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Indonesia, month by month

Where in Indonesia is at its best each month, and where to skip. Each verdict comes from the place's stated best season and the closures, weather warnings and festivals Tourisma has for it: in the middle of the season is a great month, its first or last month a good one; a weather warning (monsoon seas, smoke) moves a month down, a closure (a park shut, the boats stopped) moves it down to mixed at most, and a shut place is better avoided.

Indonesia in January

Plan January

At their best

Mixed: Amed, Bukit Lawang, Canggu, Ijen (Banyuwangi), Jakarta, Jimbaran, Kintamani, Kuta, Kuta Lombok, Labuan Bajo, Lake Toba (Samosir), Lovina, Medan, Mount Bromo, Munduk, Nusa Dua, Pemuteran (Menjangan Island), Sanur, Seminyak, Sidemen, Tana Toraja (Rantepao), Ubud, Uluwatu, Yogyakarta.

Better avoided

Can fall this month

  • Galungan and Kuningan (dates shift yearly)
  • Christmas and New Year peak

Indonesia in February

Plan February

At their best

Mixed: Amed, Bukit Lawang, Canggu, Ijen (Banyuwangi), Jakarta, Jimbaran, Kintamani, Kuta, Kuta Lombok, Labuan Bajo, Lake Toba (Samosir), Lovina, Medan, Mount Bromo, Munduk, Nusa Dua, Pemuteran (Menjangan Island), Sanur, Seminyak, Sidemen, Tana Toraja (Rantepao), Ubud, Uluwatu, Yogyakarta.

Better avoided

Can fall this month

  • Idul Fitri (Lebaran) homecoming (dates shift yearly)

Indonesia in March

Plan March

At their best

Mixed: Amed, Bukit Lawang, Canggu, Gili Air, Gili Meno, Gili Trawangan, Ijen (Banyuwangi), Jakarta, Jimbaran, Kintamani, Kuta, Kuta Lombok, Labuan Bajo, Lake Toba (Samosir), Lovina, Medan, Mount Bromo, Munduk, Nusa Dua, Nusa Lembongan, Nusa Penida, Pemuteran (Menjangan Island), Sanur, Seminyak, Sidemen, Tana Toraja (Rantepao), Ubud, Uluwatu, Yogyakarta.

Better avoided

Can fall this month

  • Nyepi (Balinese Day of Silence) and the ogoh-ogoh parades (dates shift yearly)
  • Idul Fitri (Lebaran) homecoming (dates shift yearly)

Indonesia in April

Plan April

At their best

No place is in the middle of its season this month.

Good, at the edge of the season

Mixed: Bukit Lawang, Jakarta, Lake Toba (Samosir), Medan, Tana Toraja (Rantepao).

Can fall this month

  • Nyepi (Balinese Day of Silence) and the ogoh-ogoh parades (dates shift yearly)
  • Idul Fitri (Lebaran) homecoming (dates shift yearly)

Indonesia in May

Plan May

At their best

Good, at the edge of the season

Mixed: Raja Ampat, Tana Toraja (Rantepao).

Can fall this month

  • Waisak at Borobudur (dates shift yearly)

Indonesia in June

Plan June

At their best

Good, at the edge of the season

Better avoided

  • Raja Ampat · Raja Ampat Windy Season: Rough Crossings

Can fall this month

  • Galungan and Kuningan (dates shift yearly)
  • Bali Arts Festival (Pesta Kesenian Bali)
  • Waisak at Borobudur (dates shift yearly)

Indonesia in July

Plan July

At their best

Better avoided

  • Raja Ampat · Raja Ampat Windy Season: Rough Crossings

Can fall this month

  • Bali Arts Festival (Pesta Kesenian Bali)
  • Toraja funeral season (rambu solo')

Indonesia in August

Plan August

At their best

Better avoided

  • Raja Ampat · Raja Ampat Windy Season: Rough Crossings

Can fall this month

  • Galungan and Kuningan (dates shift yearly)
  • Toraja funeral season (rambu solo')

Indonesia in September

Plan September

At their best

Good, at the edge of the season

Better avoided

  • Raja Ampat · Raja Ampat Windy Season: Rough Crossings

Can fall this month

  • Toraja funeral season (rambu solo')

Indonesia in October

Plan October

At their best

Good, at the edge of the season

Mixed: Bukit Lawang, Jakarta, Lake Toba (Samosir), Medan, Tana Toraja (Rantepao).

Indonesia in November

Plan November

At their best

Good, at the edge of the season

Mixed: Amed, Bukit Lawang, Canggu, Gili Air, Gili Meno, Gili Trawangan, Ijen (Banyuwangi), Jakarta, Jimbaran, Kintamani, Kuta, Kuta Lombok, Lake Toba (Samosir), Lovina, Medan, Mount Bromo, Munduk, Nusa Dua, Nusa Lembongan, Nusa Penida, Pemuteran (Menjangan Island), Sanur, Seminyak, Sidemen, Tana Toraja (Rantepao), Ubud, Uluwatu, Yogyakarta.

Indonesia in December

Plan December

At their best

Good, at the edge of the season

Mixed: Amed, Bukit Lawang, Canggu, Ijen (Banyuwangi), Jakarta, Jimbaran, Kintamani, Kuta, Kuta Lombok, Lake Toba (Samosir), Lovina, Medan, Mount Bromo, Munduk, Nusa Dua, Pemuteran (Menjangan Island), Sanur, Seminyak, Senaru (Mount Rinjani), Sidemen, Tana Toraja (Rantepao), Ubud, Uluwatu, Yogyakarta.

Better avoided

Can fall this month

  • Christmas and New Year peak
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