Climate averages 1991–2020
Singkawang weather
in August.
A hot, wet month: one of 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 Singkawang: daytime highs average 29.6°C and nights cool to about 24.6°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the warmest months of the year.
Expect about 163 mm of rain on roughly 19 days, which makes August a wet month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 09 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Pontianak (111 km away). In August its highs average 30.5°C, 1.0°C warmer than Singkawang, with 141 mm of rain.
Among the 200 cities listed in Indonesia, Singkawang ranks joint 105th of 200 for the warmest August highs and joint 169th of 200 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 200 cities is 29.5°C; Singkawang is 0.1°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 0.3°C to 29.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 163 mm to 203 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
Singkawang climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.3°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 283 | 25.5 | 12.112 h |
| February | 28.6°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 178 | 19.8 | 12.112 h |
| March | 29.2°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 187 | 22.1 | 12.112 h |
| April | 29.4°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 212 | 25.0 | 12.112 h |
| May | 29.6°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 221 | 24.7 | 12.212 h |
| June | 29.5°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 193 | 20.6 | 12.212 h |
| July | 29.4°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 178 | 19.1 | 12.212 h |
| August, selected | 29.6°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 163 | 19.1 | 12.112 h |
| September | 29.3°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 203 | 21.8 | 12.112 h |
| October | 28.8°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 303 | 27.0 | 12.112 h |
| November | 28.3°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 395 | 28.9 | 12.112 h |
| December | 28.2°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 399 | 28.2 | 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
- Pontianak in AugustIndonesia · 111 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 23.9°C · 141 mm rain
- Kuching in AugustMalaysia · 166 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 24.0°C · 200 mm rain
- Sintang in AugustIndonesia · 295 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 23.4°C · 165 mm rain
- Sibu in AugustMalaysia · 351 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 23.5°C · 192 mm rain
- Tanjung Pandan in AugustIndonesia · 432 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 24.5°C · 90 mm rain
- Sungailiat in AugustIndonesia · 442 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 25.0°C · 105 mm rain
- Pangkalpinang in AugustIndonesia · 465 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 24.6°C · 106 mm rain
- Pangkalanbuun in AugustIndonesia · 496 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 23.7°C · 99 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 Singkawang) is explained once on the Singkawang year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.