Climate averages 1991–2020
Pangkalpinang weather
in August.
A hot, wet month: the 3rd warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Pangkalpinang: daytime highs average 29.6°C and nights cool to about 24.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 106 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes August a wet month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 03 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Sungailiat (31 km away). In August its highs average 29.4°C, about as warm as Pangkalpinang, with 105 mm of rain.
Among the 200 cities listed in Indonesia, Pangkalpinang ranks joint 105th of 200 for the warmest August highs and joint 148th of 200 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 200 cities is 29.5°C; Pangkalpinang is 0.1°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 0.4°C to 30.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 106 mm to 120 mm.
The annual picture
August in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Pangkalpinang climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.4°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 289 | 27.9 | 12.212 h |
| February | 28.8°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 243 | 24.2 | 12.212 h |
| March | 29.3°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 328 | 28.6 | 12.112 h |
| April | 29.5°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 335 | 29.1 | 12.112 h |
| May | 29.5°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 234 | 27.2 | 12.012 h |
| June | 29.2°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 170 | 22.9 | 12.012 h |
| July | 28.9°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 145 | 19.4 | 12.012 h |
| August, selected | 29.6°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 106 | 14.4 | 12.012 h |
| September | 30.0°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 120 | 13.9 | 12.112 h |
| October | 29.8°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 227 | 20.9 | 12.212 h |
| November | 29.0°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 327 | 27.9 | 12.212 h |
| December | 28.4°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 360 | 30.1 | 12.212 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
August in nearby cities
- Sungailiat in AugustIndonesia · 31 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 25.0°C · 105 mm rain
- Palembang in AugustIndonesia · 175 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 23.2°C · 76 mm rain
- Tanjung Pandan in AugustIndonesia · 182 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 24.5°C · 90 mm rain
- Prabumulih in AugustIndonesia · 255 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 23.5°C · 79 mm rain
- Jambi City in AugustIndonesia · 284 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 23.5°C · 115 mm rain
- Baturaja in AugustIndonesia · 310 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 22.6°C · 84 mm rain
- Metro in AugustIndonesia · 344 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 22.3°C · 68 mm rain
- Bandar Lampung in AugustIndonesia · 379 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 22.8°C · 103 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Pangkalpinang) is explained once on the Pangkalpinang year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.