	feb.	mar.	apr.	may	jun.	jul.	aug.	sep.	oct.	nov.	dec.
Average temperatures	88°F 83°F	88°F 83°F	88°F 83°F	90°F 83°F	90°F 83°F	88°F 81°F	86°F 79°F	85°F 79°F	86°F 81°F	88°F 83°F	90°F 83°F	88°F 83°F
Chance of rain	90%	87%	86%	78%	58%	34%	27%	16%	24%	44%	82%	89%
Sea temperature	86°F	85°F	86°F	86°F	85°F	83°F	81°F	81°F	81°F	85°F	86°F	86°F

Average temperatures

Chance of rain

Sea temperature

	jan.	feb.	mar.	apr.	may	jun.	jul.	aug.	sep.	oct.	nov.	dec.
Average temperatures	88°F 79°F	90°F 79°F	90°F 79°F	92°F 79°F	92°F 79°F	92°F 77°F	92°F 77°F	92°F 77°F	94°F 77°F	95°F 79°F	94°F 81°F	90°F 81°F
Chance of rain	56%	64%	63%	73%	57%	48%	30%	15%	15%	23%	50%	67%

Average temperatures

Chance of rain

	jan.	feb.	mar.	apr.	may	jun.	jul.	aug.	sep.	oct.	nov.	dec.
Average temperatures	90°F 76°F	92°F 77°F	94°F 79°F	95°F 79°F	95°F 79°F	95°F 77°F	95°F 77°F	95°F 77°F	94°F 77°F	94°F 77°F	92°F 77°F	92°F 77°F
Chance of rain	68%	54%	57%	69%	74%	64%	67%	76%	78%	80%	83%	80%
Sea temperature	85°F	86°F	86°F	86°F	88°F	88°F	86°F	86°F	86°F	86°F	86°F	86°F

Average temperatures

Chance of rain

Sea temperature

	jan.	feb.	mar.	apr.	may	jun.	jul.	aug.	sep.	oct.	nov.	dec.
Average temperatures	88°F 85°F	88°F 85°F	88°F 85°F	90°F 85°F	88°F 85°F	86°F 83°F	86°F 81°F	85°F 81°F	86°F 83°F	88°F 85°F	90°F 86°F	90°F 86°F
Chance of rain	84%	75%	77%	58%	36%	20%	13%	6%	15%	23%	51%	82%
Sea temperature	86°F	85°F	86°F	86°F	85°F	83°F	83°F	83°F	83°F	85°F	86°F	88°F

Average temperatures

Chance of rain

Sea temperature

	jan.	feb.	mar.	apr.	may	jun.	jul.	aug.	sep.	oct.	nov.	dec.
Average temperatures	86°F 76°F	86°F 76°F	86°F 76°F	86°F 76°F	88°F 76°F	88°F 76°F	88°F 74°F	86°F 74°F	88°F 74°F	88°F 74°F	88°F 76°F	88°F 76°F
Chance of rain	79%	78%	87%	92%	84%	77%	77%	77%	81%	76%	85%	84%

Average temperatures

Chance of rain

	jan.	feb.	mar.	apr.	may	jun.	jul.	aug.	sep.	oct.	nov.	dec.
Average temperatures	90°F 77°F	90°F 77°F	92°F 77°F	92°F 79°F	94°F 79°F	94°F 79°F	94°F 77°F	92°F 77°F	94°F 79°F	92°F 79°F	90°F 79°F	90°F 79°F
Chance of rain	78%	78%	76%	79%	79%	60%	58%	57%	62%	79%	85%	77%

Average temperatures

Chance of rain

	jan.	feb.	mar.	apr.	may	jun.	jul.	aug.	sep.	oct.	nov.	dec.
Average temperatures	86°F 77°F	86°F 77°F	88°F 77°F	88°F 77°F	88°F 77°F	86°F 76°F	86°F 76°F	86°F 74°F	90°F 76°F	92°F 77°F	90°F 79°F	88°F 77°F
Chance of rain	94%	90%	89%	78%	50%	24%	16%	6%	14%	30%	80%	91%

Average temperatures

Chance of rain

	jan.	feb.	mar.	apr.	may	jun.	jul.	aug.	sep.	oct.	nov.	dec.
Average temperatures	92°F 83°F	92°F 83°F	92°F 83°F	90°F 83°F	90°F 83°F	88°F 81°F	86°F 81°F	85°F 81°F	86°F 81°F	90°F 83°F	92°F 85°F	92°F 85°F
Chance of rain	86%	86%	90%	94%	80%	79%	78%	68%	63%	62%	83%	93%
Sea temperature	86°F	86°F	86°F	86°F	86°F	83°F	83°F	83°F	83°F	85°F	86°F	86°F

