The Climate of Bali and Global Warming

The climate of Bali is tropical; it is but 8 degrees south of the equator. Year round the temperatures average 31 degrees Celsius; that’s about 88 degrees Fahrenheit.

The Dry Season is between May and September and the Wet Season between October and April. Rainfall is usually greatest between December and February. Overcast skies and rain on a daily basis is not unusual. There is only occasional rainfall during the Dry Season and then usually at night or early morning.

The central mountain area is typically cooler than the coastal areas and June and August usually bestow cool breezes all day long. A very comfortable climate! Up to date weather information can be found here.

The climate of Bali is one of its many attractions. Of course climate change globally has been a hot topic now for several years. Last year, from the 3rd through the 14th of December, a UN conference in Nusa Dua, Bali addressed the topic of global warming. This issue has received a great deal of coverage, with more and more people jumping on the bandwagon, but its recognition as a reality of today’s world has been slow in coming.

“Delegates rise to applaud the decision to adopt the Bali roadmap for a future international agreement on climate change”

One of the most important agreements reached in this conference concerns deforestation; over 20 % of heat-trapping gases comes from this practice. The decision from the conference in Bali recognizes the ‘urgent need’ to reduce emissions from deforestation and also launches a series of steps to protect tropical forests in the future. More details re this conference can be found here.