Bali in April 2027: Weather, Events, Crowds and Prices

A trip to Bali in April gets you the tail end of the wet season, with short afternoon showers, coastal highs of 30 to 32°C and shoulder season hotel rates. Holding out for July or August buys drier skies, but at peak season prices with peak season crowds. For most people flying from Amsterdam, April is the better deal: the island is green, the rain is mostly brief, and you share the beaches with far fewer people.

The catch is that April is a transition month, not a guaranteed dry one. Expect a shower on many days early in the month and noticeably fewer by the end. Also keep an eye on Nyepi, the Balinese Day of Silence, which occasionally lands in early April and shuts the entire island, airport included.

Compare April with the rest of the year

April sits between Bali's wet season (roughly November to March) and its dry season (roughly May to September), so it has wet season greenery with rain that is already tapering off. The table below uses typical climate norms for the south coast (Seminyak, Canggu, Sanur, Nusa Dua), not measurements for one specific year.

Ubud and the central highlands run about 2 to 3 degrees cooler than the coast in every month, and nights up at Munduk or Kintamani can feel properly fresh. If January is what you're weighing April against, our guide to Bali in January covers the full wet season picture.

Read the April weather and prices right

Bali's April weather is hot, humid and mostly sunny, with rain that usually arrives as a short afternoon or evening burst rather than a washed-out day. The sea around the south coast sits at roughly 28 to 30°C, which is warm enough to stay in all afternoon without a wetsuit.

Daylight barely changes near the equator, so you get about 12 hours of it, with sunset a little after 18:00. That makes for early evenings: plan beach time and sunset drinks in Uluwatu or Seminyak around that, not around Dutch summer habits. Bali is six hours ahead of Amsterdam in April, because Bali runs on Central Indonesia Time (UTC+8) with no daylight saving and the Netherlands is on summer time (UTC+2).

Pack light, quick-drying clothes, a thin rain jacket or packable poncho, sandals that cope with wet streets, strong sunscreen and mosquito repellent. Bring a sarong and something that covers your shoulders, because temples such as Tanah Lot, Uluwatu and Besakih require modest dress (most rent sarongs at the gate if you forget).

What's on in April

Nyepi, the Balinese Day of Silence, is the big date to check: it marks the Balinese Hindu new year in the Saka calendar and closes the whole island for 24 hours. No flights land or leave Ngurah Rai International Airport, shops and restaurants close, and visitors must stay in their hotel. Nyepi usually falls in March and only occasionally in early April, because the Saka calendar is lunar. Check Indonesia's official national holiday list for 2027 before you fix your dates.

The night before Nyepi is the good part: villages parade ogoh-ogoh, giant papier-mâché demon figures, through the streets before burning them. If your dates catch it, plan to be in a town centre such as Ubud or Denpasar that evening.

Galungan and Kuningan, the festivals when Balinese families welcome and then send off ancestral spirits, follow the 210-day Pawukon calendar, so they move around the Western year and do not land in April every year. Smaller temple anniversaries (odalan) and full moon ceremonies happen every month, so you're likely to see offerings and processions whatever your dates.

On the Indonesian side, Eid al-Fitr (Lebaran) is expected in early March 2027, so April should miss the domestic travel crush that comes with it. Australian school holidays around Easter do push visitor numbers up on the south coast in parts of March and April.

On the Dutch side, the fare pressure comes from the meivakantie, the Dutch May school holiday, which usually starts in the last week of April. Koningsdag (King's Day) falls on Tuesday 27 April 2027, which makes a long weekend tempting for a lot of people at once. Rijksoverheid publishes the official meivakantie dates per region.

Crowds, hotels and fares

April counts as shoulder season in Bali, so hotel rates generally sit below the July and August peak and well below Christmas and New Year. You'll also find it easier to get a table at popular Canggu cafés and a decent sunbed in Nusa Dua without booking days ahead.

Ubud is at its best in April, with rice terraces still bright green and fewer tour buses than in summer, so it's a strong base for half the trip. Browse hotels in Ubud and compare prices for a quiet villa outside the centre against a guesthouse within walking distance of the market.

baliamsterdam.com does not track fares for April on the Amsterdam to Bali route yet, so we won't give you a number we haven't measured. Our fare calendar for Amsterdam and Bali will show tracked months as soon as data is in. In general, expect prices to climb for departures in the last week of April when the meivakantie starts, and to be gentler in the first half of the month.

Plan your April trip in six steps

The right order is: dates first, flights second, paperwork third, then the fun part. Here's how to work through it.

