Riding weather · Indonesia
Bali highlands motorcycle weather by month
On our rules, the best months to ride in the Bali highlands area are June to September.
The driest months are July to September; the wettest is February, with about 574 mm of rain over 28 rain days.
Days are warmest in October (average high 25 °C) and nights coldest in August (average low 16 °C).
Month by month
Kintamani, Batur and Bedugul, at 1,200 to 1,500 m.
- JanPoor23°/18°540 mm
- FebPoor23°/18°574 mm
- MarPoor23°/18°497 mm
- AprPoor23°/18°321 mm
- MayMixed24°/18°126 mm
- JunGood23°/17°91 mm
- JulGood23°/17°61 mm
- AugGood24°/16°37 mm
- SeptGood25°/17°61 mm
- OctMixed25°/18°150 mm
- NovPoor25°/18°377 mm
- DecPoor24°/18°528 mm
Average high/low in °C and monthly rain. How we rate months
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| Month | Riding | High | Low | Rain | Rain days | Why |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | Poor | 23 °C 73 °F | 18 °C 64 °F | 540 mm | 29 | very wet |
| February | Poor | 23 °C 73 °F | 18 °C 64 °F | 574 mm | 28 | very wet |
| March | Poor | 23 °C 74 °F | 18 °C 64 °F | 497 mm | 30 | very wet |
| April | Poor | 23 °C 74 °F | 18 °C 65 °F | 321 mm | 24 | very wet |
| May | Mixed | 24 °C 74 °F | 18 °C 64 °F | 126 mm | 17 | wet |
| June | Good | 23 °C 74 °F | 17 °C 63 °F | 91 mm | 15 | |
| July | Good | 23 °C 73 °F | 17 °C 62 °F | 61 mm | 12 | |
| August | Good | 24 °C 74 °F | 16 °C 62 °F | 37 mm | 9 | |
| September | Good | 25 °C 76 °F | 17 °C 62 °F | 61 mm | 10 | |
| October | Mixed | 25 °C 78 °F | 18 °C 64 °F | 150 mm | 12 | wet |
| November | Poor | 25 °C 76 °F | 18 °C 65 °F | 377 mm | 24 | very wet |
| December | Poor | 24 °C 74 °F | 18 °C 65 °F | 528 mm | 28 | very wet |
Rain days: days with at least 1 mm. Averages of daily values, 2015 to 2024, for Kintamani and Bedugul, corrected to riding elevation. Reanalysis smooths mountains and local showers, so read these as a regional picture rather than a forecast.
Climate data: Open-Meteo / ERA5, 2015 to 2024 (CC BY 4.0).
Planning guides
Free ride routes here
- Canggu to Jatiluwih and BedugulOut of the beach traffic and up through Tabanan to the UNESCO-listed rice terraces of Jatiluwih, on to the cool highland lake at Bedugul and its temple on the water, then home down the main north–south road past the royal temple of Taman Ayun. Tarmac all the way.
- Ubud to Kintamani and Mount BaturBali's classic ride from Ubud: past the Tegallalang rice terraces and up to the rim of the Batur caldera, then home by a different road past the holy springs of Tirta Empul and the Elephant Cave. Tarmac all the way.
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