Aceh · Indonesia
Great Aceh travel guide
Great Aceh is a city in Aceh, Indonesia, home to about 379,000 people.
- Nearest airport
- BTJ22 km · Sultan Iskandar Muda International Airport
- Currency
- IDRrupiah
- Time zone
- Asia/Jakarta
- Language
- Indonesian
About
About Great Aceh
Great Aceh Regency (Indonesian: Kabupaten Aceh Besar) is a regency of the Indonesian province of Aceh. It covers an area previously known as Lamuri.
Wikipedia contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0; excerpted.
When to go
The best time to visit Great Aceh
Great Aceh has no month that is both mild and dry by the measure used here. May is the warmest month, with average highs of 32 °C; December is the wettest, with about 261 mm of rain.
Comfortable means average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month. Averages for 1991–2020 over the surrounding area, a grid square about 50 km across, so a coast or a nearby mountain can make the town itself warmer or cooler. Data: CRU TS v4.10, Climatic Research Unit, University of East Anglia (Open Database License).
Getting there
Getting to Great Aceh: airports and arrival
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Sultan Iskandar Muda International Airport (BTJ), about 22 km from the city centre in a straight line.
BTJ · Sultan Iskandar Muda International Airport
Questions
Great Aceh: questions travellers ask
When is the best time to visit Great Aceh?
Great Aceh has no month that is both mild and dry by the measure used here. May is the warmest month, with average highs of 32 °C; December is the wettest, with about 261 mm of rain.
Which airport is closest to Great Aceh?
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Sultan Iskandar Muda International Airport (BTJ), about 22 km from the city centre in a straight line.
What currency is used in Great Aceh?
rupiah (IDR).
Nearby
Destinations near Great Aceh
Sources: city facts from Wikidata and Wikipedia; airports from OurAirports; climate from CRU TS v4.10 (University of East Anglia Climatic Research Unit), 1991–2020 monthly means, 0.5° grid; places to stay, guest scores and amenities from each operator's own public pages. How this guide is made.