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Photo by Jakub Hałun, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
Best time to visit Mount Bromo
Indonesia · Southeast Asia
All twelve months scored on daily temperature, rainfall, humidity and holiday crowding.
The year in Mount Bromo
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- JanJMount Bromo in January: avoid
- FebFMount Bromo in February: avoid
- MarMMount Bromo in March: avoid
- AprAMount Bromo in April: avoid
- MayMMount Bromo in May: avoid
- JunJMount Bromo in June: ok
- JulJMount Bromo in July: ok, busy
- AugAMount Bromo in August: ok, busy
- SepSMount Bromo in September: sweet spot
- OctOMount Bromo in October: avoid
- NovNMount Bromo in November: avoid
- DecDMount Bromo in December: avoid
- Sweet spot
- Good
- OK
- Avoid
- Busy
No dry season: more than 6 rainy days in every month.
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Things to do in Mount Bromo
- Mount Semeru Volcano in East Java, Indonesia
- Arjuno-Welirang Strato volcano in East Java, Indonesia
- Tumpak Sewu Waterfall Tumpak Sewu Waterfall or also called Coban Sewu is a waterfall with a height of about 120 meters.
- Mount Batok Volcano in East Java, Indonesia
- Mount Kawi Mountain in Indonesia
- Mount Penanggungan Mountain in East Java, Indonesia
- Singhasari temple Monolithic site in Indonesia
Tours and tickets in Mount Bromo
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Sights and their lines from Wikivoyage (Bromo-Tengger-Semeru National Park), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0, and Wikidata; in order of how often each one's Wikipedia article was read on phones in the last 12 months.
Month by month
No fare history for this route yet, so this ranking is climate and crowds only — the price column will fill in as the scanner collects.
| Month | Max °C | Rain days | Humidity | Sun h/day | Verdict | Why |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 17° | 29d | 94% | 5.4h | avoid | monsoon: 29 rainy days, 441mm |
| Feb | 17° | 27d | 94% | 5.5h | avoid | monsoon: 27 rainy days, 429mm |
| Mar | 18° | 27d | 93% | 6.7h | avoid | monsoon: 27 rainy days, 423mm |
| Apr | 18° | 24d | 93% | 7.8h | avoid | monsoon: 24 rainy days, 324mm |
| May | 17° | 22d | 93% | 8.5h | avoid | monsoon: 22 rainy days, 241mm |
| Jun | 17° | 18d | 91% | 9.0h | ok | 17C max, 18 rainy days |
| Jul | 17° | 13d | 88% | 9.2h | okbusy | busier than usual |
| Aug | 17° | 14d | 87% | 9.7h | okbusy | busier than usual |
| Sep | 18° | 13d | 84% | 10.2h | sweet spot | 18C max, 13 rainy days |
| Oct | 18° | 20d | 86% | 9.7h | avoid | monsoon: 20 rainy days, 252mm |
| Nov | 17° | 26d | 93% | 7.2h | avoid | monsoon: 26 rainy days, 416mm |
| Dec | 17° | 29d | 94% | 6.0h | avoid | monsoon: 29 rainy days, 523mm |
Rain days are the days with at least 1 mm of rain, as a weather station counts them.
Weather read at Cemoro Lawang, on the crater rim, 28 km from the airport (MLG): ten years of ERA5 and ERA5-Land reanalysis, through Open-Meteo's open data.
A busy month is a crowded one, not a bad one — usually it is crowded because the weather is good. It is flagged rather than scored down, and crowds alone never make a month “avoid”: that is reserved for weather worth skipping.
How busy it gets
Then and now
No month in Mount Bromo is clearly warmer than in 1981–1990: the differences are inside the ordinary spread between one year and the next.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981–90 | 18.7° | 18.9° | 19.1° | 19.2° | 19.4° | 19.1° | 19.0° | 19.4° | 20.0° | 20.7° | 20.2° | 19.2° |
| 2017–26 | 17.2° | 17.2° | 17.5° | 17.6° | 17.4° | 17.0° | 16.7° | 17.1° | 17.7° | 17.9° | 17.4° | 17.4° |
| Change | -1.6° | -1.7° | -1.5° | -1.7° | -2.0° | -2.1° | -2.3° | -2.4° | -2.3° | -2.8° | -2.7° | -1.8° |
The average daily high, month by month, for the nearest ERA5 grid cell. Bold is a clear change; grey is within the ordinary spread between years. Every destination, ranked.
Getting there
Fly into Surabaya (SUB), then drive. The flights under Where to book are to Surabaya.
| Surabaya (SUB) | the drive is not measured yet |
|---|---|
| Malang (MLG) | the drive is not measured yet |
The drive from each airport is the road's, from openrouteservice.org by HeiGIT: typical, not a schedule.
How far Mount Bromo is, and what it costs, depends on where you set off from — the months above do not.
