Climate averages 1991–2020
Tanjung Pandan weather
in October.
A hot, very wet month: the joint 2nd warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a hot month in Tanjung Pandan: daytime highs average 30.2°C and nights cool to about 24.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 243 mm of rain on roughly 22 days, which makes October a very wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 10 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Pangkalpinang (182 km away). In October its highs average 29.8°C, about as warm as Tanjung Pandan, with 227 mm of rain.
Among the 200 cities listed in Indonesia, Tanjung Pandan ranks joint 97th of 200 for the warmest October highs and 148th of 200 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 200 cities is 30.1°C; Tanjung Pandan is 0.1°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 1.2°C to 29.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 243 mm to 354 mm.
The annual picture
October 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 | 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Pangkalpinang in OctoberIndonesia · 182 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 24.3°C · 227 mm rain
- Sungailiat in OctoberIndonesia · 194 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 24.8°C · 239 mm rain
- Palembang in OctoberIndonesia · 321 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 23.6°C · 173 mm rain
- Pontianak in OctoberIndonesia · 354 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 23.6°C · 309 mm rain
- Metro in OctoberIndonesia · 370 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 23.3°C · 116 mm rain
- Rengasdengklok in OctoberIndonesia · 383 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 24.2°C · 157 mm rain
- Prabumulih in OctoberIndonesia · 386 kmHigh 31.9°C · Low 23.7°C · 209 mm rain
- Teluknaga in OctoberIndonesia · 390 kmHigh 31.9°C · Low 24.2°C · 89 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.