25 Things to Do in Bali When It Rains (Rainy Season 2026–27)

On Pengosekan Road in Ubud, the Agung Rai Museum of Art (ARMA) shows its permanent collection of Balinese, Indonesian and foreign art inside two museum buildings, from Kamasan paintings to works by Batuan artists of the 1930s and 1940s, alongside changing temporary exhibitions.

The museum also runs cultural workshops, including wood carving, batik, offering making and cooking classes, plus children's dance and gamelan classes, so a wet morning can become a hands-on lesson. Pair the galleries with a workshop and lunch at the museum's restaurant for a full rainy day under one roof.

Set back from Jalan Raya Ubud, about 300 metres west of Ubud Palace, Museum Puri Lukisan calls itself Ubud's first museum. Its galleries trace Balinese painting from the pre-war years to young contemporary artists.

On a rainy day the workshop programme is the draw: batik, mask painting, shadow-puppet carving, woodcarving, basket weaving, offering making, Balinese dance, flute and gamelan, plus a one-day traditional painting course. Entry is IDR 95,000 per adult, and children under 15 visiting with an adult enter free. Ask about the day's workshops at the counter.

On the road between Sanggingan and Campuhan, the Neka Art Museum spreads its collection across several pavilions, from traditional Balinese painting to the Arie Smit Pavilion and the Keris Pavilion, opened in 2007 for the museum's 25th anniversary.

Moving between the pavilions keeps you mostly under cover, and the keris (ceremonial dagger) collection is a highlight. Tickets cost IDR 150,000 for adults and IDR 75,000 for students and children aged 6 to 12; under-6s enter free. Tickets are sold in person only, and last entry is 30 minutes before closing.

Seniman Coffee Studio on Sriwedari Road is one of Ubud's best-known speciality coffee houses, and it runs proper barista workshops in its Ubud studio.

Choose from three two-hour sessions: Espresso Fundamental, Milk and Latte Art, or Manual Brewing, which covers pour-over, Chemex, AeroPress, siphon, French press and moka pot. Each costs IDR 450,000 per person, and sessions run in English or Indonesian. Workshops are held on Mondays and Saturdays, so plan a wet-weather coffee lesson around those days.

A short walk from Ubud Palace on Suweta Road, Wayan Silver Class is a small silversmith workshop where the owner teaches you to design and make your own piece of silver jewellery.

The two-hour class costs IDR 450,000 per person, with one design each and up to 5 grams of silver included; heavier pieces cost IDR 70,000 per extra gram. A welcome drink is included, and the studio is ready every day from 10 AM to 9 PM, so it works as a late-afternoon plan when the showers arrive.

In Laplapan village, north-east of Ubud, Paon Bali Cooking Class is taught in a fully equipped village kitchen at a traditional Balinese family home. You learn the base sauces Base Gede and Base Rajang, then cook and eat a spread of traditional dishes, with meat or vegetarian menus.

Classes cost from IDR 350,000 per person, include a recipe book and pick-up is free in the Ubud area. The morning class from 8:30 AM adds a market visit and a rice-field walk; on a wet day, the afternoon class from 3:30 PM keeps you mostly in the kitchen.

Near the top of the Campuhan Ridge in Bangkiang Sidem, Karsa Spa is a small day spa beside rice fields and a lotus pond, with both indoor and outdoor treatment rooms.

It is one of Ubud's better-value spas: a traditional Balinese massage costs IDR 240,000 for 60 minutes or IDR 350,000 for 90 minutes, and the signature deep-tissue massage IDR 260,000 for 60 minutes, all plus 15% tax and service. When it rains, ask for an indoor room when you book, then finish with a flower bath.

Inside Alaya Resort Ubud on Hanoman Road, DaLa Spa Ubud builds its Indonesian spa rituals around natural ingredients such as tea, yogurt, honey, fruit and flowers.

For a long rainy afternoon, book one of the rituals: the 150-minute Royal Wedding Ritual pairs a foot ritual, Balinese massage, Javanese lulur and a yogurt and honey treatment for IDR 1,232,000++ per person or IDR 2,310,000++ per couple, while the 120-minute Malabar Tea Ceremony costs IDR 1,122,000++. Treatments can start as late as 10 PM, so it also suits a wet evening after dinner in town.

