The best time to visit Bali is between May and October, the most comfortable stretch of the year on these averages.
Bali is a warm-year climate with a drier stretch and a wetter one, not four seasons in the European sense. The hot months are the outdoor months until the rain takes over. Bali is a city in Indonesia. This page is about Bali, not a country average.
Most visitors come in the drier stretch and treat the wet months as a different trip: slower days, heavier skies, still warm. The monthly table on this page still owns the averages. This layer is how Bali actually feels.
Part of Indonesia weather.
The drier stretch in Bali is when outdoor days are the default. May, June, July and August sit on that side of the year. Heat is still the point. Rain is not gone, it is no longer in charge.
Bali in Indonesia in these weeks is a warm-weather trip: early starts, shade at midday, evenings outside. It is not a European spring with a light jumper.
Read Bali in this stretch as its own climate, not as a generic holiday season copied from another destination.
The wetter stretch in Bali is still warm. January, February, March and April 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 Bali as closed. Treat it as a place where the sky does more of the talking than it does in the dry months.
Read Bali in this stretch as its own climate, not as a generic holiday season copied from another destination.
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Dates are a starting point for May.
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Climate averages for Bali, 1991–2020.
The best time to visit Bali is between May and October, the most comfortable stretch of the year on these averages.
November is the hottest month, with an average around 28°C.
January is the wettest month, with about 396 mm of rain.
No. These are 1991–2020 climate normals from Meteostat, not a live forecast. Actual weather in any given week can differ.
