Denpasar weather in August

In August, Denpasar sees average daytime highs of 26°C and overnight lows near 25°C, with 28 mm of rain across 11.4 wet days and about 11.7 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 12th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 26°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 51% of the time in August, and the air most often feels oppressive.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 36 min at the start of August to 11 h 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Denpasar's 1st-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Denpasar's year-round climate.

Daytime high
26°
12th warmest
Overnight low
25°
1st coldest
Rainfall
28 mm
11.4 wet days
Daylight
11 h 42 min
6:32 AM – 6:15 PM
Cloud cover
45%
1st clearest
Wind
19 km/h
2nd windiest
Solar energy
5.68 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.8
out of 10

Denpasar is city in Bali Province, Indonesia.

Density
5,406/km²
people per km²
Founded
1788

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in August

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 26°C through the month.

A typical August day in Denpasar reaches about 26°C in the afternoon and slips back to 25°C overnight — a 1°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 25°C and 27°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs on par with July and on par with September.

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How August really feels in Denpasar

Once humidity and wind are folded in, August averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

August sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Denpasar weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 12th-warmest and 12th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan28° / 26°27927.212.43.7
Feb28° / 26°23624.412.33.7
Mar28° / 26°19724.512.14.1
Apr28° / 26°1211911.84.7
May28° / 26°6214.211.66.0
Jun27° / 26°4612.711.56.2
Jul26° / 25°3912.311.56.5
Aug26° / 25°2811.411.76.8
Sep26° / 25°3911.411.96.6
Oct27° / 25°5614.912.25.9
Nov28° / 26°14420.512.44.8
Dec28° / 26°24825.612.53.9

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 51% of the time in August, the clearest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 23% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 26%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
17228
27228
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Denpasar gets around 28 mm of rain over 11.4 wet days in August, the driest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 37% and peaks near 39% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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Humidity in August

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of August feels oppressive — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, August lands in the oppressive band about 66% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 99% of them.

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Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
1136612
2136612
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4236611
5235621
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Wind in August

Winds average 19 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 17 km/h on the calmest days to 20 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
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Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 36 min at the start of August to 11 h 48 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 12 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 6:37 AM to 6:24 AM, and sunset from 6:14 PM to 6:14 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.66:376:14
211.66:366:14
311.66:366:14
411.66:366:14
511.66:366:14
611.66:356:14
711.76:356:14
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Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 5.68 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.97 kWh/m² to a high of 6.72 kWh/m² in October across the year — August's 5.68 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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286.0Bright
296.0Intense
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Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Denpasar

In seasonPeak

None of Denpasar's seasonal hazards are active in August. The full-year calendar below shows when the rainy season, cyclone risk and dust haze do peak.

Denpasar sits in the South Indian Ocean cyclone belt; the season peaks January–March.

Denpasar's monsoon runs November–March, when most of the year's rain falls.

Cyclone
Monsoon
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is August a good time to visit Denpasar?

Our two travel scores rate August for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

6.8
Sightseeing
1st-best month of the year
6.4
Beach & pool
1st-best month of the year

August is a reasonable time to visit Denpasar for sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Denpasar in August

From August's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In August, Denpasar sees daytime highs around 26°C and nights near 25°C. Worth packing: light clothes, rain gear and sun protection. About 11 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

Sea temperature near Denpasar in August

The nearest coast averages about 26°C in August — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea offshore is warmest in March at about 29°C and coldest in August near 26°C.

The water stays above 20°C all year — warm enough for a swim any month.

24°26°28°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwarmtropicalcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan29Tropical
Feb29Tropical
Mar29Tropical
Apr29Tropical
May28Tropical
Jun27Warm
Jul26Warm
Aug26Warm
Sep26Warm
Oct27Warm
Nov28Tropical
Dec29Tropical

UV index in Denpasar in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 12 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Denpasar peaks around March 15 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 20 at about 9 (very high).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highExtremeMar 15UV 14Jun 20UV 9
UV index (midday)Level
Jan14Extreme
Feb13Extreme
Mar15Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May10Extreme
Jun9Very high
Jul10Very high
Aug12Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct13Extreme
Nov12Extreme
Dec12Extreme
Location & terrain

Where is Denpasar?

Denpasar sits at 8.7°S, 115.2°E, 33 m above sea level, in Indonesia. The nearest listed city is Sanur, 6.0 km away.

Topography around Denpasar

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Denpasar.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Denpasar has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 49 m around an average of 34 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 216 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,988 m.

The land around Denpasar is covered by artificial surfaces (86%) within 3 km, water (39%) and artificial surfaces (23%) within 16 km, and water (69%) and trees (26%) within 80 km.

3 km
49 m
16 km
216 m
80 km
2,988 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswatermangroves
August weather nearby: Sanur 6.0 km · Batubulan 6.0 km · Dalung 6.0 km · Seminyak 8.0 km · Kuta 10 km · Tuban 11 km · Benoa 12 km · Tabanan 16 km

Indonesia travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 2
Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs
Type C / F
230 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 29% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$5,060
2025
Happiness
5.6 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
30%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
0.3
per 100k, 2022
Road deaths
11.3
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Upper middle
World Bank
English
Low
EF EPI 471
Religion
Muslim 87%Protestant 8%Roman Catholic 3%Hindu 2%

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Denpasar (-8.65°, 115.2167°, elevation 33 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. Tropical-cyclone seasons are the published climatological basin seasons (NOAA National Hurricane Center / regional warning centres). Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).