Gili Islands, Indonesia

Gili Islands sits under a tropical sky in Indonesia, and the 2015–2024 weather record gives its sunshine a clear shape: the August peak reaches a 96/100 sun score, with daytime highs around 30°C — a solid base for a coastal escape.

The year runs from average lows of 23°C in February to highs of 31°C in October. On the rain ledger, August is the safest bet at a 27% chance of a wet day, while February climbs to 96%. The genuinely warm window — average highs of 24°C or better — covers January–December.

Season by season (on the northern calendar), spring brings 30°C highs with 71% rain-day odds, summer 30°C at 32%, autumn 31°C at 60%, and winter 29°C at 90%. In short: plan around summer if you can, keep autumn as the fallback, and go into winter with managed expectations (its season score is 72). A practical compromise is December — the edge of the warm window, averaging 30°C with a 73 sun score.

Best months to visit Gili Islands

The best month on record is August — a 96/100 sun score, built on 52% cloud cover and 27% rain-day odds — followed by July and September. The dependable window is wider than the podium, though: January–December all score 70 or better. At the other end, January scores just 71, the weakest month of the year.

Put against its 126 tropical peers in August, it lands in the sunnier half of the group, ahead of 91% of them.

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The live forecast backs this up: of the next 16 days, 8 look mostly clear and none carry meaningful rain risk, in a 23–32°C band. Today's cached sun score is 93/100.