Climate averages 1991–2020
Pontianak weather
in August.
A hot, wet month: the warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Pontianak: daytime highs average 30.5°C and nights cool to about 23.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 141 mm of rain on roughly 17 days, which makes August a wet month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 07 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Singkawang (111 km away). In August its highs average 29.6°C, 1.0°C cooler than Pontianak, with 163 mm of rain.
Among the 200 cities listed in Indonesia, Pontianak ranks joint 66th of 200 for the warmest August highs and joint 159th of 200 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 200 cities is 29.5°C; Pontianak is 1.1°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 0.2°C to 30.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 141 mm to 191 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
Pontianak climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.0°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 259 | 24.8 | 12.112 h |
| February | 29.5°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 173 | 19.7 | 12.112 h |
| March | 29.9°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 199 | 23.0 | 12.112 h |
| April | 29.9°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 256 | 27.4 | 12.112 h |
| May | 30.1°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 225 | 24.8 | 12.112 h |
| June | 30.0°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 170 | 19.8 | 12.112 h |
| July | 30.1°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 149 | 17.9 | 12.112 h |
| August, selected | 30.5°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 141 | 17.1 | 12.112 h |
| September | 30.3°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 191 | 20.7 | 12.112 h |
| October | 29.6°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 309 | 27.6 | 12.112 h |
| November | 28.9°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 386 | 29.0 | 12.112 h |
| December | 28.7°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 364 | 28.1 | 12.112 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
- Singkawang in AugustIndonesia · 111 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 24.6°C · 163 mm rain
- Kuching in AugustMalaysia · 209 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 24.0°C · 200 mm rain
- Sintang in AugustIndonesia · 242 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 23.4°C · 165 mm rain
- Tanjung Pandan in AugustIndonesia · 354 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 24.5°C · 90 mm rain
- Sibu in AugustMalaysia · 379 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 23.5°C · 192 mm rain
- Pangkalanbuun in AugustIndonesia · 390 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 23.7°C · 99 mm rain
- Sungailiat in AugustIndonesia · 410 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 25.0°C · 105 mm rain
- Pangkalpinang in AugustIndonesia · 426 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 24.6°C · 106 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 Pontianak) is explained once on the Pontianak year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.