City in Indonesia
Uluwatu
Uluwatu is the cliff-top surf coast on the southern edge of Bali, inside Pecatu village in Kuta Selatan subdistrict, Badung. Pecatu is a rural beach village of 8,261 registered residents (2021) with 14 hotels and 72 inns, spread over 26.41 km2 at the lowest density in the subdistrict. The Ngurah Rai immigration office is in the same subdistrict, and a 2026 property-agent guide describes dramatic ocean views, famous surf spots and a nomad scene quieter than Canggu's.
- Country
- Indonesia
- Region
- Bali
- Population
- 8,261 in 2021. Pecatu village (desa), Kuta Selatan subdistrict (kecamatan), Badung Regency, registered residents in 2021 (Ministry of Home Affairs consolidated data, as printed by BPS-Statistics Badung). Uluwatu is not an administrative unit: it is the cliff and surf area inside Pecatu, which covers 26.41 km2, so this is a village figure. The whole Kuta Selatan subdistrict had 113,919. This is civil-registration data: people registered as residents..
- Settings
- By the sea
- Weather
- Warm all year
The Fernshore Index
How it grades, factor by factor.
The Fernshore Index grades a place factor by factor. Each grade is against a published measure, with its source and the date we checked it. It is research information, not advice. Where we have no figure, the row says Unknown.
Cost of living
96 of 100StrongCountry figure
Price level 0.287 of United States prices (2025).
Climate
16 of 100WeakOwn figure
Normals from Ngurah Rai airport, about 9 km north of Uluwatu on the same peninsula: 3 comfortable months a year (June, July and August); the other nine months have an average daily high above 30 °C or over 150 mm of rain.
Safety
47 of 100MixedCountry figure
Global Peace Index 2026: 69th of 163.
Healthcare
27 of 100WeakCountry figure
WHO UHC service coverage index 67 (2023).
Schools
UnknownCountry figure
Our research doesn't cover schools yet.
Community
UnknownCountry figure
Not covered by Expat Insider 2026
Lifestyle
UnknownCountry figure
Not covered by Expat Insider 2026
Work and career
50 of 100MixedCountry figure
Mixed: a residence route for remote workers exists (the E33G Remote Worker visa, for employees of a company abroad), but fixed broadband is 4.9 per 100 people (2024), under the 30 line.
Retirement
50 of 100MixedCountry figure
Mixed: the E33E Retiree visa (5 years, up to 10 in total) is for people aged 55 and over, with about US$50,000 deposit and income of about US$3,000 a month; the page names no path to permanent residence. To be safe, have more than US$51,000.
Internet
10 of 100WeakCountry figure
4.92 fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 people (2024).
English
14 of 100WeakCountry figure
EF EPI 2025 score 471, rank 80 of 123, under the 499 weak line, so the score is 14.
Visa, United States passport
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Visa, Canada passport
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Visa, Australia passport
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Visa, New Zealand passport
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Why it is here
Why Uluwatu is on the list.
A city is listed when there is evidence that people move there. This is the evidence.
More detail
- The Ngurah Rai immigration office is in Jimbaran, in the same subdistrict (Kuta Selatan) as Pecatu, and the immigration patrol task force launched on 5 August 2025 names Pecatu (Uluwatu, Bingin) as one of its 10 patrol points across the Ngurah Rai and Denpasar work areas.
- A February 2026 property-agent guide describes Uluwatu as a place of dramatic ocean views and famous surf spots, with a growing digital nomad community that is quieter than Canggu's, and lists surfers and independent freelancers as who it suits.
The country
More on Indonesia.
Questions about Uluwatu.
Where is Uluwatu, and how many people live there?
Uluwatu is the cliff and surf area inside Pecatu village, Kuta Selatan subdistrict, Badung, on Bali's southern edge. Pecatu had 8,261 registered residents in 2021 across 26.41 km2, the lowest density in the subdistrict.
Which immigration office covers Uluwatu?
