Best time to visit Lombok
The month-by-month edit — when Lombok actually opens up, when to avoid it, and how crowds and hotel rates move through the year.
Editor's window: May, Oct Five nights in Ubud and the Bukit, two on a quieter outer island.
The short answer
When Lombok is at its best
Lombok is what Bali was twenty years ago — quieter beaches, fewer hotels, and the Gili Islands a short boat ride away. The luxury scene is tiny but real (Aman, Oberoi), and the south coast around Kuta Lombok has become Indonesia's most interesting new surf-luxury frontier.
Month by month
The Lombok calendar
Average daytime high, rain days, crowd pressure (1–5) and hotel-rate index (1–5). Verified against climate-data.org and our hotel-rate tracking.
| Month | Avg high | Rain days | Crowd | Rate idx |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 31°C | 18 d | ||
| Feb | 31°C | 17 d | ||
| Mar | 31°C | 15 d | ||
| Apr | 31°C | 10 d | ||
| May | 30°C | 6 d | ||
| Jun | 29°C | 4 d | ||
| Jul | 29°C | 2 d | ||
| Aug | 30°C | 2 d | ||
| Sep | 30°C | 3 d | ||
| Oct | 31°C | 7 d | ||
| Nov | 31°C | 12 d | ||
| Dec | 31°C | 16 d |
Sources: Numbeo cost-of-living — Lombok · climate-data.org — Lombok