Climate averages 1991–2020

Tanjung Pinang weather
in October.

A hot, very wet month: the joint 6th warmest and the joint 8th driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 28.3°C Daytime mean, October
Average low 25.5°C Night-time mean, October
Rainfall 201 mm 25 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Tanjung Pinang · average highYear overview

October is a hot month in Tanjung Pinang: daytime highs average 28.3°C and nights cool to about 25.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 6th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 201 mm of rain on roughly 25 days, which makes October a very wet month (the joint 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 06 min on an average October day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Batam (55 km away). In October its highs average 28.0°C, about as warm as Tanjung Pinang, with 190 mm of rain.

Among the 200 cities listed in Indonesia, Tanjung Pinang ranks joint 164th of 200 for the warmest October highs and 122nd of 200 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 200 cities is 30.1°C; Tanjung Pinang is 1.8°C cooler than that mean.

From October to November, average highs fall by 0.5°C to 27.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 201 mm to 326 mm.

The annual picture

October in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. 20253035 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 3500

Averages 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

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Tanjung Pinang, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 27.2°C25.1°C25.1°C21721.012.112 h
February 27.8°C25.3°C25.3°C11515.012.112 h
March 28.4°C25.6°C25.6°C16521.112.112 h
April 28.7°C25.8°C25.8°C19326.712.112 h
May 28.8°C26.2°C26.2°C20127.112.212 h
June 28.7°C26.2°C26.2°C18023.412.212 h
July 28.3°C26.0°C26.0°C15322.212.212 h
August 28.3°C26.0°C26.0°C13820.812.112 h
September 28.4°C25.9°C25.9°C13519.812.112 h
October, selected 28.3°C25.5°C25.5°C20125.212.112 h
November 27.8°C25.2°C25.2°C32628.612.112 h
December 27.4°C25.1°C25.1°C34027.212.112 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

October in nearby cities

Distance from Tanjung Pinang

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 limits

How 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.