Climate averages 1991–2020
Tanjung Pinang weather
in May.
A hot, very wet month: the warmest and the joint 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Tanjung Pinang: daytime highs average 28.8°C and nights cool to about 26.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 201 mm of rain on roughly 27 days, which makes May a very wet month (the joint 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 10 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Batam (55 km away). In May its highs average 28.5°C, about as warm as Tanjung Pinang, with 210 mm of rain.
Among the 200 cities listed in Indonesia, Tanjung Pinang ranks joint 141st of 200 for the warmest May highs and joint 142nd of 200 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 200 cities is 29.2°C; Tanjung Pinang is 0.4°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 0.1°C to 28.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 201 mm to 180 mm.
The annual picture
May 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 Pinang climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.2°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 217 | 21.0 | 12.112 h |
| February | 27.8°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 115 | 15.0 | 12.112 h |
| March | 28.4°C25.6°C | 25.6°C | 165 | 21.1 | 12.112 h |
| April | 28.7°C25.8°C | 25.8°C | 193 | 26.7 | 12.112 h |
| May, selected | 28.8°C26.2°C | 26.2°C | 201 | 27.1 | 12.212 h |
| June | 28.7°C26.2°C | 26.2°C | 180 | 23.4 | 12.212 h |
| July | 28.3°C26.0°C | 26.0°C | 153 | 22.2 | 12.212 h |
| August | 28.3°C26.0°C | 26.0°C | 138 | 20.8 | 12.112 h |
| September | 28.4°C25.9°C | 25.9°C | 135 | 19.8 | 12.112 h |
| October | 28.3°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 201 | 25.2 | 12.112 h |
| November | 27.8°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 326 | 28.6 | 12.112 h |
| December | 27.4°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 340 | 27.2 | 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
May in nearby cities
- Batam in MayIndonesia · 55 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 26.2°C · 210 mm rain
- Ulu Bedok in MaySingapore · 75 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 25.7°C · 210 mm rain
- Singapore in MaySingapore · 79 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 26.0°C · 224 mm rain
- Pasir Gudang in MayMalaysia · 86 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 25.1°C · 220 mm rain
- Jurong Town in MaySingapore · 94 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 25.5°C · 224 mm rain
- Woodlands in MaySingapore · 94 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 25.5°C · 217 mm rain
- Johor Bahru in MayMalaysia · 99 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 25.0°C · 217 mm rain
- Ulu Tiram in MayMalaysia · 104 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 24.5°C · 217 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 Pinang) is explained once on the Tanjung Pinang year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.