Climate averages 1991–2020
Pontianak weather
in February.
A hot, wet month: the 9th warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a hot month in Pontianak: daytime highs average 29.5°C and nights cool to about 23.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 173 mm of rain on roughly 20 days, which makes February a wet month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 07 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Singkawang (111 km away). In February its highs average 28.6°C, 0.8°C cooler than Pontianak, with 178 mm of rain.
Among the 200 cities listed in Indonesia, Pontianak ranks joint 24th of 200 for the warmest February highs and 24th of 200 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 200 cities is 28.4°C; Pontianak is 1.1°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 0.4°C to 29.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 173 mm to 199 mm.
The annual picture
February 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, selected | 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 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Singkawang in FebruaryIndonesia · 111 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 24.0°C · 178 mm rain
- Kuching in FebruaryMalaysia · 209 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 23.6°C · 314 mm rain
- Sintang in FebruaryIndonesia · 242 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 23.2°C · 231 mm rain
- Tanjung Pandan in FebruaryIndonesia · 354 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 24.8°C · 194 mm rain
- Sibu in FebruaryMalaysia · 379 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 23.0°C · 243 mm rain
- Pangkalanbuun in FebruaryIndonesia · 390 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 23.6°C · 208 mm rain
- Sungailiat in FebruaryIndonesia · 410 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 24.7°C · 194 mm rain
- Pangkalpinang in FebruaryIndonesia · 426 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 24.3°C · 243 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.