Seminyak weather in January

In January, Seminyak sees average daytime highs of 28°C and overnight lows near 26°C, with 277 mm of rain across 27 wet days and about 12.5 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 28°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 7% of the time in January, and the air most often feels oppressive.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 30 min at the start of January to 12 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Seminyak's 12th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Seminyak's year-round climate.

Daytime high
28°
4th warmest
Overnight low
26°
7th coldest
Rainfall
277 mm
27 wet days
Daylight
12 h 30 min
6:15 AM – 6:42 PM
Cloud cover
84%
12th clearest
Wind
13 km/h
6th windiest
Solar energy
5.51 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.7
out of 10

Seminyak is subdistrict in Badung Regency, Bali, Indonesia.

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

Temperature in January

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 28°C through the month.

A typical January day in Seminyak reaches about 28°C in the afternoon and slips back to 26°C overnight — a 2°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 27°C and 29°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs on par with December and on par with February.

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How January really feels in Seminyak

Once humidity and wind are folded in, January 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

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

Seminyak weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 4th-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan28° / 26°2772712.53.7
Feb28° / 26°23424.412.33.7
Mar28° / 26°2062512.14.0
Apr28° / 26°11618.711.84.7
May28° / 26°6414.811.65.9
Jun27° / 26°481311.56.2
Jul26° / 25°4012.311.56.5
Aug26° / 25°2811.311.76.8
Sep26° / 25°3811.111.96.7
Oct27° / 25°571512.25.9
Nov28° / 26°14520.512.44.8
Dec28° / 26°24625.812.53.9

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 7% of the time in January, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 8% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 85%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
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21585
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Seminyak gets around 277 mm of rain over 27 wet days in January, the wettest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 87% and peaks near 92% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
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Humidity in January

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, January lands in the oppressive band about 52% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
14951
25050
35149
45248
55347
65446
75545
85644
95743
105743
115743
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135743
145644
155644
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175446
185347
195248
205149
215050
224951
234852
244753
254753
264654
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304753
314753

Wind in January

Winds average 13 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 12 km/h on the calmest days to 13 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
113light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in January

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Daylight runs from about 12 h 30 min at the start of January to 12 h 24 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 6 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 6:08 AM to 6:21 AM, and sunset from 6:37 PM to 6:44 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.56:086:37
212.56:086:38
312.56:096:38
412.56:096:39
512.56:106:39
612.56:106:39
712.56:116:40
812.56:116:40
912.56:126:40
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1112.56:136:41
1212.56:136:41
1312.56:146:42
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Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 5.51 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.96 kWh/m² to a high of 6.72 kWh/m² in October across the year — January's 5.51 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Seminyak

In seasonPeak

In January, Seminyak sits inside its cyclone and monsoon season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

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

Seminyak'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 January a good time to visit Seminyak?

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

3.7
Sightseeing
11th-best month of the year
4.0
Beach & pool
12th-best month of the year

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Seminyak.

What to pack for Seminyak in January

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

In January, Seminyak sees daytime highs around 28°C and nights near 26°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 27 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

Sea temperature near Seminyak in January

The nearest coast averages about 29°C in January — 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 Seminyak in January

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in January peaks around 14 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Seminyak 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 Seminyak?

Seminyak sits at 8.7°S, 115.2°E, 0 m above sea level, in Indonesia. The nearest listed city is Kuta, 4.0 km away.

Topography around Seminyak

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Seminyak has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 28 m around an average of 7 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 210 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,988 m.

The land around Seminyak is covered by water (43%) and artificial surfaces (37%) within 3 km, water (49%) and artificial surfaces (21%) within 16 km, and water (68%) and trees (27%) within 80 km.

3 km
28 m
16 km
210 m
80 km
2,988 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwatermangroves
January weather nearby: Kuta 4.0 km · Tuban 6.0 km · Dalung 7.0 km · Denpasar 8.0 km · Benoa 9.0 km · Sanur 11 km · Batubulan 14 km · Nusa Dua 14 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 Seminyak (-8.6921°, 115.1604°, elevation 0 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).