Indonesia / Bali
Pantai Pandawa
Pantai Pandawa is a 1.0 km-long sandy beach facing south-south-east, 6.7 km south-east of Jimbaran (Bali, Indonesia). The sea averages 28.9 °C in March, its warmest month, and 25.8 °C in August; it stays at 21 °C or above all year.
Average sea surface temperature by month. Current month outlined.
Reference
Pandawa Beach (or Pandava Beach, Indonesian: Pantai Pandawa; Balinese: ᬧᬲᬶᬄᬧᬵᬡ᭄ᬟᬯ, romanized: Pasih Pāṇḍawa) is located at Badung – South Kuta tourist region and one of the many beaches in Bali. In the past, this beach is well known to be one of the regions secret beaches because of the location behind a mountainous area that secluded its location to the unknown.
Wikidata item Q19746970.
Month by month
October at Pantai Pandawa
Beach-day index 9.1/10 · Indonesia median 8.3
| Measure | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sea °C | 28.8 °C | 28.8 °C | 28.9 °C | 28.7 °C | 27.9 °C | 27.1 °C | 26.2 °C | 25.8 °C | 26.1 °C | 27.0 °C | 28.2 °C | 28.7 °C |
| High °C | 28° | 28° | 28° | 28° | 28° | 27° | 27° | 27° | 28° | 29° | 29° | 28° |
| Low °C | 26° | 26° | 26° | 26° | 26° | 25° | 24° | 24° | 24° | 25° | 26° | 26° |
| Rain mm | 318 | 251 | 206 | 123 | 82 | 46 | 33 | 16 | 42 | 62 | 159 | 296 |
| Cloud % | 82 | 78 | 72 | 60 | 48 | 41 | 40 | 32 | 35 | 45 | 65 | 84 |
| Wind m/s | 3.1 | 2.8 | 2.4 | 2.6 | 3.3 | 3.8 | 4.1 | 4.3 | 4.1 | 3.7 | 3.0 | 2.8 |
| Daylight h | 12.6 | 12.4 | 12.2 | 11.9 | 11.7 | 11.6 | 11.7 | 11.8 | 12.0 | 12.3 | 12.5 | 12.6 |
| Record high/low | 31°/25° | 31°/25° | 30°/25° | 30°/24° | 30°/24° | 30°/22° | 29°/22° | 30°/22° | 31°/22° | 32°/24° | 32°/25° | 32°/25° |
| Beach index | 7.2 | 7.2 | 7.6 | 8.4 | 8.9 | 9.2 | 9.3 | 9.5 | 9.3 | 9.1 | 8.1 | 7.2 |
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 25.8 °C and 16 mm of rain.
That matches the median for beaches in Indonesia in the same month.
Across the year the sea averages 27.7 °C, warmer than 87% 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 06:29 and sets at 18:18 local time.
Orientation, sun and shore
The shore faces south-south-east (160°). Open water fills about 53% of the horizon close by, which makes it an exposed spot with water on most sides.
The sun sets over the sea in November–January; in mid-December it goes down at 18:33 local time on a bearing of 246°.
Sunrise is over the sea in every month.
Straight out to the south-south-east about 1,200 km of open sea lies before the next coast, enough for large swells to build. The beach is on an island of about 5,394 km².
About 1 km offshore the sea is roughly 18 m deep and 48 m at 3 km. Behind the beach the ground is about 89 m above sea level 500 m inland and 123 m at 1.5 km, so the beach is backed by steep slopes or cliffs.
Within 1 km, the land is 52% grassland, 27% tree cover and 14% built-up land (satellite land-cover map, 2021): a largely natural setting. Water makes up 51% of that circle.
- Grass 52%
- Tree 27%
- Built 14%
- Bare 4%
- Crop 3%
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.
Rainfall reaches 318 mm in January and stays above 250 mm in January, February and December.
OpenStreetMap shows no lifeguard station within 1 km. Seasonal lifeguard posts are often unmapped, so check on site.
Photos
From above
Facilities within 1 km
- 5Restaurants, cafés & bars
- 3Public toilets
- –Showers
- 3Car parks
- –Lifeguard stations
- 21Hotels & guesthouses
- 2Cash machines
- 1Viewpoints
- 1Historic sites
Food and drink mapped within 1 km: 4 restaurants and 1 bar. Accommodation: 21 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
- Bukit Timbis Paragliding site 900 m NE
Historic sites
- Villa Bale Agung Uluwatu Bali castle 410 m W
Getting there
| Airport | Code | Distance | Direction |
|---|---|---|---|
| Denpasar I Gusti Ngurah Rai International Airport Kuta, Badung | DPS | 11.0 km | north |
| Lombok International Airport Mataram (Pujut, Lombok Tengah) | LOP | 121 km | east |
| Abdul Rachman Saleh Airport Malang | MLG | 290 km | west |
Straight-line distances from the beach; road distance is usually 20–40% longer.
Local transport: 3 mapped car parks within 1 km.
2 towns and villages of 1,000+ people lie within 10 km (about 4.3K residents); within 30 km there are 15 (about 858.6K).
When people look it up
The EN Wikipedia article was read 7,637 times in the 12 months to August 2026. Interest peaks in April (835 views), 1.7× the quietest month.
Map and nearby beaches
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| Beach | Distance | Warmest sea | Length | Surface |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pantai Pandawa | – | 28.9 °C | 1.0 km | Sand |
| Pantai Melasti | 2.9 km W | 28.9 °C | 195 m | – |
| Kuta Beach | 3.9 km NE | 28.9 °C | 1.7 km | – |
| Pantai Nusa Dua | 7.5 km NE | 28.9 °C | 5.0 km | – |
| Uluwatu Beach | 11.0 km W | 28.9 °C | – | – |
- Pantai Melasti2.9 km WCompare
- Kuta Beach3.9 km NECompare
- Pantai Nusa Dua7.5 km NECompare
- Uluwatu Beach11.0 km WCompare
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 7.3 km away.
- Beach outline, surface, rules and public facilities: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), feature w284984714; 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_50LKR_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 140 Google searches a month for the name (KeywordTool, October 2026).
Data compiled 2026-10-13. Something wrong? Report a data error.