På gång i Denpasar (Bali), Indonesia under året

Lugnt — redaktionens lugna månad, Christmas and New Year peak

• Regel

  Bali tourist levy

  1 jan – 31 dec

  Every foreign visitor pays a one-off provincial levy, ideally online before arrival; there are desks at the airport for those who did not, and a QR receipt is checked at some sites. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Monsoon debris on the west beaches (1 dec – 15 mar (vanligtvis)), Christmas and New Year peak (18 dec – 5 jan)

Lugnt — redaktionens lugna månad, skollov i 2 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

Inget nytt börjar i februari.

Pågår fortfarande: Bali tourist levy (1 jan – 31 dec), Monsoon debris on the west beaches (1 dec – 15 mar (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — Lebaran domestic peak, Lebaran (Idul Fitri) break i Indonesia

• Stängt

  Nyepi, the day of silence

  19–20 mar

  The island stops for 24 hours from 6am: the airport closes, nobody may go outside, and lights stay low — hotel guests included. The ogoh-ogoh demon parades the evening before are the part you can watch. Källa ↗

• Helg

  Lebaran domestic peak

  20–24 marRamadan & eidTrångt

  Eid empties Java onto Bali for a week. Domestic flights and the south-coast beaches fill, hotel rates rise, and the traffic in and out of Denpasar is at its worst outside the July peak. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Bali tourist levy (1 jan – 31 dec), Monsoon debris on the west beaches (1 dec – 15 mar (vanligtvis))

Mellansäsong — mellan topparna, skollov i 3 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

Inget nytt börjar i april.

Pågår fortfarande: Bali tourist levy (1 jan – 31 dec), Nyepi, the day of silence (19–20 mar), Lebaran domestic peak (20–24 mar)

Mycket folk — mellan topparna, Dry season

• Säsong

  Dry season

  1 maj – 30 sep · vanligtvisTrångt

  The trade wind arrives with lower humidity, reliable surf on the west-facing coast and every visitor at once. May and September are the same weather without the traffic.

• Säsong

  West coast surf season

  1 maj – 30 sep · vanligtvis

  Offshore winds on the Bukit and the west-facing breaks give the most reliable surf of the year. In the wet season it reverses and the east coast takes over.

Pågår fortfarande: Bali tourist levy (1 jan – 31 dec)

Mest folk — redaktionens toppmånad, Dry season

• Festival

  Bali Arts Festival

  13 jun – 11 jul

  A month of gamelan, dance, parades and craft at the Taman Werdhi Budaya in Denpasar, opened by a procession through the city. It is programmed for Balinese audiences and it is free. Källa ↗

• Säsong

  Kite season

  15 jun – 15 sep · vanligtvisTorrsäsong

  The dry-season wind fills the sky south of the city with village-built bebean and janggan kites the size of a car, flown by teams with gamelan players on the ground. Competitions run through July and August.

• Helg

  Australian school holidays

  25 jun – 20 julTrångtBoka tidigt

  The winter break sends the biggest single inbound market here in one block, and it lands on the dry season. Seminyak and Canggu run full; the east and north of the island barely notice. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Bali tourist levy (1 jan – 31 dec), Dry season (1 maj – 30 sep (vanligtvis)), West coast surf season (1 maj – 30 sep (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — redaktionens toppmånad, Dry season

Inget nytt börjar i juli.

Pågår fortfarande: Bali tourist levy (1 jan – 31 dec), Dry season (1 maj – 30 sep (vanligtvis)), West coast surf season (1 maj – 30 sep (vanligtvis)), Bali Arts Festival (13 jun – 11 jul), Kite season (15 jun – 15 sep (vanligtvis)), Australian school holidays (25 jun – 20 jul)

Mest folk — redaktionens toppmånad, Dry season

• Helg

  Indonesian Independence Day

  14–18 augNationell helgdagStängningar

  Flags on every gate, village games in the streets and a flag ceremony that shuts offices and schools on the 17th. Traffic through Denpasar is worse than usual for the week around it. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Bali tourist levy (1 jan – 31 dec), Dry season (1 maj – 30 sep (vanligtvis)), West coast surf season (1 maj – 30 sep (vanligtvis)), Kite season (15 jun – 15 sep (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — mellan topparna, Dry season

Inget nytt börjar i september.

Pågår fortfarande: Bali tourist levy (1 jan – 31 dec), Dry season (1 maj – 30 sep (vanligtvis)), West coast surf season (1 maj – 30 sep (vanligtvis)), Kite season (15 jun – 15 sep (vanligtvis))

Mellansäsong — mellan topparna, skollov i 3 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

Inget nytt börjar i oktober.

Pågår fortfarande: Bali tourist levy (1 jan – 31 dec)

Lugnt — redaktionens lugna månad

Inget nytt börjar i november.

Pågår fortfarande: Bali tourist levy (1 jan – 31 dec)

Mest folk — redaktionens toppmånad, Christmas and New Year peak

• Säsong

  Monsoon debris on the west beaches

  1 dec – 15 mar · vanligtvisRisk

  The wet-season swell and the rivers push rubbish onto the west-coast sand from Kuta to Seminyak, in some years by the truckload. The east and the Bukit beaches are largely spared. Källa ↗

• Helg

  Christmas and New Year peak

  18 dec – 5 janJul & nyårTrångtBoka tidigt

  The most crowded fortnight of the year despite being the wettest, with villa rates at their annual high and the airport at capacity. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Bali tourist levy (1 jan – 31 dec)