1. Lock your dates around Nyepi and the meivakantie. Check the 2027 Nyepi date on Indonesia's official holiday list and the meivakantie dates on Rijksoverheid, then aim for the first three weeks of April if you're not tied to school holidays.

2. Book flights three to four months out. There's no direct flight from Amsterdam Schiphol to Bali, so you'll connect, typically via Doha (Qatar Airways), Dubai (Emirates), Istanbul (Turkish Airlines) or Singapore (Singapore Airlines or KLM). You can search flights from Amsterdam to Bali now and set alerts for early April departures, aiming to book by January.

3. Park your trip fund while you wait. If you're saving between now and April, the baliamsterdam.com savings rate tracker had the bunq Savings Account at 1.51% a year base rate and Rabobank's Rabo SpaarRekening at 1.50% a year on the first EUR 10,000 as of October 2026, ahead of ING and ABN AMRO at 1.25%. Rates move often, so confirm with the bank, and see the full list on our cost of living and savings rates page.

4. Sort entry and data a week before you fly. Dutch passport holders can use Indonesia's Visa on Arrival, which costs IDR 500,000 for a 30-day stay and can be extended once by 30 days, according to Indonesia's Directorate General of Immigration, 2025. Apply online as an e-VOA at the official evisa.imigrasi.go.id site, pay the Bali tourist levy of IDR 150,000 (charged to foreign visitors since February 2024, according to the Bali Provincial Government) through the official Love Bali site, and set up a travel eSIM for data on arrival so you can call a ride the moment you land.

5. Split your base. Spend a few nights in Ubud or the highlands and the rest on the coast: Canggu for cafés and surf, Uluwatu for cliffs and sunsets, Sanur for calm water and families.

6. Leave one day unplanned per week. April showers are short, but a heavy one can scramble a volcano trek or boat trip, and a spare day lets you shift plans without losing anything.

The best of April, and one skip

Waterfalls are the first thing April does better than summer. After months of rain, falls like Sekumpul in the north and Tukad Cepung in Bangli run at full volume, while trails are drier than in January.

The north and the highlands reward a car. Jatiluwih's UNESCO-listed rice terraces, Munduk's coffee farms and the lakes at Bedugul make a long but excellent day, and it's easier to hire a car in Bali with a driver than to tackle those mountain roads on a scooter.

A Mount Batur sunrise trek is a solid April pick: skies are clearing compared with the wet season, and the early start means you're down before any afternoon shower. You can book a Mount Batur sunrise trek with hotel pickup, which saves you the 2am drive.

Surf starts to shift your way too. The dry season trade winds begin to settle in, so the Bukit Peninsula breaks around Uluwatu and Padang Padang start to clean up, and Canggu's beach breaks suit lessons.

Skip the Nusa Penida mola mola dive if that's the main reason you'd go. Ocean sunfish sightings around Crystal Bay cluster in the cooler water of roughly July to October; manta rays at Manta Point are around all year, so dive for those instead.

Dodge the common April mistakes

The most common April mistake is treating it as dry season and booking a tight, outdoor-only itinerary. Early April can still feel wet, so put boat trips and long drives in the second half of your stay if you can.

Landing on Nyepi is the expensive one. Flights simply don't operate that day, so a connection booked through it gets cancelled or rescheduled. Check the date before you pay.

Riding a scooter without the right licence is a classic. You need an International Driving Permit with the motorcycle category (A) alongside your Dutch licence, which the ANWB issues in the Netherlands. Police checks around Canggu and Kuta are routine, and travel insurers can refuse claims if you weren't licensed.

Assuming Easter drives April fares is a trap in 2027. Easter Sunday falls on 28 March 2027, so the April spike comes from the meivakantie and Koningsdag instead, which puts the expensive week at the end of the month.

Overstaying the Visa on Arrival costs IDR 1,000,000 per day, according to Indonesia's Directorate General of Immigration, and longer overstays can lead to deportation. Count your 30 days from arrival day, and apply for the extension before day 30, not on it.

Mosquito-borne dengue is more common in and just after the wet season. Use repellent at dusk, pick rooms with screens or air conditioning, and see a doctor if you get a high fever. Also make sure your passport is valid for at least six months from arrival, which Indonesian immigration requires.

Book April, with one condition

Go in April. It's the best balance Bali offers for travellers from Amsterdam: lush landscapes, warm sea, shoulder season prices and rain that rarely ruins a day. The one condition is timing: confirm the 2027 Nyepi date, then aim for the first three weeks of the month before the meivakantie pushes fares up. If you need guaranteed sunshine for a wedding or a once-only shoot, wait for June instead.

Last updated: October 2026