Weekly note

Indonesia in July

9 of the 10 destinations in Indonesia are in season in July: 6 a sweet spot, 2 good, 1 ok.

July is a sweet spot at 6 of these 10 places: Bandung, Lake Toba, Labuan Bajo, Ubud, Yogyakarta and Jakarta. Best avoided at 1 of them.

Ranked for July

#PlaceVerdict High Rain Why
1 Bali good 28° 2d 28C max, 2 rainy days
2 Bandung sweet spot 28° 3d 28C max, 3 rainy days
3 Lake Toba sweet spot 27° 7d 27C max, 7 rainy days
4 Labuan Bajo sweet spotbusy 30° 2d busier than usual
5 Nusa Lembongan goodbusy 29° 1d busier than usual
6 Ubud sweet spot 27° 13d 27C max, 13 rainy days
7 Yogyakarta sweet spotbusy 31° 2d busier than usual
8 Jakarta sweet spot 31° 4d 31C max, 4 rainy days
9 Mount Bromo okbusy 17° cool 13d busier than usual

Not this July

Other months for Indonesia

July 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.