Where is Bali located? The island’s exact place in Indonesia and Southeast Asia

Bali is an Indonesian island and province in Southeast Asia, located east of Java and west of Lombok. It sits in the western part of the Lesser Sunda Islands, roughly 8 degrees south of the equator, with the Bali Strait separating it from Java and the Bali Sea to the north, according to Britannica and Bali.com.

Where exactly is Bali on the map?

Bali lies in the Indonesian archipelago, between the much larger island of Java to the west and Lombok to the east. Britannica places it about 1 mile (1.6 km) east of Java across the narrow Bali Strait, while Bali.com describes it as part of the Lesser Sunda Islands.

The island is in the tropics, just south of the equator, which is why it is often described as warm year-round. Several mapping and travel references place Bali at around 8 degrees south and about 115 degrees east, including Bali Tourism and the location data used by Google Maps-style listings.

Is Bali in Asia, Indonesia, or the Indian Ocean?

Bali is in Indonesia, which is in Southeast Asia. It is also an island province, not a separate country, according to Britannica and Bali.com.

Travel references often say Bali is in or near the Indian Ocean, but the most precise way to describe its position is as an Indonesian island between the Java Sea to the north and the Indian Ocean to the south. That is the standard geographic framing used by established reference sources.

How far is Bali from Java and Lombok?

Java is immediately to Bali’s west, and Lombok is to its east. Britannica says Bali is separated from Java by the Bali Strait, while other map-based references consistently show Lombok on the island’s eastern side.

For readers trying to orient themselves quickly: if you are looking at a map of Indonesia, Bali appears just off the eastern end of Java, in the island chain that stretches toward Lombok and beyond.

What kind of place is Bali geographically?

Bali is both an island and a province, with Denpasar as the provincial capital according to Britannica and other map references. The province includes the main island and a number of smaller offshore islands.

That means “Bali” can refer either to the island itself or to the administrative province. In everyday use, visitors usually mean the island, but in official Indonesian geography it is also a province.

Why does Bali’s location matter for travelers?

Bali’s position just south of the equator gives it a tropical climate and makes it a regional hub between Southeast Asia and Australia. Its location in Indonesia also explains why it is reached mainly through Indonesian entry points and why it shares regional time and climate patterns with nearby island destinations.

For most first-time readers, the simplest answer is: Bali is an Indonesian island in Southeast Asia, east of Java and west of Lombok, just south of the equator.

Sources

• Britannica
• Bali Tourism