Gili Islands in October
sweet spot · one of the best months to go · the warmest month of the year, the sunniest month of the year
The year in Gili Islands
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- JanJGili Islands in January: avoid
- FebFGili Islands in February: avoid
- MarMGili Islands in March: avoid
- AprAGili Islands in April: ok
- MayMGili Islands in May: good
- JunJGili Islands in June: ok, busy
- JulJGili Islands in July: good, busy
- AugAGili Islands in August: good, busy
- SepSGili Islands in September: sweet spot
- OctOGili Islands in October: sweet spot
- NovNGili Islands in November: ok
- DecDGili Islands in December: avoid
- Sweet spot
- Good
- OK
- Avoid
- Busy
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The numbers
| Daily high | 31°C |
|---|---|
| Nightly low | 24°C |
| Feels like, afternoon | 37°C |
| Rainy days, 1 mm or more | 4 · 83 mm |
| Humidity | 77% |
| Sunshine | 11.7 h/day |
| Daylight | 12.3 h/day |
| Beach and sea | 27 of 31 days dry and 23–35 °C; sea 29 °C, warm good |
| Crowds | 100 / 100, higher is quieter |
Ten-year averages for this calendar month. A rainy day is one with at least 1 mm of rain, as a weather station counts it. The model these figures come from drizzles more than a rain gauge, the more so the warmer the month, so its days count from 2 mm, rising to 5 mm in the hottest.
Weather read at Gili Trawangan: ten years of ERA5 and ERA5-Land reanalysis, through Open-Meteo's open data.
How busy it gets
Gili Islands in pictures
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Vyacheslav Argenberg, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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Vyacheslav Argenberg, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
What to pack
- Summer clothes by day, highs around 31°C.
- Sun protection: about 12 hours of sunshine a day.
- Humidity averages 77%; breathable fabrics dry faster.
Each line is a threshold over the ten-year figures above, not advice from anywhere else.
Before you go
Type C and F plugs at 127 / 230 V. Drives on the left. The currency is the Rupiah. No UK Foreign Office advice against travel. Global Affairs Canada: Exercise a high degree of caution (with regional advisories). US State Department: Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution. Everything for Indonesia: cost of living, languages, emergency numbers and health.
On arrival in Gili Islands: the apps, paying, getting around, tipping and the emergency numbers.
October elsewhere
- Everywhere in October
- Islands in October
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In October from
The other months at Gili Islands
- January avoid
- February avoid
- March avoid
- April ok
- May good
- June ok
- July good
- August good
- September sweet spot
- October
- November ok
- December avoid
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