- from Jakarta
- from Singapore
- from Kuala Lumpur
- from Ho Chi Minh City
- from Manila
- from Perth
- from Bangkok
- from Hong Kong
Open in Rome2rio for every way from to Mount Bromo, flying or not.
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.
Being there
On arrival
- Paying — Cards work in hotels, malls and larger restaurants; carry cash for warungs, markets and small shops. QRIS codes are common, and bank apps from some Asian countries can scan them.
- UPI, for visitors from India — Not accepted for paying here; bring a card that works abroad.
- Tipping — Not expected, though often hoped for in Bali and other tourist areas; if you tip, hand it over quietly.
Getting around Mount Bromo
- Apps — Rides: Bluebird, Gojek, Grab. Maps: Google Maps. Messages: WhatsApp. In parts of Bali, such as Canggu, Jimbaran and Uluwatu, local taxi drivers bar app pick-ups; walk a short way off before booking.
From the village of Cemoro Lawang, you can easily hike up Mount Bromo and Mount Penanjakan and the best time to do this is pre-dawn. More on Wikivoyage
From the Wikivoyage article on Bromo-Tengger-Semeru National Park, written by travellers and licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Help
- Emergency — police 110 · ambulance 118 or 119 · fire 113. From a mobile, 112 is the general emergency number.
TravelCharika is not an emergency service: we cannot call for help or send anyone. Numbers can change; if one fails, ask someone local or your hotel.
Your embassy — : how to reach your embassy or consulate abroad. A guess from your city, : a city is not a passport.
Put together by hand from the sources listed, checked 3 October 2026. Apps, cards and rules change, so check before you rely on one.
Sources (14)
- gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/indonesia/getting-help
- indonesia.travel/gb/en/general-information/staying-safe-in-indonesia
- en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Indonesia
- en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Jakarta
- en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Bali
- gojek.com/en-id
- grab.com/id/en
- bankmandiri.co.id/en/emv-transit
- periskop.id/kota/20260729/naik-mrt-jakarta-kini-bisa-tap-kartu-kredit-visa-dan-mastercard
- en.antaranews.com/amp/news/433019/bi-expands-cross-border-qris-to-boost-foreign-tourists-spending
- infobip.com/blog/most-popular-messaging-apps-by-country
- developers.google.com/maps/coverage
- pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2286608
- rbidocs.rbi.org.in/rdocs/AnnualReport/PDFs/09PAYMENT290526C6588B796E664822A2BD0DEB6452CAD4.PDF
Mount Bromo in pictures
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Jakub Hałun, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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Jakub Hałun, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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CEphoto, Uwe Aranas, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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CEphoto, Uwe Aranas, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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Thomas Fuhrmann, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
What Mount Bromo is like
Bromo-Tengger-Semeru National Park (Taman Nasional Bromo Tengger Semeru) is a national park in East Java. It is home to five volcanoes and a sand sea in the caldera of the ancient Tengger volcano, has a rugged, other-worldly landscape, and offers lots of hiking opportunities. More on Wikivoyage
- Worth seeing
- The much photographed view of steaming Mount Bromo surrounded by the Sea of Sand, its rather serene neighbour Mount Batok and mighty Mount Semeru as the southern backdrop, is one of the great images of Indonesia. More on Wikivoyage
- Worth doing
- When timing any activities in the area, bear in mind that sunset is soon after 17:00 and sunrise is correspondingly early at around 05:30. More on Wikivoyage
- Getting in
- Mount Bromo is perhaps the most accessible of Java's active volcanoes and for that reason it gets a lot of domestic tourists, often in package groups. More on Wikivoyage
- Staying safe
- Bromo is an active volcano, and Semeru is a very active volcano. Mount Semeru started erupting on December 2021 and, exactly a year later, erupted again on December 2022, with casualties and damage to villages. More on Wikivoyage
- Staying healthy
- Temperatures on Mount Bromo are refreshingly cool during the day (although sunburn is still a real danger), but very cold at night, as temperatures can drop to zero in the summer and are rarely much above 5°C in winter. More on Wikivoyage
From the Wikivoyage article on Bromo-Tengger-Semeru National Park, written by travellers and licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the full article has far more. The numbers above are measured; this is experience.
Around Mount Bromo
Also in Indonesia
- Bali best Jun, Aug, Sep
- Bandung best Jun, Jul, Aug
- Jakarta best Jul, Aug, Sep
- Labuan Bajo best May, Jun, Aug
- Lake Toba best Jun, Jul, Aug
- Nusa Lembongan best May, Sep, Oct
- Raja Ampat best Feb
- Ubud best Jun, Jul, Aug
- Yogyakarta best Jul, Aug, Sep
Nearby
- Kuching Malaysia · 1,093 km
- Singapore Singapore · 1,438 km
- Malacca Malaysia · 1,636 km
- Kuala Lumpur Malaysia · 1,754 km
Kind of place
Mount Bromo is in Indonesia, Southeast Asia. Distances are great-circle, so a short one can still be a long way round.
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