Ubud Guide for Digital Nomads

Weather in Ubud by month

The warmest month is November, at about 85°F (29°C) in the afternoon, and the coolest is July, at about 79°F (26°C).

The most rain falls in January.

From NASA POWER's monthly climate averages for the point (a grid about 50 km across, so a coastal or mountain city can read a little off).

Internet in Ubud

In M-Lab's open speed tests within 25 km of Ubud, half came in above 15 Mbps download and 10 Mbps upload, and the fastest quarter of lines above 38 Mbps.

That's 170,408 download tests from September 2025 to September 2026.

The typical figure counts every line, cheap and mobile ones too; a fiber line in a good apartment or coworking space is closer to the fastest quarter.

Test yours when you get there with my internet speed test.

Cost of living in Ubud

One person spends about $1,075 a month in Ubud, with a furnished place to stay:

The rent is estimated from Indonesia's housing prices, as Inside Airbnb doesn't cover Ubud.

The rest is what a one-person US household spends (the Bureau of Labor Statistics' 2024 survey), at Indonesia's prices for each (the World Bank's 2021 price comparison).

Coworking, insurance and flights come on top.

Air quality in Ubud

By an estimate, the air in Ubud carries about 14 µg/m³ of fine particles (PM2.5) over a year, 2.7 times the WHO's guideline of 5 µg/m³.

The cleanest month is December, at about 12 µg/m³, and the haziest is November.

No open air quality station is within 25 km of Ubud, so these are estimates from Copernicus's CAMS air model for the surrounding area (an 80 km grid, 2023 to 2025, CC BY 4.0), adjusted to what stations measure elsewhere.

Take them as a guide: the model can be well off in big cities, and a measured figure replaces it once a station opens.

Is Ubud safe?

The US State Department rates Indonesia Level 2 ("Exercise increased caution", updated 2026-07-07), the same level it gives France, Germany, the UK and Spain.

Levels 1 and 2 are both everyday travel; the US only asks you to reconsider a trip at Level 3.

Some advisories raise the level for parts of a country, so read the full advisory before you book.

Work and stay in Ubud

Where to work and live with other remote workers, from each finder:

See them all on a map, with hours, photos and directions, in the coworking space finder, free Wi-Fi spots and coliving finder.

Visas, taxes and residency in Indonesia

Before you plan a long stay, check what your passport allows and what staying does to your taxes:

• Can you stay? – see where your passport goes without a visa on the visa-free countries map, and whether Indonesia has a visa for remote workers in the digital nomad visa finder
• Tax – compare Indonesia's income tax with other countries in tax rates by country
• Tax breaks for new residents – Indonesia has a regime for people who move there; see it in tax breaks for new residents
• Foreign income – Indonesia taxes its tax residents on their income from anywhere; see the rule and its exceptions on the territorial tax map

Each tool reads the official rules, so the answer is for your own passport and income.

Money in Ubud

A card with no foreign fee and an account that holds several currencies make a stay much cheaper:

• Accounts – the best bank accounts for digital nomads, by where you live
• Cards – what a card costs you abroad in the card fees abroad calculator
• Sending money – the cheapest way to move money there in the money transfer comparison

The finders show only accounts and cards you can open from where you live.

Time zone

Ubud runs on Makassar time (Asia/Makassar).

See how many working hours you'd share with your clients or team in the time zone overlap calculator.