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Where to stay in East Nusa Tenggara
This guide covers 18 destinations in East Nusa Tenggara, a first-level administrative division of Indonesia, with 114 places to stay between them. The largest by population are Kupang, Sikka and Southwest Sumba. Across its destinations, July is the month comfortable in the most places. The airport most of them name as their nearest is Oecusse Route of the Sandalwood International Airport (OEC).
- Destinations in this guide
- 18
- Places to stay
- 114
- Comfortable in the most places
- July
- Main airport
- OECOecusse Route of the Sandalwood International Airport
- Currency
- IDRrupiah
- Time zone
- Asia/Makassar
Destinations
Destinations in East Nusa Tenggara
Every destination in this guide in East Nusa Tenggara, the ones with the most places to stay first. Best months are the months that are comfortable there (average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month); the nearest airport is by straight-line distance from the centre.
| Destination | Population | Places to stay | Nearest airport |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Manggarai | 253,319 | 56 | BMU · 132 km |
| Kupang | 466,632 | 39 | KOE · 10 km |
| Sikka | 311,568 | 6 | |
| East Manggarai | 249,218 | 5 | |
| Ende | 274,758 | 3 | |
| Lembata | 131,083 | 2 | OEC · 123 km |
| Southwest Sumba | 300,671 | 1 | BMU · 122 km |
| Belu | 213,596 | 1 | UAI · 48 km |
| Malaka | 186,998 | 1 | UAI · 51 km |
| East Flores | 276,839 | ||
| North Central Timor | 247,812 | OEC · 32 km | |
| East Sumba | 232,951 | ||
| Alor | 207,283 | DIL · 91 km | |
| Ngada | 162,721 | ||
| Nagekeo | 156,559 | ||
| Rote Ndao | 138,557 | KOE · 46 km | |
| Sabu Raijua | 91,194 | ||
| Central Sumba | 82,158 |
Where to stay
Hotels in East Nusa Tenggara
114 hotels in East Nusa Tenggara recorded in Wikidata and not marked closed; the 30 best known are shown, by the number of Wikipedia editions that cover them. Each is listed under the destination it is within 25 km of.
When to go
Best time to visit East Nusa Tenggara
From the climate of 18 destinations in East Nusa Tenggara with climate data: how many are comfortable each month (average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month), and the typical high and rainfall across them. The month comfortable in the most places: July.
| Month | Comfortable destinations | Typical high | Typical rainfall |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 of 18 | 31 °C | 312 mm |
| February | 0 of 18 | 30 °C | 296 mm |
| March | 0 of 18 | 30 °C | 267 mm |
| April | 0 of 18 | 31 °C | 149 mm |
| May | 2 of 18 | 30 °C | 103 mm |
| June | 3 of 18 | 30 °C | 41 mm |
| July | 5 of 18 | 30 °C | 21 mm |
| August | 3 of 18 | 30 °C | 10 mm |
| September | 2 of 18 | 31 °C | 31 mm |
| October | 0 of 18 | 32 °C | 74 mm |
| November | 0 of 18 | 32 °C | 170 mm |
| December | 0 of 18 | 31 °C | 267 mm |
Typical = the median across the destinations. 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
Airports serving East Nusa Tenggara
The airports with scheduled flights that the destinations in East Nusa Tenggara name among their nearest, by how many name each as the nearest. An airport can lie outside the region. Distances are straight lines from a destination's centre.
OEC · Oecusse Route of the Sandalwood International Airport
UAI · Commander in Chief of FALINTIL, Kay Rala Xanana Gusmão, International Airport
KOE · El Tari Airport
BMU · Sultan Muhammad Salahuddin Airport
DIL · Presidente Nicolau Lobato International Airport
Good to know
Public holidays in East Nusa Tenggara, 2026
Shops and offices may close and transport may run reduced timetables on these dates. Source: python-holidays (MIT).
Nationwide in Indonesia
Nearby
Regions near East Nusa Tenggara
Other regions of Indonesia with a page in this guide, nearest first by the straight-line distance between the median positions of their destinations.
Sources: destinations and their regions from Wikidata; airports from OurAirports; climate from CRU TS v4.10 (University of East Anglia, ODbL); public holidays from python-holidays (MIT); further hotels from Wikidata. A region has a page here when at least 3 destinations of this guide lie in it. How this guide is made.