When to Go

Go when the weather is best. East Timor doesn’t yet have a tourist season, so there’s no time of year when you’re going to be overrun by crowds. So go during the May to November dry season when there’s little rainfall and you’re assured of good weather. By the end of the dry season, it can be rather dry and dusty. The December to April wet season can be very wet indeed, making travel difficult, particularly if you get off the main routes where unsealed roads can become impassable and unbridged rivers uncrossable. The end of the wet season, however, is the time for festivals.