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When to go to Bali

Where to go by month

Best time to visit Bali from India: May to September. No month is rated "avoid".

Bali: best, okay and avoid months by region
RegionJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
India peakXmas–NYSchool holsSchool holsDiwali 8 NovXmas–NY
Bali Okay Okay Okay Okay Best Best Best Best Best Okay Okay Okay

Best most reliable weather · Okay visitable, with trade-offs · Avoid monsoon, storms, heat or disruption (often cheaper). The split between best and okay is editorial guidance based on the met-service and tourism-board sources below.

Region by region

  • BaliBest: May-Sep. Okay: Apr, Oct; Nov-Mar wet (Jan-Feb wettest, ~370 mm in our data). Avoid: None.Bali Provincial Govt: dry season generally Apr-Oct, rainy season Oct-Apr, with Oct and Apr as transition months.

Nyepi (Day of Silence) 8 Mar 2027: Bali's airport is expected to close for 24 hours, as in past years; check before booking.

Peak periods

  • Diwali 8 NovDiwali (8 Nov 2026)Short-haul international fares spike; Dubai and Singapore routes 'commanding premium fares' and outbound sales to Dubai, Bali, Bangkok, Singapore, Vietnam up 30-40% vs Diwali 2024 (Moneycontrol, Oct 2025, quoting OTAs)
  • School holsIndian school holidays (mid-May to June)Family travel peak from India. Clashes with SW monsoon in Sri Lanka west coast, Maldives, Andaman coast of Thailand, Nepal, Bhutan; and with heat in UAE. Good fit for Bali, east-coast Sri Lanka, Singapore, Vietnam's central coast.
  • Xmas–NYChristmas–New Year(Editorial estimate) Global peak; overlaps Dubai Shopping Festival and Japan's New Year closures.
  • BaliIndian May-June school holidays fall in Bali's dry season.

Before you book

Monthly temperatures and rain

Bali (Denpasar)Average highs 26–28 °C, lows 24–25 °C; rain 50–375 mm a month.
Bali (Denpasar) monthly climate chart. Average highs 26–28 °C, lows 24–25 °C; rain 50–375 mm a month.20°25°30°35°0200400JFMAMJJASONDmm

High °CLow °CRain mm

Monthly figures for Bali (Denpasar)
Bali (Denpasar) monthly averages
MonthHigh °CLow °CRain mm
January27.724.8369
February27.724.7375
March2824.9317
April28.125.1181
May27.825.2115
June27.124.680
July26.32472
August26.323.650
September26.923.890
October27.524.2146
November27.824.6351
December27.724.8345

Temperatures: Open-Meteo ERA5 reanalysis, 2016–2025 averages. Rain: Open-Meteo ERA5 reanalysis, 2016–2025 averages.

Weather data by Open-Meteo.com, licensed CC BY 4.0. Climate averages are 2016–2025 ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service, ECMWF), processed by India Outbound Travel News. These are not official WMO normals; where a met service publishes station figures, the charts use them instead, as labelled.

Season sources: Iklim Tropis Laut di Bali (Bali Provincial Government, TaRu Bali) · BMKG Almanak 2027 / Kalender Bali: Nyepi (Saka 1949) on 8 March 2027

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