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See the best months to visit Bali from New Zealand — a composite score of weather, crowds, natural-disaster risk, hotel cost and flight cost.

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Best months

  • Top pickMay65/100 · Good
  • #2October63/100 · Good
  • #3April58/100 · Fair
Month-by-month composite score

Month breakdown

May

Good · 65/100

Avg temp
26.6°C
Rainfall
128 mm
Humidity
83%
Crowd index
55/100
  • Weather66
  • Crowds45
  • Disaster risk85
How we score this

Each month combines weather, crowds, natural-disaster risk, hotel cost and flight cost into one rating. Higher scores are better for typical leisure travellers.

Flight and hotel prices are not in this refresh yet — those factors are left out of the mix until the next Amadeus update.

  • Weather25%
  • Crowds20%
  • Disaster risk20%
  • Weather:Open-Meteo Historical Weather API (ERA5 archive, ~10y monthly normals)
  • Crowds:Curated monthly visitor-pressure index (Bali: tourism-board seasonality; refresh from BPS arrivals)
  • Disaster risk:USGS M≥4.5 earthquakes (10y) + GDACS multi-hazard SEARCH, blended with destination seasonal baseline

Scores last refreshed 30 September 2026.

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