Pangkalanbun weather by month & the best time to visit
🇮🇩 Indonesia · regional city · tropical rainforest climate
The best time to visit Pangkalanbun is August — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 72/100), with September and July close behind. Pangkalanbun averages about 2,103 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 31°C / 88°F and roughly 103 mm of rain in August.
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- Sun hours / year
- 2,103
- Sunniest month
- August
- Peak score
- 72/100
- Rain / year
- 2,628 mm
- Midday UV at peak
- 10 (very high)
- Population
- 109k
- Elevation
- 26 m
When is the best time to visit Pangkalanbun?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Pangkalanbun is August, then September and July. The dullest month is January (64/100, 217 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Pangkalanbun?
Pangkalanbun gets a moderate 2,103 hours of sunshine a year. Conditions barely change through the year — only 8 Sunshine Score points separate August from January. It ranks #78 of 119 destinations in Indonesia for annual sunshine, below the national median of 2,183 hours. The year's 2,628 mm of rain spreads fairly evenly across the months, with no pronounced dry season.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 64 | 30° / 86°F | 23° / 73°F | 217 mm | 10 |
| February | 64 | 30° / 86°F | 23° / 73°F | 230 mm | 10 |
| March | 64 | 30° / 86°F | 23° / 73°F | 277 mm | 10 |
| April | 64 | 30° / 86°F | 24° / 75°F | 302 mm | 10 |
| May | 64 | 30° / 86°F | 24° / 75°F | 219 mm | 9 |
| June | 64 | 30° / 86°F | 23° / 73°F | 190 mm | 9 |
| July | 67 | 30° / 86°F | 22° / 72°F | 133 mm | 9 |
| August | 72 | 31° / 88°F | 22° / 72°F | 103 mm | 9 |
| September | 69 | 32° / 90°F | 22° / 72°F | 121 mm | 9 |
| October | 64 | 32° / 90°F | 23° / 73°F | 203 mm | 9 |
| November | 64 | 31° / 88°F | 23° / 73°F | 308 mm | 9 |
| December | 64 | 30° / 86°F | 23° / 73°F | 325 mm | 9 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Sampit Indonesia · 146 km · best in Aug · 2,154 h sun/yr
- Ketapang Indonesia · 214 km · best in Aug · 2,402 h sun/yr
- Palangkaraya Indonesia · 258 km · best in Aug · 2,162 h sun/yr
- Banjarbaru Indonesia · 352 km · best in Aug · 2,183 h sun/yr
- Pontianak Indonesia · 380 km · best in Jan · 2,258 h sun/yr
- Tanjung Pandan Indonesia · 435 km · best in Aug · 2,006 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Seruyan Indonesia · 121 km · 2,153 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Tumbang Samba-Borneo Island Indonesia · 208 km · 2,112 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Nanga Pinoh-Borneo Island Indonesia · 262 km · 2,061 h sun/yr · best in Jan
Head-to-head
How Pangkalanbun compares month by month: Pangkalanbun vs Kuching · Pangkalanbun vs Palangkaraya · Pangkalanbun vs Sampit · Pangkalanbun vs Ketapang · all comparisons
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