Balai Pungut in Spring

In spring (March, April and May), Balai Pungut sees average daytime highs around 32°C and overnight lows near 24°C, with 699 mm of rain over about 79 wet days across the season. It is the warmest season of the year and the 2nd-wettest season.

Across spring, daytime highs hold fairly steady around 32°C. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 3% of the time across spring, and the air most often feels miserable.

Spring is Balai Pungut's weakest season of the year to visit on our travel score. Balai Pungut has little temperature swing across the year, so its calendar seasons blur — the season framing matters less here than for a place with four distinct seasons. For the whole year in context, see Balai Pungut's year-round climate.

Avg daytime high: 32°C; warmest season of the year
Avg overnight low: 24°C
Rainfall: 699 mm; 79 wet days
Avg wind: 4 km/h
Travel score: 2.3; weakest season of the year
Months: Mar · Apr · May

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Temperature in Balai Pungut in Spring

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Across spring, daytime highs hold fairly steady around 32°C.

A typical spring day in Balai Pungut reaches about 32°C and drops to 24°C overnight. The warmest of the three months is May, the coolest March.

How spring really feels in Balai Pungut

Once humidity and wind are folded in, spring brings about 92 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C

83 feel dangerously hot (≥ 39°C)

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

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

Balai Pungut weather by month

How the three spring months (March, April and May) compare with the rest of the year — the season's months are highlighted.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	31° / 23°	223	23.8	11.9	2.9
Feb	32° / 23°	161	20.4	12	2.8
Mar	32° / 24°	239	25.9	12	2.4
Apr	32° / 24°	254	27.6	12	2.1
May	32° / 24°	206	25.4	12	2.3
Jun	32° / 24°	141	19.1	12.1	2.9
Jul	32° / 23°	147	19.3	12.1	3.0
Aug	32° / 23°	176	23	12	2.7
Sep	32° / 23°	222	24.3	12	2.5
Oct	32° / 23°	267	27.4	12	2.3
Nov	31° / 23°	321	27.9	12	2.3
Dec	31° / 23°	295	27.2	11.9	2.6

Cloud cover in Spring

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 3% of the time across spring.

Chance of precipitation in Spring

Any precipitation

Balai Pungut gets around 699 mm of rain over 79 wet days across spring. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Humidity in Spring

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

Wind in Spring

Winds average 4 km/h across spring.

Sunrise & sunset in Spring

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 hours in early March to 12 h 06 min by late May. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Solar energy in Spring

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day across spring, about 4.7 kWh/m².

Planning a trip in spring

Is spring a good time to visit Balai Pungut?

Our two travel scores rate spring for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal), averaged across the three months.

2.3

Sightseeing

4th-best month of the year

3.8

Beach & pool

3rd-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Balai Pungut in Spring

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

In spring, Balai Pungut sees daytime highs around 32°C and nights near 24°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 79 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Balai Pungut in Spring

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV across spring averages around 13 (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.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	12	15	14	13	12	10	10	12	14	14	11	11
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	12	Extreme
Feb	15	Extreme
Mar	14	Extreme
Apr	13	Extreme
May	12	Extreme
Jun	10	Very high
Jul	10	Extreme
Aug	12	Extreme
Sep	14	Extreme
Oct	14	Extreme
Nov	11	Extreme
Dec	11	Extreme

Air quality in Balai Pungut in Spring

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where spring 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).

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	25	32	34	30	28	29	33	43	50	42	25	23
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Poor	Poor	Poor	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	25	Moderate
Feb	32	Moderate
Mar	34	Moderate
Apr	30	Moderate
May	28	Moderate
Jun	29	Moderate
Jul	33	Moderate
Aug	43	Poor
Sep	50	Poor
Oct	42	Poor
Nov	25	Moderate
Dec	23	Moderate

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

trees 88%

16 km

75 m

trees 93%

80 km

148 m

trees 92%

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Spring 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

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.