The Ngurah Rai immigration office, in Jimbaran, the same subdistrict (Kuta Selatan). A 2025 immigration press release names Pecatu (Uluwatu, Bingin) as one of 10 patrol points across the Ngurah Rai and Denpasar work areas.
How much accommodation is there in Uluwatu?
In the 2021 village survey, Pecatu village had 14 hotels and 72 inns, the most inns of the six villages in Kuta Selatan. The survey counts premises across the whole village.
Can you get around Uluwatu without your own transport?
Public transport exists in Pecatu without a fixed route, according to the 2021 village survey. A 2026 property-agent guide says you usually need a scooter to get around.
What is the weather like in Uluwatu?
The nearest station with a 1991-2020 record, Ngurah Rai airport about 9 km north, shows daily highs of 29.2 to 31.7 °C, with rain averaging 350.7 mm in January and 27.6 mm in July. Fernshore counts three comfortable months: June, July and August.
Sources and dates checked
Official sources
- Kuta Selatan Subdistrict in Figures 2022 (Kecamatan Kuta Selatan Dalam Angka 2022), Tables 1.1.1, 1.1.3, 3.1, 3.2 and 6.1.1, BPS-Statistics Badung Regency (second printing hosted by the Badung Regency government). Checked 18 October 2026. Publication number 51030.2206. Pecatu village: 8,261 residents in 2021 (Table 3.1, 'Net Consolidated Data, semester 2 of 2021, Ministry of Home Affairs'; 4,064 men, 4,197 women); 8,235 on the village heads' own registration at December 2021 (Table 3.2). Area 26.41 km2 (Table 1.1.1), 313 people per km2, the lowest density in the subdistrict. Kuta Selatan subdistrict as a whole: 113,919 (Table 3.1). Table 1.1.3 (village survey, Podes 2021): Pecatu is a beach village, classed rural, under 500 m above sea level. Table 6.1.1 (Podes 2021): 14 hotels and 72 inns in Pecatu, the most inns of the six villages. Table 6.2.1: public transport is present in Pecatu without a fixed route. Read from the copy hosted on the Badung government site.
- Imigrasi Kukuhkan Satgas Patroli di Bali untuk Jaga Stabilitas dan Keamanan Wilayah (press release), Directorate General of Immigration, Indonesia. Checked 18 October 2026. Press release of 5 August 2025: a patrol task force works at 10 strategic points in the work areas of the Ngurah Rai and Denpasar immigration offices, among them 'Pecatu (Uluwatu, Bingin)', Kuta Utara (Canggu), Pantai Mertasari, Kuta, Ubud, Nusa Dua and Jimbaran. It does not say how many foreigners live at any of them.
- Contact us: office locations (Kanim Ngurah Rai TPI), Directorate General of Immigration, Indonesia. Checked 18 October 2026. Lists the Ngurah Rai immigration office at Jl. Perum Taman Jimbaran No.1, Jimbaran, Kuta Selatan, Badung, Bali: the same subdistrict as Pecatu.
- Daily maximum temperature 1991–2020, Denpasar Ngurah Rai airport (WMO 97230), BMKG (Indonesian Meteorological, Climatological and Geophysical Agency) observations, distributed by NOAA NCEI in the Global Historical Climatology Network–Daily (station IDM00097230); monthly means computed by Fernshore. Checked 15 October 2026. Ngurah Rai airport (WMO 97230, 8.749 S 115.167 E) is the nearest station with a 1991–2020 record: about 9 km north of the Uluwatu dot (8.8130 S 115.1170 E), on the narrow neck of the Bukit peninsula. Mean of the daily maximum temperature in each month, from 7,358 daily readings made between 1991 and 2020: January 30.9, February 31.1, March 31.2, April 31.3, May 30.6, June 29.8, July 29.2, August 29.2, September 30.1, October 31.1, November 31.7, December 31.1 °C. The WMO Climate Normals 1991–2020 file for this station has no maximum temperature or rainfall, so the normals were computed from the daily record. A secondary copy on Wikipedia gives 30.0 °C for September; the computed 30.1 does not make September comfortable. Same working as the Canggu record (id-canggu).
