Best time to visit Indonesia
Every guide's best months, checked against its own thirty-year rainfall: a filled month is recommended, a hatched one has over 250 mm of rain. Most of Indonesia agrees on Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct.
| Place | J | F | M | A | M | J | J | A | S | O | N | D | In words |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BaliApril to October (dry season) | April to October (dry season) | ||||||||||||
| YogyakartaMay to September (the wet season runs November to March) | May to September (the wet season runs November to March) | ||||||||||||
| LombokMay to September — Rinjani closes for the wet season | May to September — Rinjani closes for the wet season | ||||||||||||
| Komodo & FloresApril to June, and September to November — the wet season shuts the boats and the dry end burns the hills brown | April to June, and September to November — the wet season shuts the boats and the dry end burns the hills brown | ||||||||||||
| Raja AmpatOctober to April for the calmest water — the windy months make the crossings rough and some homestays shut | October to April for the calmest water — the windy months make the crossings rough and some homestays shut |
best month · over 250 mm · the letters are the months, January to December.
The guides in Indonesia
BaliIndonesiaRice terraces, temples, and surf breaks
YogyakartaIndonesiaA sultan still on his throne, the largest Buddhist temple on earth, and a live volcano behind the town
LombokIndonesiaBali’s quieter neighbour, with a 3,700-metre volcano, empty south-coast bays and the Gilis offshore
Komodo & FloresIndonesiaDragons on one island, pink sand on another, and some of the best diving in the world between them
Raja AmpatIndonesiaThe richest reef on earth, in an archipelago of limestone islands almost nobody reaches