Cinema XXI Beachwalk is the cinema inside Beachwalk Shopping Center on Kuta Beach Road, an easy escape from a downpour in Kuta and Legian.

Beachwalk itself is built around an open, resort-style design, so the cinema and the indoor shops are the dry corners on a stormy afternoon. Check showtimes and choose seats in advance on the Cinema XXI app or website, then shelter in the mall's restaurants before or after the film.

On Jalan Imam Bonjol in Denpasar, a short drive from Kuta, Trans Studio Theme Park Bali is a fully indoor theme park, which makes it one of the island's most weather-proof days out for families.

Rides include the Boomerang Challenge Coaster, which launches from the top of the building, the Flying Over Indonesia motion simulator, a ninja-style obstacle course in the Action Zone and a laser-gun mission in the Adventure Zone. Opening hours are 11 AM to 6 PM on weekdays and 11 AM to 7 PM at weekends; buy tickets online on the official site, where current offers are listed.

On Kunti Road in Seminyak, Prana Spa belongs to Impiana Private Villas Seminyak and is designed as an exotic sanctuary inspired by India and the Middle East.

Treatments take place in indoor rooms, including a couples' suite and a Vichy shower, which makes it one of Seminyak's most atmospheric places to wait out a downpour. A credit card secures each booking, and cancellations made less than eight hours ahead are charged 50%, so reserve once you know the forecast.

On Petitenget, between Seminyak and Kerobokan, Biku is a restaurant, tea lounge, homewares shop and bookstore set inside a 150-year-old teak joglo from East Java.

High tea is the main draw, in three versions, traditional, Asian and breakfast, with more than 50 teas from China, India and Indonesia to choose from. Browse the bookshelves between pots of tea and you can easily spend a whole rainy afternoon here; the kitchen serves from breakfast through to dinner.

On Sempol Road in Pererenan, Rock Island is a large indoor climbing gym with bouldering, top-rope and lead walls, open every day until 9 PM.

Beginners can join the Intro to Boulder class, which teaches technique, footwork and safe falling for IDR 350,000, including a day pass and rental equipment, from age five with a parent for under-8s. The Sunday Top Rope class at 10:30 AM costs IDR 475,000 and teaches belaying. Book a class ahead and the rest of your rainy day is covered.

On Babakan Canggu Road, Klimb Boulder Gym is a dedicated bouldering gym run by Bali Adventure Climbing, with a sister gym on Labuansait Road in Uluwatu.

Bouldering needs no ropes or partner, so it is easy to drop in for an hour or two when the rain sets in. Opening hours are noon to 9 PM on weekdays and 10 AM to 7 PM at weekends; message the gym on WhatsApp for current passes and kids' entry before you go.

Open on Batu Bolong since 2008, AMO combines a recovery bathhouse, spa, skin clinic and café in one building in central Canggu.

The bathhouse circuit has a steam room, Swedish sauna, rock sauna, Turkish hammam, jacuzzi, ice plunge and ice barrel, so heat and cold work even when the sky is grey. The two-hour AMO Royal Baths Experience costs IDR 1,100,000 and adds a full-body massage and scrub; Spalicious, at IDR 850,000, pairs a bathhouse scrub with a hair wash and blow-dry. Book ahead at weekends.

Near Echo Beach on Padang Linjong Road, Mai Main is a large family play park with a big indoor play area, including a ball pool, slides and a flying fox, plus an indoor pool, outdoor playgrounds, a mini zoo and a train ride.

The indoor zones and pool keep children busy when it pours, and every play zone is supervised by staff. A Discovery Pass for one child and one adult costs IDR 295,000 for the full day, extra adults pay IDR 180,000 including a food and drink voucher, and the Family Fun Pass for five is IDR 720,000.

Inside the Icon Bali mall on Danau Tamblingan Road, Icon Bali XXI was the first cinema in Bali with IMAX with Laser, combining a 4K laser projector with 12-channel sound in a 264-seat IMAX auditorium.

