Indonesia / Bali

Kelingking Beach

Kelingking Beach is a 222 m-long sandy beach facing south-south-west, 12.8 km south-west of Sampalan (Bali, Indonesia). The sea averages 28.8 °C in March, its warmest month, and 26.1 °C in August; it stays at 21 °C or above all year.

Average sea surface temperature by month. Current month outlined.

A Beautiful View of Kelingking Beach at Nusa penida
Photo: Dini Rosyadah Tridya, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Month by month

October at Kelingking Beach

Sea27.2 °C
Day high29 °C
Night low25 °C
Rain62 mm
Cloud cover45%
Wind3.7 m/s
Daylight12.3 h05:55–18:12

Beach-day index 9.1/10 · Indonesia median 8.3

Monthly averages at Kelingking Beach
MeasureJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Sea °C28.7 °C28.7 °C28.8 °C28.7 °C28.1 °C27.4 °C26.5 °C26.1 °C26.4 °C27.2 °C28.3 °C28.7 °C
High °C28°28°28°28°28°27°27°27°28°29°29°28°
Low °C26°26°26°26°26°25°24°24°24°25°26°26°
Rain mm318251206123824633164262159296
Cloud %827872604841403235456584
Wind m/s3.12.82.42.63.33.84.14.34.13.73.02.8
Daylight h12.612.412.211.911.711.611.711.812.012.312.512.6
Record high/low31°/25°31°/25°30°/25°30°/24°30°/24°30°/22°29°/22°30°/22°31°/22°32°/24°32°/25°32°/25°
Beach index7.27.27.68.48.99.29.39.59.39.18.17.2

Long-term monthly averages: air from NASA POWER (2001–2020), sea from NOAA OISST (1991–2020); records are the extremes of 2001–2020. How the index works.

When to go

The beach-day index peaks in May–October; August scores 9.5/10 with highs of 27 °C, sea at 26.1 °C and 16 mm of rain.

That matches the median for beaches in Indonesia in the same month.

Across the year the sea averages 27.8 °C, warmer than 89% of the coastal beaches in the atlas.

January is the wettest month (318 mm) and August the driest (16 mm); the yearly total is about 1,630 mm.

Daylight runs from 11.6 hours in June to 12.6 hours in December; in mid-August the sun rises at 06:28 and sets at 18:17 local time.

Day highNight lowSeaRain (mm)
Climate and sea temperature at Kelingking BeachMonthly averages. Lines: daytime high, night low, sea surface temperature. Bars: rainfall in millimetres.20°25°30°35°0 mm175 mm350 mmJanuary: 318 mm rainFebruary: 251 mm rainMarch: 206 mm rainApril: 123 mm rainMay: 82 mm rainJune: 46 mm rainJuly: 33 mm rainAugust: 16 mm rainSeptember: 42 mm rainOctober: 62 mm rainNovember: 159 mm rainDecember: 296 mm rainJanuary: sea 28.7 °CFebruary: sea 28.7 °CMarch: sea 28.8 °CApril: sea 28.7 °CMay: sea 28.1 °CJune: sea 27.4 °CJuly: sea 26.5 °CAugust: sea 26.1 °CSeptember: sea 26.4 °COctober: sea 27.2 °CNovember: sea 28.3 °CDecember: sea 28.7 °CJanuary: high 28 °CFebruary: high 27.9 °CMarch: high 28.1 °CApril: high 28.3 °CMay: high 28 °CJune: high 27.4 °CJuly: high 27.1 °CAugust: high 27.3 °CSeptember: high 28.2 °COctober: high 29.2 °CNovember: high 29.2 °CDecember: high 28.3 °CJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Orientation, sun and shore

JunDecNESW

The shore faces south-south-west (210°). Open water fills about 42% of the horizon close by, which makes it an open stretch of shore.

The sun sets over the sea in August–April; in mid-December it goes down at 18:32 local time on a bearing of 246°.

Straight out to the south-south-west there is open water for more than 2,000 km, so the beach is exposed to long ocean swell. The beach is on an island of about 196 km².

About 1 km offshore the sea is roughly 35 m deep and 77 m at 3 km. Behind the beach the ground is about 179 m above sea level 500 m inland and 177 m at 1.5 km, so the beach is backed by steep slopes or cliffs.

Within 1 km, the land is 63% tree cover, 33% grassland and 3% built-up land (satellite land-cover map, 2021): a largely natural setting. Water makes up 49% of that circle.

