The best time to visit Bali is between April and October, the island’s dry season. Although the weather is ideal for travellers, the island is also subject to soupy, humid days throughout the year. Many shops offer sales and promotions; restaurants are less crowded in those mid-season months. You’ll be treated to lush showers of rain, overcast skies and thick clouds, ready to relinquish the rain. From June and August, the island is treated to sweeping gusts of winds. What’s especially beautiful about this season is the sight of hundreds of Balinese kites dancing in the wind – and why not? This is “kite season” as the Balinese locals call it. This is the time Bali is the busiest.