Wetter in Denpasar (Bali) im August

Bali's forum settles this every year: August is dry season and genuinely one of the better months, hot but not the most humid, with the caveat that it's also peak season — Kuta and Seminyak both get loud and busy after dark.

Regulars are specific this falls within the dry season here, May through September, mornings typically clear or briefly overcast until around 8:30 before turning sunny with light sea breezes along the coast, any downpour usually arriving mid-afternoon and clearing again by evening. Our row backs that hot, genuinely wet read, 30.7C reading as a scorching 37C, over 25.2C nights feeling 30C, with a substantial 114.6mm of rain across 18.3 days and humidity at 86 percent. Regulars are consistent this counts among the best months to visit by local consensus, mostly sunny days the norm even with a quick afternoon shower a real, near-daily possibility. The sea sits at a bath-warm 29C. The record: 10.6 hours of sun, a 12.8 kph wind and AQI 48.

Bali-forum threads on January weather are consistent that it's peak wet season island-wide, with outcomes swinging from an unbroken run of rainy days to the more typical pattern of on-and-off showers with real sunny stretches between. Regulars are specific that rain here doesn't run cold - a downpour arrives, the sun comes back out shortly after, and the heat never really lets up regardless. Microclimates matter for where to base a stay: the north runs drier than central and southern Bali, and the driest pocket in January is the east coast around Amed. One recurring downside of the wet season - ocean currents wash rubbish onto surf beaches like Kuta, Legian, Seminyak and Canggu, worth checking before planning beach time in the south. The record: a sticky 31C by day feeling like 38C, 25C nights, a notably high 366mm across 28.5 days, 87 percent humidity, a 28.8C sea and 9 hours of sun - the wettest entry on the island's whole calendar.

Bali-forum threads on September call it a genuinely good month - lower-rain by local standards, hot and sunny through the day, with any showers usually holding off until evening rather than interrupting daytime plans. Posters are quick to add the island runs on microclimates: it can be pouring in one spot and cloudless a mile down the road, inland areas running wetter than the coast as a rule. The record complicates the low-rain read more than the forum chat suggests, though: 30.1C days feeling like a sticky 35C, 23.9C nights, 90mm across a notably high 15.5 days, 87 percent humidity, 11.1 hours of sun and a 26.6C sea - genuinely September-in-the-tropics wet, just concentrated enough in short bursts that it rarely ruins a day out.

June is one of the months Bali regulars recommend without argument: the dry season, clear skies, lower humidity, days around 27 to 30C, fewer visitors than the peak and calm enough seas that the fast boats rarely get cancelled. The qualification they attach matters more here than almost anywhere. Bali is a stack of microclimates - it can pour in one place and be clear a few hundred metres away, Ubud and the centre are much wetter than the coast, and the east is the driest side. Their own line is that it rains somewhere on Bali 365 days a year, and that the rain is usually short. Our row for Denpasar says 80.4mm across 16.6 days, which is that pattern rather than a wet month. The record: 29.8C days that feel like 35C, 24.5C nights, humidity 85 percent and a 28.2C sea.