  • Tree 63%
  • Grass 33%
  • Built 3%
MonthJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Sunset over seayesyesyesyes–––yesyesyesyesyes
Sunrise over sea––––––––––––

Land cover: ESA WorldCover 2021 (10 m). Orientation from OpenStreetMap land polygons sampled in 36 directions; depths and heights from the GEBCO 2020 grid (about 450 m cells), indicative only.

Very wet season

Rainfall reaches 318 mm in January and stays above 250 mm in January, February and December.

No lifeguard mapped

OpenStreetMap shows no lifeguard station within 1 km. Seasonal lifeguard posts are often unmapped, so check on site.

Photos

Kelingking Beach, Nusa Penida.
Photo: FBilula, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons · 2026
Kelingking Beach, Nusa Penida.
Photo: FBilula, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons · 2026
Kelingking Beach (T-Rex Bay) of Nusa Penida, Bali
Photo: Chainwit., CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons · 2025
Kelingking Beach (T-Rex Bay) of Nusa Penida, Bali
Photo: Chainwit., CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons · 2025
Kelingking Beach (T-Rex Bay) of Nusa Penida, Bali
Photo: Chainwit., CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons · 2025
Kelingking Beach (T-Rex Bay) of Nusa Penida, Bali
Photo: Chainwit., CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons · 2025
Kelingking Beach (T-Rex Bay) of Nusa Penida, Bali
Photo: Chainwit., CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons · 2025

From above

Satellite image of Kelingking Beach and its surroundings
Satellite view, 2.4 × 1.6 km centred on the beach, 2026-06-07. Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026.

Facilities within 1 km

  • 3Restaurants, cafés & bars
  • 2Public toilets
  • –Showers
  • 1Car parks
  • –Lifeguard stations
  • 2Hotels & guesthouses
  • 4Viewpoints

Food and drink mapped within 1 km: 2 restaurants and 1 fast-food outlet. Accommodation: 2 hotels and guesthouses.

Counted within 1 km of the beach (bus stops 1.5 km) from OpenStreetMap features and Overture Maps places, release of 2026-10. Unmapped does not mean absent.

Around the beach

Viewpoints

  • Kelingking sunset view point 440 m E

Nature

  • Puncak Kelingking peak 250 m SW
  • Bukit Blidung peak 370 m E
  • Bt. Panggang peak 590 m N
  • Bt. Dalem peak 1.4 km E
  • Bt. Beme peak 1.5 km E

Islands in view

  • Batu Satu 320 m S
  • Batupahet 980 m SE

Getting there

Airports with scheduled flights
AirportCodeDistanceDirection
Denpasar I Gusti Ngurah Rai International Airport Kuta, BadungDPS33.6 kmwest
Lombok International Airport Mataram (Pujut, Lombok Tengah)LOP88.5 kmeast
Abdul Rachman Saleh Airport MalangMLG317 kmwest

Straight-line distances from the beach; road distance is usually 20–40% longer.

Local transport: 1 mapped car park within 1 km.

No town of 1,000+ people lies within 10 km; within 30 km there are 14 (about 317.1K).

Map and nearby beaches

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Compared with the nearest beaches
BeachDistanceWarmest seaLengthSurface
Kelingking Beach–28.8 °C222 mSand
Sanur Beach23.9 km W28.8 °C––
Pantai Nusa Dua27.1 km W28.9 °C5.0 km–
Kuta Beach29.6 km W28.9 °C1.7 km–
Pantai Pandawa33.4 km W28.9 °C855 mSand

Data on this page

  • Air temperature, rain, cloud, wind, humidity: NASA POWER climatology 2001–2020, 0.5° grid.
  • Sea temperature: NOAA OISST v2.1 monthly normals 1991–2020, nearest ocean cell 17.5 km away.
  • Beach outline, surface, rules and public facilities: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), feature r9869698; restaurants, cafés, bars and lodging: Overture Maps places (CDLA-Permissive-2.0).
  • Water body, status and length: Wikidata (CC0).
  • Towns and time zone: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Airports: OurAirports (public domain). Sunrise and sunset: NOAA solar equations.
  • Photos: Wikimedia Commons, author and licence under each image.
  • Satellite view: Copernicus Sentinel-2 (ESA), scene S2A_50LLR_20260607_0_L2A.
  • Orientation: OpenStreetMap land polygons (ODbL). Depth and terrain: GEBCO 2020 grid.
  • Settlements: GeoNames places with 1,000+ inhabitants.
  • Land cover: ESA WorldCover 2021, 10 m (CC BY 4.0).
  • Search popularity: about 135K Google searches a month for the name (KeywordTool, October 2026).

Data compiled 2026-10-13. Something wrong? Report a data error.