Weather in Denpasar in August

Prime time. If you get to pick your dates, August is the one. Highs average 28.7 °C, lows 23.2 °C, and rain falls on 5 days — nothing in the month is working against you.

August is the highest-scoring month of the twelve. The nearest rival is July, and the month at the other end of the year is November.

Rain falls on only 5 days, so an itinerary with no wet-weather fallback is a reasonable risk. Pack for 28.7 °C days and 23.2 °C nights; the spread matters more here than any single number.

What the averages hide

Averages flatten a month, and this one hides a few things: the day barely swings — 5.5 °C between the overnight low and the afternoon high. Across the twenty years measured, the hottest August day reached 31.7 °C and the coldest night fell to 20.5 °C.

This is the volatile part. August rainfall has ranged from 2 mm to 104 mm across the twenty years measured — a 102 mm spread around an average of 24 mm. The average is real but almost no individual August looks like it, so treat the figure as the middle of a wide range rather than a forecast.

Wind is light at 6.3 km/h, so the temperature on the page is close to the temperature on your skin, and humidity runs at 81%, high enough to notice on the warm days without dominating them.

How August sits in the year

Temperatures hold steady either side: 28.3 °C in July, 28.7 here, 30.1 in September. Nothing about the timing within the month matters much.

Daylight in August

Denpasar sits close enough to the equator that daylight barely moves all year — 11.8 hours in August, against a range of just 1 hour across the whole calendar. Sunrise and sunset land at roughly the same time whenever you come.

Sea temperature

The sea sits at about 25.7 °C in August — warm enough to stay in as long as you like. The sea peaks at 29.2 °C in March and bottoms out at 25.7 °C — water lags the air by a month or two, which is why the best swimming often comes after the best weather.

How busy it gets

Peak season. Expect the highest prices of the year and to be booking well ahead. If the dates are flexible, June is the trade worth considering — 13 points weaker on weather, and materially quieter.

Crowd levels are estimated from climate desirability and school-holiday calendars, not from visitor numbers.

August in Denpasar versus nearby

If Denpasar is one option among several, the nearby comparison is worth making. Surabaya is the weaker option in August — 3.7 °C warmer, 3 days less rain. Labuan Bajo is close enough to be a coin toss — within a degree on temperature, 1 day less rain.

So: August is the answer for Denpasar. If it is booked out or priced out, July is the next best thing at 4 points behind, and November is the month to keep off the shortlist.

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