Jimbaran Beach

Dinner on the sand, with everybody.

How we rated it: second on the fame list, with no hazard on record. Photo: Jorge Franganillo · CC BY 2.0

The hang

Jimbaran is the beach where, at sunset, the grills start smoking and the sand turns into one long row of tables. It is very crowded right before sunset for exactly that reason. The map labels this stretch Kedongan Beach; the lists call it Jimbaran, and so does everyone else. We measured 3 km of it. In December and January the ocean currents can bring in huge amounts of rubbish, which is not the season the photographs were taken in.

The real intel

Best months · warmest sea: April (29.9 °C), then December and March. Coolest: August (27.7 °C). One year of data, 2025.
Best months · emptiest: No crowd data by month. By the hour: it is very crowded right before sunset.
Getting there: Grab or Gojek are described as cheap, quick and easy for a trip to Jimbaran alone.
Cost reality: Free. Parking IDR 2,000 to 5,000.
The catch nobody tells you: December and January can bring huge amounts of rubbish on the ocean currents.

The year at Jimbaran Beach

Warmest sea in April and December. Fewest wet days in April and August. Pick your fight.

Sea (°C)

29.5

29.7

29.8

29.9

29.6

27.7

28.2

29.3

29.5

29.9

Air (°C)

27.3

27.9

27.6

27.3

26.5

26.9

27.2

27.9

28.1

28.5

Sun (h/day)

7.6

9.1

9.5

10.8

10.4

10.3

10.8

11.2

10.3

Rain (days)

One year of data, 2025, from Open-Meteo at this beach's coordinates. A rain day is 1 mm or more. The red bar is the month to aim for in each row.

The neighbours

6 beaches within 6 km, as the gull flies.

1.8 kmKelan beach1,107 m of beach, measured. Not rated yet.
2.4 kmSempaning Beach35 m of beach, measured. Not rated yet.
2.8 kmKaneko Beach12 m of beach, measured. Not rated yet.
3.3 kmTegal Wangi Beach104 m of beach, measured. Not rated yet.
3.7 kmJerman Beach1,415 m of beach, measured. Not rated yet.
4.6 kmKubu Beach76 m of beach, measured. Not rated yet.

Straight-line distances from the mapped beach shapes (OpenStreetMap). Roads are longer, and in Bali they are much longer.

The crowd

Very crowded right before sunset, when the grills start up.

The facts · we measured

Length: 2,992 m
Mean width: 42.8 m
Area: 128,097 m²
Warmest sea (2025): 29.9 °C in Apr
Coldest sea (2025): 27.7 °C in Aug
Sea by month, °C: Jan 29.5 · Feb 29.7 · Mar 29.8 · Apr 29.9 · May 29.6 · Jun 29.0 · Jul 28.0 · Aug 27.7 · Sep 28.2 · Oct 29.3 · Nov 29.5 · Dec 29.9