Climate averages 1991–2020
Tanjung Pandan weather
in August.
A hot, wet month: the joint 2nd warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Tanjung Pandan: daytime highs average 30.2°C and nights cool to about 24.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 90 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes August a wet month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 01 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Pangkalpinang (182 km away). In August its highs average 29.6°C, 0.6°C cooler than Tanjung Pandan, with 106 mm of rain.
Among the 200 cities listed in Indonesia, Tanjung Pandan ranks joint 77th of 200 for the warmest August highs and 133rd of 200 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 200 cities is 29.5°C; Tanjung Pandan is 0.7°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 0.5°C to 30.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 90 mm to 104 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
Tanjung Pandan climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.2°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 271 | 28.6 | 12.312 h |
| February | 28.5°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 194 | 23.3 | 12.212 h |
| March | 29.1°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 269 | 27.5 | 12.112 h |
| April | 29.4°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 333 | 29.0 | 12.112 h |
| May | 29.7°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 236 | 27.4 | 12.012 h |
| June | 29.4°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 167 | 21.8 | 12.012 h |
| July | 29.3°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 122 | 17.0 | 12.012 h |
| August, selected | 30.2°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 90 | 12.6 | 12.012 h |
| September | 30.7°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 104 | 13.0 | 12.112 h |
| October | 30.2°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 243 | 22.0 | 12.212 h |
| November | 29.0°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 354 | 28.3 | 12.212 h |
| December | 28.2°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 356 | 30.2 | 12.312 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
- Pangkalpinang in AugustIndonesia · 182 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 24.6°C · 106 mm rain
- Sungailiat in AugustIndonesia · 194 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 25.0°C · 105 mm rain
- Palembang in AugustIndonesia · 321 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 23.2°C · 76 mm rain
- Pontianak in AugustIndonesia · 354 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 23.9°C · 141 mm rain
- Metro in AugustIndonesia · 370 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 22.3°C · 68 mm rain
- Rengasdengklok in AugustIndonesia · 383 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 23.4°C · 38 mm rain
- Prabumulih in AugustIndonesia · 386 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 23.5°C · 79 mm rain
- Teluknaga in AugustIndonesia · 390 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 23.3°C · 30 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 Tanjung Pandan) is explained once on the Tanjung Pandan year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.