Balai Pungut weather in August

In August, Balai Pungut sees average daytime highs of 32°C and overnight lows near 23°C, with 176 mm of rain across 23 wet days and about 12 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 9th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 32°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 4% of the time in August, and the air most often feels miserable.

Daylight stretches from about 12 hours at the start of August to 12 hours by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Balai Pungut's 3rd-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Balai Pungut's year-round climate.

Daytime high
32°
5th warmest
Overnight low
23°
4th coldest
Rainfall
176 mm
23 wet days
Daylight
12 hours
6:18 AM – 6:20 PM
Cloud cover
82%
3rd clearest
Wind
5 km/h
4th windiest
Solar energy
4.94 kWh/m²
Travel score
2.7
out of 10

Temperature in August

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 32°C through the month.

A typical August day in Balai Pungut reaches about 32°C in the afternoon and slips back to 23°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 30°C and 33°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs on par with July and on par with September.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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23223
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How August really feels in Balai Pungut

Once humidity and wind are folded in, August averages 31 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C
31
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

The story in August is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Balai Pungut weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 5th-warmest and 9th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan31° / 23°22323.811.92.9
Feb32° / 23°16120.4122.8
Mar32° / 24°23925.9122.4
Apr32° / 24°25427.6122.1
May32° / 24°20625.4122.3
Jun32° / 24°14119.112.12.9
Jul32° / 23°14719.312.13.0
Aug32° / 23°17623122.7
Sep32° / 23°22224.3122.5
Oct32° / 23°26727.4122.3
Nov31° / 23°32127.9122.3
Dec31° / 23°29527.211.92.6

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 4% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 10% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 87%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
11783
21684
31684
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51684
61585
71585
81486
91585
101585
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121585
131387
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Balai Pungut gets around 176 mm of rain over 23 wet days in August. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 74% and peaks near 79% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
164
264
365
465
566
667
768
870
971
1072
1173
1274
1375
1476
1576
1677
1777
1878
1978
2078
2178
2278
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2478
2578
2678
2778
2878
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3078
3179

Humidity in August

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of August feels miserable — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, August lands in the miserable band about 66% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
13763
23763
33664
43664
53565
63565
73565
83466
93367
103367
113367
123268
133268
143268
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183268
193367
203367
213367
223367
233466
243466
253466
263466
273466
283466
293565
303565
313565

Wind in August

Winds average 5 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 5 km/h on the calmest days to 5 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
15calm
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315calm

Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 hours at the start of August to 12 hours by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 0 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 6:19 AM to 6:14 AM, and sunset from 6:22 PM to 6:16 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.06:196:22
212.06:196:22
312.06:196:22
412.06:196:22
512.06:196:22
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1312.06:186:21
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1912.06:176:19
2012.06:176:19
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2212.06:176:18
2312.06:166:18
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2612.06:166:17
2712.06:156:17
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2912.06:156:16
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3112.06:146:16

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 4.94 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.89 kWh/m² to a high of 5 kWh/m² in September across the year — August's 4.94 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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305.0Bright
315.0Bright
Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Balai Pungut?

Our two travel scores rate August for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

2.7
Sightseeing
5th-best month of the year
4.4
Beach & pool
4th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Balai Pungut.

What to pack for Balai Pungut in August

From August's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In August, Balai Pungut sees daytime highs around 32°C and nights near 23°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 23 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Balai Pungut in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 12 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Balai Pungut peaks around February 18 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 20 at about 10 (very high).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeExtremeFeb 18UV 15Jun 20UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan12Extreme
Feb15Extreme
Mar14Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun10Very high
Jul10Extreme
Aug12Extreme
Sep14Extreme
Oct14Extreme
Nov11Extreme
Dec11Extreme

Air quality in Balai Pungut in August

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where August falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Balai Pungut is worst in September — around 50 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 2.2× the cleanest month (December, 23 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModeratePoorModerateSep 1549 µg/m³Dec 1723 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan25Moderate
Feb32Moderate
Mar34Moderate
Apr30Moderate
May28Moderate
Jun29Moderate
Jul33Moderate
Aug43Poor
Sep50Poor
Oct42Poor
Nov25Moderate
Dec23Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Balai Pungut?

Balai Pungut sits at 1.1°N, 101.3°E, 16 m above sea level, in Indonesia. The nearest listed city is Pekanbaru, 63 km away.

Topography around Balai Pungut

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Balai Pungut.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Balai Pungut has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 42 m around an average of 16 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 75 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 148 m.

The land around Balai Pungut is covered by trees (88%) within 3 km, trees (93%) within 16 km, and trees (92%) within 80 km.

3 km
42 m
16 km
75 m
80 km
148 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
August weather nearby: Pekanbaru 63 km · Dumai 70 km · Payakumbuh 160 km · Klebang Besar 164 km · Sungai Udang 164 km · Malacca 165 km · Bukit Rambai 166 km · Kampung Tanjung Minyak 168 km

Indonesia travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 2
Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs
Type C / F
230 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 29% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$5,060
2025
Happiness
5.6 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
30%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
0.3
per 100k, 2022
Road deaths
11.3
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Upper middle
World Bank
English
Low
EF EPI 471
Religion
Muslim 87%Protestant 8%Roman Catholic 3%Hindu 2%

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Balai Pungut (1.0595°, 101.2905°, elevation 16 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).