Pontianak climate

Name: Pontianak
Address: ID

Pontianak is warmest in August, with average highs of 31 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 23 °C. November is the wettest month (393 mm) and August the driest (146 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Pontianak averages 2,876 mm of rain and 365 days above 25 °C.

Indonesia · population 686,019 · 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 August 31 °C
Coldest month January 23 °C
Driest month August 146 mm
Wettest month November 393 mm
Least cloud July 77 % cloud
Hottest on record August 35 °C
Coldest on record February 21 °C
Warmest sea May 30 °C

What to expectPontianak through the year

Pontianak changes little through the year. Average daily highs stay between 29 and 31 °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, 162 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 35 °C, in August.

Rain is strongly seasonal. November averages 393 mm against 146 mm in August — 2.7 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

The sea off Pontianak is warmest in May at 30 °C and coldest in February at 29 °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	29.0 °C	265 mm	92 %
February	29.5 °C	183 mm	90 %
March	29.9 °C	201 mm	88 %
April	29.9 °C	257 mm	88 %
May	30.1 °C	233 mm	83 %
June	30.1 °C	174 mm	78 %
July	30.1 °C	149 mm	77 %
August	30.6 °C	146 mm	80 %
September	30.3 °C	193 mm	86 %
October	29.6 °C	315 mm	91 %
November	28.9 °C	393 mm	94 %
December	28.7 °C	368 mm	93 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	29.0 °C	23.4 °C	25.5 °C	31.8 °C	21.2 °C	31	6
February	29.5 °C	23.5 °C	25.8 °C	33.0 °C	20.7 °C	28	10
March	29.9 °C	23.7 °C	26.1 °C	32.9 °C	22.0 °C	31	16
April	29.9 °C	24.0 °C	26.2 °C	32.5 °C	22.6 °C	30	16
May	30.1 °C	24.2 °C	26.5 °C	32.5 °C	22.6 °C	31	19
June	30.1 °C	24.0 °C	26.4 °C	33.3 °C	22.2 °C	30	17
July	30.1 °C	23.7 °C	26.3 °C	33.9 °C	22.0 °C	31	17
August	30.6 °C	23.8 °C	26.4 °C	34.8 °C	21.3 °C	31	21
September	30.3 °C	23.7 °C	26.2 °C	34.8 °C	21.8 °C	30	19
October	29.6 °C	23.6 °C	25.8 °C	33.2 °C	22.1 °C	31	12
November	28.9 °C	23.5 °C	25.5 °C	32.0 °C	22.3 °C	30	6
December	28.7 °C	23.5 °C	25.4 °C	31.4 °C	21.9 °C	31	4

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind	Sea temp
January	265 mm	25	12 h/day	92 %	89 %	13 km/h	28.6 °C
February	183 mm	20	12 h/day	90 %	88 %	12 km/h	28.5 °C
March	201 mm	23	12 h/day	88 %	88 %	11 km/h	29.1 °C
April	257 mm	28	12 h/day	88 %	90 %	10 km/h	30.0 °C
May	233 mm	25	12 h/day	83 %	90 %	9.7 km/h	30.2 °C
June	174 mm	20	12 h/day	78 %	88 %	10 km/h	30.0 °C
July	149 mm	18	12 h/day	77 %	86 %	11 km/h	29.5 °C
August	146 mm	17	12 h/day	80 %	85 %	12 km/h	29.2 °C
September	193 mm	21	12 h/day	86 %	87 %	11 km/h	29.0 °C
October	315 mm	28	12 h/day	91 %	90 %	11 km/h	29.5 °C
November	393 mm	29	12 h/day	94 %	92 %	11 km/h	29.5 °C
December	368 mm	28	12 h/day	93 %	91 %	13 km/h	29.1 °C

How Pontianak 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
Pontianak	31 °C	23 °C	2,876 mm	365
Singkawang · Indonesia	30 °C	24 °C	2,901 mm	365
Kuching · Malaysia	31 °C	23 °C	3,507 mm	364
Sibu · Malaysia	30 °C	23 °C	2,994 mm	364
Pangkalpinang · Indonesia	30 °C	24 °C	2,843 mm	365
Sampit · Indonesia	31 °C	23 °C	2,695 mm	365
Bintulu · Malaysia	31 °C	23 °C	3,355 mm	364

Where Pontianak ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Warmest sea temperatures in Asia in April	22ndof 50	30 °C
Warmest sea temperatures in the world in April	22ndof 50	30 °C
Warmest sea temperatures in Asia in November	24thof 50	30 °C
Warmest sea temperatures in Asia year-round	25thof 50	29 °C
Warmest sea temperatures in the world year-round	26thof 50	29 °C
Warmest sea temperatures in the world in November	28thof 50	30 °C

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Pontianak’s climate

When is the best time to visit Pontianak?

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

How hot does Pontianak get?

In August, the warmest month, daily highs average 31 °C. About 162 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 35 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 23 °C in January, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Pontianak?

November, averaging 393 mm over 29 days with rain. The driest month is August with 146 mm. The year as a whole averages 2,876 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 Pontianak 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.