Pangkalpinang climate

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Pangkalpinang is warmest in September, with average highs of 30 °C, and coldest in December, when nights average 24 °C. December is the wettest month (360 mm) and August the driest (102 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Pangkalpinang averages 2,843 mm of rain and 365 days above 25 °C.

Indonesia · population 226,297 · 1991–2020 normals

Temperature below 0 °C to above 30 °C Rain band height is that month’s share of the wettest month

Warmest month September 30 °C
Coldest month December 24 °C
Driest month August 102 mm
Wettest month December 360 mm
Least cloud June 71 % cloud
Hottest on record September 34 °C
Coldest on record February 22 °C
Warmest sea May 30 °C

What to expectPangkalpinang through the year

Pangkalpinang changes little through the year. Average daily highs stay between 28 and 30 °C, so no month stands out as a season in the way it would further from the equator.

Counted across a normal year, 365 days a year reach 25 °C, 74 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 34 °C, in September.

Rain is strongly seasonal. December averages 360 mm against 102 mm in August — 3.5 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

The sea off Pangkalpinang is warmest in May at 30 °C and coldest in February at 28 °C. Sea temperature lags the air by a month or two, which is why late summer swims warmer than early summer at the same air temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	28.4 °C	285 mm	91 %
February	28.8 °C	236 mm	88 %
March	29.3 °C	322 mm	86 %
April	29.5 °C	317 mm	86 %
May	29.5 °C	228 mm	78 %
June	29.2 °C	173 mm	71 %
July	28.9 °C	147 mm	71 %
August	29.6 °C	102 mm	72 %
September	30.0 °C	119 mm	78 %
October	29.8 °C	225 mm	83 %
November	29.1 °C	328 mm	91 %
December	28.5 °C	360 mm	94 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	28.4 °C	24.1 °C	25.8 °C	30.5 °C	22.6 °C	31	0
February	28.8 °C	24.3 °C	26.1 °C	31.0 °C	21.5 °C	28	2
March	29.3 °C	24.4 °C	26.4 °C	32.3 °C	22.5 °C	31	5
April	29.5 °C	24.5 °C	26.5 °C	31.3 °C	23.2 °C	30	7
May	29.5 °C	24.9 °C	26.8 °C	31.5 °C	23.3 °C	31	8
June	29.2 °C	24.8 °C	26.7 °C	31.5 °C	22.7 °C	30	5
July	28.9 °C	24.5 °C	26.4 °C	31.8 °C	22.3 °C	31	3
August	29.6 °C	24.6 °C	26.8 °C	32.6 °C	21.9 °C	31	10
September	30.0 °C	24.5 °C	26.9 °C	34.1 °C	22.3 °C	30	13
October	29.8 °C	24.4 °C	26.7 °C	33.6 °C	22.1 °C	31	13
November	29.1 °C	24.2 °C	26.2 °C	33.4 °C	22.9 °C	30	4
December	28.5 °C	24.1 °C	25.8 °C	31.0 °C	22.7 °C	31	1

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind	Sea temp
January	285 mm	28	12 h/day	91 %	88 %	14 km/h	28.0 °C
February	236 mm	23	12 h/day	88 %	87 %	13 km/h	27.9 °C
March	322 mm	28	12 h/day	86 %	88 %	11 km/h	28.6 °C
April	317 mm	29	12 h/day	86 %	89 %	8.7 km/h	29.6 °C
May	228 mm	27	12 h/day	78 %	88 %	10 km/h	30.1 °C
June	173 mm	22	12 h/day	71 %	86 %	12 km/h	29.8 °C
July	147 mm	19	12 h/day	71 %	84 %	13 km/h	29.1 °C
August	102 mm	14	12 h/day	72 %	80 %	15 km/h	28.8 °C
September	119 mm	14	12 h/day	78 %	80 %	14 km/h	28.9 °C
October	225 mm	21	12 h/day	83 %	84 %	11 km/h	29.3 °C
November	328 mm	28	12 h/day	91 %	88 %	9.8 km/h	29.4 °C
December	360 mm	30	12 h/day	94 %	90 %	12 km/h	28.7 °C

How Pangkalpinang compares

The same four figures for nearby destinations, so the numbers above have something to be read against. Summer high is the warmest month's average high; winter low is the coldest month's average low.

Destination	Summer high	Winter low	Rain per year	Days above 25 °C
Pangkalpinang	30 °C	24 °C	2,843 mm	365
Palembang · Indonesia	32 °C	23 °C	2,410 mm	365
Jambi City · Indonesia	31 °C	23 °C	2,490 mm	364
Metro · Indonesia	31 °C	22 °C	2,031 mm	365
Bandar Lampung · Indonesia	30 °C	23 °C	2,655 mm	365
Lubuklinggau · Indonesia	30 °C	22 °C	2,794 mm	364
Tanjung Pinang · Indonesia	29 °C	25 °C	2,308 mm	365

Where Pangkalpinang ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Warmest sea temperatures in Asia in May	37thof 50	30 °C
Warmest sea temperatures in the world in May	39thof 50	30 °C
Warmest sea temperatures in Asia in November	40thof 50	29 °C
Warmest sea temperatures in the world in November	50thof 50	29 °C

Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Pangkalpinang.

QuestionsCommon questions about Pangkalpinang’s climate

When is the best time to visit Pangkalpinang?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. January, February, December sit closest to 20 °C on average, September is the warmest month and August the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Pangkalpinang get?

In September, the warmest month, daily highs average 30 °C. About 74 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 34 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 24 °C in December, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Pangkalpinang?

December, averaging 360 mm over 30 days with rain. The driest month is August with 102 mm. The year as a whole averages 2,843 mm.

Are these figures a forecast?

No. They are 1991–2020 climate normals: the average of thirty years, which describes what a month is usually like in Pangkalpinang rather than what any particular week will bring. Individual years can differ substantially from the normal.

Data sources and method

ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis — Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), ECMWF. Copernicus Licence
Open-Meteo — Open-Meteo.com. CC BY 4.0
NOAA OISST v2.1 — NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Public domain
GeoNames — GeoNames.org. CC BY 4.0

Normal period: 1991–2020
Dataset version: era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
Last processed: 1 August 2026

Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: monthly rankings, daylight hours, beach and comfort scores. Full formulas are on the methodology page.

Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.