According to Lifeguin’s travel calendar, the best time to visit Indonesia is May to September. Plan 10–14 days.
Best months for Indonesia
- Best months
- May to September
- How long to stay
- 10–14 days
- Continent
- Asia
What Indonesia is best for
Ancient temples like Borobudur, active volcanic peaks like Bromo, rich diving reefs, and Komodo dragons.
- Prices
- € · cheaper than in Slovakia
Weather in Indonesia by month
Monthly averages around Jakarta; the mountains and other regions can differ a lot.
| Month | Average temperature | Rain |
|---|---|---|
| January | about 27 °C | a lot of rain (342 mm) |
| February | about 27 °C | a lot of rain (411 mm) |
| March | about 27 °C | a lot of rain (240 mm) |
| April | about 28 °C | a lot of rain (198 mm) |
| May best | about 28 °C | a lot of rain (138 mm) |
| June best | about 27 °C | some rain (96 mm) |
| July best | about 27 °C | some rain (87 mm) |
| August best | about 27 °C | some rain (48 mm) |
| September best | about 28 °C | some rain (66 mm) |
| October | about 28 °C | a lot of rain (129 mm) |
| November | about 28 °C | a lot of rain (198 mm) |
| December | about 27 °C | a lot of rain (237 mm) |
Sources: what a place is best for — our own travel guides and, for places we have not written about yet, research done with the help of AI (Google Gemini); weather — NASA POWER climate averages; prices — World Bank price levels (CC BY 4.0).
Good to know about Indonesia
- Capital
- Jakarta
- Language
- Indonesian
- Currency
- Indonesian Rupiah (IDR)
- Time
- UTC+7 to UTC+9 (several time zones)
- Plugs
- Type C, F · 127 / 230 V
- Driving
- On the left
- Calling code
- +62
Sources: Wikidata, Unicode CLDR and the IANA time zone database.
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