Tanjung Pinang climate

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Tanjung Pinang is warmest in April, with average highs of 29 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 25 °C. December is the wettest month (331 mm) and February the driest (110 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Tanjung Pinang averages 2,308 mm of rain and 365 days above 25 °C.

Indonesia · population 227,663 · 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 April 29 °C
Coldest month January 25 °C
Driest month February 110 mm
Wettest month December 331 mm
Least cloud June 74 % cloud
Hottest on record April 35 °C
Coldest on record March 23 °C
Warmest sea May 30 °C

What to expectTanjung Pinang through the year

Tanjung Pinang changes little through the year. Average daily highs stay between 27 and 29 °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, 17 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 35 °C, in April.

Rain is strongly seasonal. December averages 331 mm against 110 mm in February — 3.0 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

The sea off Tanjung Pinang is warmest in May at 30 °C and coldest in January 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	27.3 °C	216 mm	85 %
February	28.0 °C	110 mm	79 %
March	28.6 °C	165 mm	76 %
April	28.8 °C	192 mm	78 %
May	28.8 °C	197 mm	77 %
June	28.7 °C	170 mm	74 %
July	28.4 °C	148 mm	74 %
August	28.4 °C	132 mm	76 %
September	28.5 °C	129 mm	79 %
October	28.4 °C	197 mm	84 %
November	27.8 °C	320 mm	90 %
December	27.4 °C	331 mm	91 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	27.3 °C	24.9 °C	26.0 °C	31.0 °C	23.0 °C	31	0
February	28.0 °C	25.1 °C	26.4 °C	32.7 °C	23.0 °C	28	2
March	28.6 °C	25.3 °C	26.9 °C	33.8 °C	22.8 °C	31	3
April	28.8 °C	25.6 °C	27.2 °C	34.7 °C	23.5 °C	30	2
May	28.8 °C	26.0 °C	27.5 °C	32.0 °C	24.4 °C	31	2
June	28.7 °C	26.1 °C	27.5 °C	30.7 °C	24.1 °C	30	2
July	28.4 °C	25.9 °C	27.1 °C	31.0 °C	23.9 °C	31	1
August	28.4 °C	25.8 °C	27.1 °C	31.9 °C	24.0 °C	31	1
September	28.5 °C	25.7 °C	27.1 °C	32.3 °C	23.6 °C	30	1
October	28.4 °C	25.4 °C	26.9 °C	33.0 °C	23.6 °C	31	1
November	27.8 °C	25.1 °C	26.4 °C	32.2 °C	23.8 °C	30	1
December	27.4 °C	25.0 °C	26.1 °C	30.3 °C	23.5 °C	31	0

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind	Sea temp
January	216 mm	21	12 h/day	85 %	83 %	22 km/h	27.7 °C
February	110 mm	15	12 h/day	79 %	81 %	21 km/h	27.7 °C
March	165 mm	21	12 h/day	76 %	82 %	16 km/h	28.5 °C
April	192 mm	26	12 h/day	78 %	83 %	13 km/h	29.6 °C
May	197 mm	27	12 h/day	77 %	83 %	14 km/h	30.1 °C
June	170 mm	23	12 h/day	74 %	82 %	16 km/h	30.0 °C
July	148 mm	22	12 h/day	74 %	81 %	18 km/h	29.5 °C
August	132 mm	20	12 h/day	76 %	81 %	18 km/h	29.2 °C
September	129 mm	20	12 h/day	79 %	81 %	17 km/h	29.1 °C
October	197 mm	25	12 h/day	84 %	82 %	14 km/h	29.3 °C
November	320 mm	29	12 h/day	90 %	85 %	15 km/h	29.2 °C
December	331 mm	27	12 h/day	91 %	85 %	20 km/h	28.3 °C

How Tanjung Pinang 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
Tanjung Pinang	29 °C	25 °C	2,308 mm	365
Batam · Indonesia	29 °C	25 °C	2,313 mm	364
Ulu Bedok · Singapore	29 °C	24 °C	2,547 mm	365
Singapore · Singapore	29 °C	25 °C	2,552 mm	365
Sengkang New Town · Singapore	29 °C	24 °C	2,583 mm	365
Ang Mo Kio New Town · Singapore	29 °C	24 °C	2,556 mm	364
Pasir Gudang · Malaysia	30 °C	24 °C	2,694 mm	364

Where Tanjung Pinang ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Warmest sea temperatures in Asia in May	35thof 50	30 °C
Warmest sea temperatures in the world in May	37thof 50	30 °C
Warmest sea temperatures in Asia in June	47thof 50	30 °C
Warmest sea temperatures in the world in June	49thof 50	30 °C

Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Tanjung Pinang.

QuestionsCommon questions about Tanjung Pinang’s climate

When is the best time to visit Tanjung Pinang?

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, April is the warmest month and February the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Tanjung Pinang get?

In April, the warmest month, daily highs average 29 °C. About 17 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 25 °C in January, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Tanjung Pinang?

December, averaging 331 mm over 27 days with rain. The driest month is February with 110 mm. The year as a whole averages 2,308 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 Tanjung Pinang 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.