Bandung sits in a volcanic basin about 700 metres up in West Java, and dates its founding as a city to 1810. Once nicknamed the "Paris of Java", it keeps a rich stock of colonial Art Deco buildings, among them Villa Isola and Gedung Merdeka, where Sukarno hosted the first Asian–African Conference in 1955. The Bandung Institute of Technology, Indonesia's oldest technical university (founded 1920), anchors the country's leading technology centre, and the city joined UNESCO's Creative Cities Network as a City of Design in 2015. The Tangkuban Perahu crater lies just to the north.
Nights sit around 20°C and afternoons around 28°C.
Bandung barely changes season: afternoons sit around 28°C and nights around 19°C most of the year.
There is a clear wet season from October – May, peaking in November with around 289 mm. The driest month is August, with about 43 mm.
Wind is rarely an issue; most months sit between calm and a light breeze. Air quality is worth watching: November averages an AQI of 157, while January clears to 109.
Daylight is steady all year, around 12.0 hours a day.
For what you're after, the best months in Bandung are June – September. Expect fast internet (68 Mbps) and a low cost of living (about €750 a month).
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