- Price level index (GDP), Indonesia, World Bank. Checked 15 October 2026. 2025: 28.65 (United States = 100), read from the World Bank API on 15 October 2026.
- Monthly normals, Denpasar/Ngurah Rai (WMO 97230), Japan Meteorological Agency, Tokyo Climate Center (World Climate: monthly normals from the station's CLIMAT reports). Checked 15 October 2026. Monthly rainfall normals in mm, January to December: 350.7, 289.8, 231.1, 107.4, 94.7, 67.9, 27.6, 36.4, 59.4, 64.4, 131.2, 327.4. The page does not state the normals period. Used only for the rainfall test, which June, July and August pass by a wide margin (28 to 68 mm against the 150 mm line).
- UHC service coverage index (SDG 3.8.1), World Health Organization. Checked 15 October 2026. Indonesia: 67 out of 100 (2023).
- E33G Remote Worker Special Residency Visa (Indonesian-language page), Directorate General of Immigration, Indonesia. Checked 15 October 2026. Page read in Indonesian on 15 October 2026 (the English page says 'Data Not Yet Available'). A limited stay visa for working for a foreign company: stay of 1 year, extendable online; no sponsor needed; bank statements for the last 3 months of at least US$2,000; special requirement of bank evidence of salary or income of at least US$60,000 a year and an employment agreement with a company established outside Indonesia. No age minimum and no deposit are stated.
- Indonesian visa list, Directorate General of Immigration, Indonesia. Checked 15 October 2026. Lists, under Special Residency Visas, E33 (Special Residency Visa, Golden Visa), E33E (5-Year Retiree Special Residency Visa, Golden Visa), E33F (1-Year Retiree Special Residency Visa) and E33G (Remote Worker Special Residency Visa).
- Fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 people, Indonesia, International Telecommunication Union, via the World Bank. Checked 15 October 2026. 2024: 4.92 per 100 people, read from the World Bank API on 15 October 2026.
- E33E 5-Year Retiree Special Residency Visa, Directorate General of Immigration, Indonesia. Checked 15 October 2026. For foreign nationals aged 55 or older; stay of 5 or 10 years (extendable online, total stay up to 10 years, convertible to another stay permit); no sponsor; immigration guarantee of a commitment to deposit at least US$50,000 in the applicant's own account at a state-owned bank, held for as long as the permit is valid; evidence of income or an allowance of at least US$3,000 a month; the visa is valid for 90 days from issue. The page names no path to permanent residence.
- E33F 1-Year Retiree Special Residency Visa (Indonesian-language page), Directorate General of Immigration, Indonesia. Checked 15 October 2026. Page read in Indonesian on 15 October 2026. Stay of 1 year, extendable online; needs a sponsor; evidence of income or an allowance of at least US$3,000 a month. The page shown does not state an age.
Index measures and references (not official sources)
- Best Bali neighborhoods for digital nomads in 2026, Bali Home Immo (property agent's blog, private, not official). Checked 18 October 2026. Published 11 February 2026. Uluwatu: 'located on the southern cliffs of Bali', 'dramatic ocean views, famous surf spots, and a more relaxed environment'; 'The digital nomad community here is growing, but it is still quieter than Canggu'; drawbacks 'You usually need a scooter to get around', 'Fewer coworking spaces than Canggu'. Written by a property agent: opinion and description, no headcount.
- Global Peace Index 2026, overall rank, Institute for Economics and Peace. Checked 15 October 2026. Indonesia ranks 69th of 163 countries.
- EF English Proficiency Index 2025: Indonesia, EF Education First (private test-taker index). Checked 15 October 2026. Score 471, rank 80 of 123 countries and regions; the 2026 edition was not yet published on 15 October 2026.