There are also two 144-seat deluxe studios and a 40-seat Premiere studio, and the mall around it has plenty of restaurants and shops for a dry afternoon in Sanur. Check showtimes and book seats on the m.tix app or 21cineplex.com, especially for big releases in IMAX.

On the Ngurah Rai Bypass at Sidakarya, between Sanur and Denpasar, AeroXSpace Adventure bills itself as Bali's largest indoor adventure park, with a space theme throughout.

Zones include trampolines, a free-fall drop, the Galactic Zipline, a warped wall, climbing walls, a ropes course and a separate Toddler Space for little ones. The park is open daily from 10 AM to 7 PM, and the Family Pack for two adults and two children costs IDR 1,000,000. On Friday and Saturday evenings from 6 PM to 9 PM, the Glow Party turns the park neon.

On the Ngurah Rai Bypass in Sanur Kauh, Clip 'n Climb Bali is the only official Clip 'n Climb in Indonesia: an indoor climbing playground with 25 colourful walls, nine metres high, and 90 routes.

Each session lasts 90 minutes, including a safety briefing and harness fitting, and no climbing experience is needed. Regular passes cost IDR 220,000 on weekdays and IDR 250,000 at weekends; toddlers aged four and five pay IDR 60,000 or IDR 70,000. Children can climb from age four, and adults are welcome too.

On the Ngurah Rai Bypass in Sanur, The Cellardoor is the tasting room of Hatten Wines, the Balinese winery founded in 1994, whose grapes grow in North Bali and are made into wine at its Sanur winery.

At the bar, choose a comparative or sweet-lover tasting of Balinese whites, rosés, reds and sparkling wines; Hatten is the island's only producer of traditional-method sparkling and solera-aged fortified wines. Private tastings can be arranged, and upstairs the Private Dining Room hosts wine dinners. It is a short hop from Clip 'n Climb, so parents can taste while the children climb.

At the Bali Nusa Dua Theatre in the ITDC resort complex, the Devdan Show tells the story of Indonesia through dance, acrobatics and stage effects drawn from five regions of the archipelago.

The show runs for 75 minutes without an interval in a fully air-conditioned indoor theatre, which makes it a reliable rainy-evening plan anywhere in the south. Performances start at 7:30 PM on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays, with VIP and A, B and C seat categories. Book ahead by email or WhatsApp with the theatre, then eat at Bali Collection next door.

In Block P of the Nusa Dua resort complex, Museum Pasifika holds more than 600 artworks that bring together artists from the Pacific, Southeast Asia and the Indonesian archipelago, with Bali as the meeting point.

The galleries are indoors and the museum is open every day from 10 AM to 6 PM, making it a good cultural stop when the beach is washed out. It also runs art classes and Balinese dance classes, which can be arranged by WhatsApp through the museum's website before your visit.

In Tanjung Benoa, Bumbu Bali Restaurant & Cooking School has taught Balinese cooking since 1997, with more than 2,760 classes so far. Its current class, Megibung, explores how food fits into Balinese family life and ceremonies.

The class starts at 8 AM with breakfast, then moves into the classroom to cook at least 12 recipes from the school's book, Megibung, before a nasi campur lunch at 12:30 PM. It runs every Tuesday for a maximum of eight people and costs about IDR 1,540,000 per person plus 10% service and 11% tax, without a market visit. Book early, as places are limited.

Inside the Rolling Fork restaurant on Labuansait Road, near Padang Padang Beach, Uluwatu Silver Class is a silversmith studio where beginners make their own jewellery in a relaxed workshop setting.

The Intro to Silversmithing class for one person costs IDR 625,000 and takes one to two hours, with a couples' class at IDR 1,250,000 and a family package for four at IDR 2,500,000. Classes run daily from 9 AM to 4 PM and are open to children from age five with adult supervision, a good plan for families when the surf is blown out.

On Labuansait Road near Padang Padang, Laniakea Spa is a day spa that aims to offer premium treatments at an affordable price.

Every full-body massage begins with a flower and sea-salt foot scrub, every massage room has its own shower, and the products come from Sensatia, made in Bali. A Balinese massage costs IDR 240,000 for 60 minutes, IDR 310,000 for 90 minutes or IDR 370,000 for 120 minutes, making it an easy rainy-afternoon booking on the Bukit.