Weather & Climate

Indonesia is a tropical country, and the climate is fairly year round. There is no such thing as an Autumn or Winter. Indonesia has wet and dry season !!

The East Monsoon, from June to September brings dry weather whiles the West Monsoon from December to March, brings rain. The transitional period between these two seasons alternates between gorgeous sun-filled days and occasional thunderstorms.

Even in the midst of the wet season temperatures range from 21 degrees (70F) to 33 degrees celcius (90F), except at higher altitudes which can be much cooler. The heaviest rainfalls are usually recorded in December and January. Average humidity is generally between 75% and 100%.

Geography

The Republic of Indonesia comprises the world’s largest archipelago, spanning 3,200 miles from east to west along the equator. Indonesia’s 13,667 islands are nestled between two continents, Asia and Australia, and two oceans, the Indian and Pacific.

Main islands are Java, Sumatra, Sulawesi, Bali, Kalimantan, Nusa Tenggara, Maluku and Irian Jaya. Indonesia’s land are 782,666 square miles and its sea territory 1,222,466 square miles. Indonesia shares land border with Malaysia, Brunei Darussalam and Papua New Guinea and sea border with Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam, the Philippines and Australia.

People

With a population of 204.3 million inhabitants in 1997, Indonesia is ranked the world’s fourth most populous nation after China, India and Pakistan. Annual increase of 1.78%

Language

While largely of Malay stock, the inhabitants of the Indonesia archipelago constitute a rich array of some 300 distinct cultures, each with its own individual language or dialect. Virtually all Indonesian are united by a common national language, Bahasa Indonesia.

English is spoken widely in tourist industry. All the staff of hotels, restaurants, bars and night clubs are speaking English.