Weekly note

Indonesia in August

9 of the 10 destinations in Indonesia are in season in August: 5 a sweet spot, 1 good, 3 ok.

August is a sweet spot at 5 of these 10 places: Bali, Bandung, Labuan Bajo, Ubud and Yogyakarta. Best avoided at 1 of them.

Ranked for August

#PlaceVerdict High Rain Why
1 Bali sweet spot 28° 3d 28C max, 3 rainy days
2 Bandung sweet spotbusy 30° 3d busier than usual
3 Labuan Bajo sweet spotbusy 29° 1d busier than usual
4 Nusa Lembongan goodbusy 29° 2d busier than usual
5 Ubud sweet spotbusy 27° 10d busier than usual
6 Yogyakarta sweet spotbusy 31° 2d busier than usual
7 Lake Toba okbusy 26° 14d busier than usual
8 Mount Bromo okbusy 17° cool 14d busier than usual
9 Jakarta okbusy 31° 4d busier than usual

Not this August

Other months for Indonesia

August elsewhere

Every verdict here is the destination's own: ten years of climate readings, the public holidays that crowd it, and what the flight costs. Nothing is said about Indonesia as a whole that was not first measured at each place in it.