Climate averages 1991–2020
Sintang weather
in August.
A hot, wet month: the warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Sintang: daytime highs average 30.6°C and nights cool to about 23.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 165 mm of rain on roughly 18 days, which makes August a wet month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 07 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kuching (210 km away). In August its highs average 30.5°C, about as warm as Sintang, with 200 mm of rain.
Among the 200 cities listed in Indonesia, Sintang ranks joint 56th of 200 for the warmest August highs and 173rd of 200 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 200 cities is 29.5°C; Sintang is 1.1°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs stay level at 30.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 165 mm to 237 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
Sintang climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.6°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 277 | 26.7 | 12.112 h |
| February | 29.8°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 231 | 23.2 | 12.112 h |
| March | 30.2°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 266 | 26.9 | 12.112 h |
| April | 30.2°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 266 | 27.5 | 12.112 h |
| May | 30.2°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 243 | 24.9 | 12.112 h |
| June | 30.0°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 186 | 20.0 | 12.112 h |
| July | 30.0°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 160 | 17.5 | 12.112 h |
| August, selected | 30.6°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 165 | 17.5 | 12.112 h |
| September | 30.5°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 237 | 21.7 | 12.112 h |
| October | 30.2°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 313 | 27.8 | 12.112 h |
| November | 29.9°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 318 | 28.6 | 12.112 h |
| December | 29.7°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 267 | 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
- Kuching in AugustMalaysia · 210 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 24.0°C · 200 mm rain
- Pontianak in AugustIndonesia · 242 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 23.9°C · 141 mm rain
- Sibu in AugustMalaysia · 251 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 23.5°C · 192 mm rain
- Singkawang in AugustIndonesia · 295 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 24.6°C · 163 mm rain
- Pangkalanbuun in AugustIndonesia · 306 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 23.7°C · 99 mm rain
- Sampit in AugustIndonesia · 331 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 23.4°C · 94 mm rain
- Palangkaraya in AugustIndonesia · 369 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 23.1°C · 87 mm rain
- Bintulu in AugustMalaysia · 385 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 23.8°C · 196 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 Sintang) is explained once on the Sintang year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.