Average temperatures

Chance of rain

Sea temperature

	jan.	feb.	mar.	apr.	may	jun.	jul.	aug.	sep.	oct.	nov.	dec.
Average temperatures	86°F 77°F	86°F 77°F	88°F 77°F	88°F 77°F	88°F 77°F	86°F 76°F	86°F 76°F	86°F 74°F	90°F 76°F	92°F 77°F	90°F 79°F	88°F 77°F
Chance of rain	94%	90%	89%	78%	50%	24%	16%	6%	14%	31%	80%	91%
Sea temperature	86°F	85°F	86°F	86°F	86°F	85°F	83°F	83°F	83°F	85°F	86°F	86°F

Average temperatures

Chance of rain

Sea temperature

	jan.	feb.	mar.	apr.	may	jun.	jul.	aug.	sep.	oct.	nov.	dec.
Average temperatures	88°F 83°F	88°F 83°F	90°F 83°F	90°F 83°F	90°F 81°F	88°F 79°F	86°F 77°F	86°F 77°F	88°F 79°F	90°F 83°F	92°F 85°F	90°F 85°F
Chance of rain	77%	65%	67%	41%	24%	6%	8%	2%	5%	12%	32%	68%

Average temperatures

Chance of rain

	jan.	feb.	mar.	apr.	may	jun.	jul.	aug.	sep.	oct.	nov.	dec.
Average temperatures	90°F 85°F	90°F 85°F	90°F 85°F	90°F 85°F	88°F 85°F	86°F 83°F	86°F 81°F	85°F 81°F	86°F 81°F	88°F 85°F	90°F 86°F	90°F 86°F
Chance of rain	73%	60%	55%	38%	23%	7%	7%	2%	7%	9%	22%	55%

Average temperatures

Chance of rain

	jan.	feb.	mar.	apr.	may	jun.	jul.	aug.	sep.	oct.	nov.	dec.
Average temperatures	88°F 81°F	88°F 81°F	90°F 79°F	90°F 81°F	88°F 79°F	86°F 79°F	86°F 77°F	85°F 77°F	88°F 79°F	90°F 81°F	92°F 83°F	90°F 81°F
Chance of rain	89%	84%	84%	54%	36%	15%	13%	5%	14%	24%	63%	90%
Sea temperature	86°F	85°F	86°F	85°F	85°F	83°F	81°F	81°F	81°F	85°F	86°F	88°F

Average temperatures

Chance of rain

Sea temperature

Where to go in Indonesia?

This table allows you to see the maximum temperature for each city and our opinion on the weather month by month (see colour legend below the table).

Cities	jan.	feb.	mar.	apr.	may	jun.	jul.	aug.	sep.	oct.	nov.	dec.
Java (Jakarta)	90°F	90°F	92°F	94°F	94°F	94°F	94°F	92°F	94°F	94°F	92°F	92°F
Bali	86°F	86°F	88°F	88°F	88°F	86°F	85°F	83°F	83°F	86°F	88°F	86°F
Lombok	88°F	88°F	88°F	90°F	90°F	88°F	86°F	85°F	86°F	88°F	90°F	88°F
Sulawesi (Makassar)	88°F	90°F	90°F	92°F	92°F	92°F	92°F	92°F	94°F	95°F	94°F	90°F
Sumatra (Medan)	90°F	92°F	94°F	95°F	95°F	95°F	95°F	95°F	94°F	94°F	92°F	92°F
Flores	88°F	88°F	88°F	90°F	88°F	86°F	86°F	85°F	86°F	88°F	90°F	90°F
Indonesian Papua	86°F	86°F	86°F	86°F	88°F	88°F	88°F	86°F	88°F	88°F	88°F	88°F
Kalimantan (Borneo)	90°F	90°F	92°F	92°F	94°F	94°F	94°F	92°F	94°F	92°F	90°F	90°F
Komodo island	86°F	86°F	88°F	88°F	88°F	86°F	86°F	86°F	90°F	92°F	90°F	88°F
Moluques	92°F	92°F	92°F	90°F	90°F	88°F	86°F	85°F	86°F	90°F	92°F	92°F
Sumbawa	86°F	86°F	88°F	88°F	88°F	86°F	86°F	86°F	90°F	92°F	90°F	88°F
Timor	88°F	88°F	90°F	90°F	90°F	88°F	86°F	86°F	88°F	90°F	92°F	90°F
Rote Island	90°F	90°F	90°F	90°F	88°F	86°F	86°F	85°F	86°F	88°F	90°F	90°F
Sumba (Waingapu)	88°F	88°F	90°F	90°F	88°F	86°F	86°F	85°F	88°F	90°F	92°F	90°F

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Is this weather information for Indonesia reliable?

Climate data for Indonesia has been gathered every day since January 2009. The analysis of these meteorological data for Indonesia allows us to determine the average for each month in Java (Jakarta), Bali, Lombok, Sulawesi (Makassar), Sumatra (Medan), Flores, Indonesian Papua, Kalimantan (Borneo), and 6 other cities.

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Best time to go to Indonesia for a perfect weather and where to go?

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