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When is the best time to visit Indonesia?

The best time to visit Indonesia is between June and September, the most comfortable stretch of the year on these averages.

Indonesia stays in the warm band all year. The calendar still turns, but winter in the temperate sense does not arrive. Plan around rain and how sticky the air feels, not around a coat. The pin on this page is a country centroid. Seminyak, Ubud and Bali will not feel like the same week, and a city page is the honest place to read the year if you already know where you are going.

Come for a warm-weather trip in any month, then read the rain essays before you assume every week is the same. The monthly table owns the averages. This layer is the geography those averages flatten for Indonesia.

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Dry season

The drier stretch in Indonesia is when outdoor days are the default. February, July, August and September sit on that side of the year. Heat is still the point. Rain is not gone, it is no longer in charge.

A country pin hides local storms. Read a city page if you already know the neighbourhood. Pack for sun and for one wet afternoon you did not plan, not for a temperate spring jacket.

Read Indonesia in this stretch as its own climate, not as a generic holiday season copied from another destination.

Wet season

The wetter stretch in Indonesia is still warm. January, March, April and May sit on that side of the year. Days can be heavy. Showers arrive, dump, and often leave the air stickier than before.

This is a slower trip, not a cancelled one. Build indoor hours into the afternoon. Do not treat Indonesia as closed. Treat it as a place where the sky does more of the talking than it does in the dry months.

Read Indonesia in this stretch as its own climate, not as a generic holiday season copied from another destination.

Indonesia weather by month

TemperatureRainfall

Source: MeteostatPeriod: 1991-2020Checked: 2 Sept 2026358 places covered

Average temperature and rainfall, month by month

Every figure below is a 1991–2020 climate normal for Indonesia, in °C and °F. Open a month for what to expect and what to pack.

Indonesia weather by month: average temperature, rainfall, sunshine for each month, from 1991–2020 climate normals
MonthAverageRainfall
January28°C / 82°F238 mm
February28°C / 82°F118 mm
March28°C / 83°F97 mm
April28°C / 83°F133 mm
May28°C / 83°F123 mm
June28°C / 82°F103 mm
July28°C / 82°F70 mm
August28°C / 82°F46 mm
September28°C / 83°F60 mm
October29°C / 84°F133 mm
November29°C / 83°F154 mm
December28°C / 83°F212 mm

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FAQs about Indonesia weather

Climate averages for Indonesia, 1991–2020.

The best time to visit Indonesia is between June and September, the most comfortable stretch of the year on these averages.

October is the hottest month, with an average around 29°C.

January is the wettest month, with about 238 mm of rain.

Indonesia has a distinct rainy season from November to January, peaking in January at about 238 mm. The dry season runs from February to October.

July is the coolest month, averaging 28°C (82°F) against 29°C (84°F) in October.

This page does not show today's weather. It is a 1991–2020 climate normal from Meteostat — a long-run average of what each month is usually like, which is what you want when booking ahead. For today or the coming week, check a live forecast.

No. These are 1991–2020 climate normals from Meteostat, not a live forecast. Actual weather in any given week can differ.