When you consider the best time to travel to Bandung, take into account the following factors that may affect your travel decision.
Weather
Whereas we are accustomed to the fact that we have four different seasons, in Bandung, as in all of Indonesia there are only two seasons - dry and wet. Weather in Bandung warm is rainy, sometimes with strong rains and tropical storms.
Although visit the city during the rainy season is quite real, since even during it there is a lot of dry and sunny days. But the majority of tourists (except those who live nearby) prefer not to risk and ride a dry season in Bandung - from May to September. April and beginning of May, as a rule, are also good, but during these months there are still rainfall.
From June to September in Bandung, the most dry (September is the most dry month), and the weather is the most attractive for the trip, as at the same time September is the warmest month. It is possible that at this time you will not fall anything worse than a short rain, not all terrible.
Next, rainy season. It falls for several months: from October to April. January - the most "wet" month.
Since the city is located on the plateau at 768 meters above sea level, the weather here is more cool and soft than in other parts of the country, so this is one of the reasons why Bandung quickly became a favorite holiday destination on Java. Summer in Bandung is not such a roast, as in the rest of Indonesia, which is unusually pleasant. The average annual temperature is here - 24 ° C, very rarely above 30 ° C, and in the evening, as a rule, it happens in the area of 20 ° C - this means that it is almost always possible to walk in a T-shirt, and in the evening, throw a blouse. However, keep in mind that higher geographically areas - Dago, Chiumbuleut, Hegercalong, Budhua and Lebban network - is quite cold at night - the temperature may fall to 1 ° C or zero.
National holidays
National holidays that fall on Thursday or Friday often flow into a "long weekend", so that all these days in the bandung popping out residents of neighboring cities to escape from moisture and heat of their town and enjoy shopping and mini-holidays. Not only are the people just darkness - on holidays, the movement on the roads become just terrible (and it is usually quite tense), especially difficult for those who go to Bandung from Jakarta. In these holidays, the conditions of movement do not differ from those with which you will come across Jakarta (and there is such a nightmare every day, regardless of holidays).
And on the holiday of ID-Ul-Fitr (or Uraz by Bayram, the end of the post per month Ramadan) a huge number of Indonesians go back to their native cities, towns and villages, in order to celebrate the most important holiday with the family. So if you plan to leave the city at this time, it can be very difficult to buy train tickets or air tickets. You must certainly purchase tickets long before your intended journey. The main road highways across Indonesia is also very and very overwhelmed these days.
Hotels
Hotels and guest houses are most busy from Friday to Monday and, therefore, do not very readily offer discounts in these and so popular among guests of the city. On Tuesdays and Wednesday you will have the best opportunity to book the room cheaper. It is also worth noting that in the rainy season, hotels stand a little cheaper than in the tourist dry season.
Shopping
To enjoy the point of shopping, try to come to Bandung in the middle of the week. Otherwise, it will be difficult for you to even get to the stores, not to mention the fact that you will have to raise the queue in the fitting room or to the cash desks.
Night life
While in Jakarta nightlife is a turbulent every day of the week, in the bandung parties happen to a large extent on weekends and on Wednesdays.
Times of Day
Nothing special, in general. If you are driving a bandung on a car or bus, try to avoid peak hours and do not go early in the morning or late in the evening. Saving nerves!
School break
It would seem that it would be the worst time to travel to Bandung - heaps of loose children are prevented under their feet and all that, but, in fact, the opposite. Movement these days is noticeably quieter, because parents are in no hurry to pick up and deliver children from school - for tens of thousands of cars on the roads less, every day. The academic year in Indonesia begins in mid-July. Accurate dates are established by the Ministry of Education for state and some private schools (in some cases it is established by the schools themselves). And the academic year ends in mid-June.
These facts may affect your ride to Bandung.