Climate and average weather in Sungailiat

In Sungailiat, the weather is muggy, hot, wet, and mostly cloudy and remarkably steady, with daytime highs holding near hot levels all year. The wettest stretch peaks around December.

Best: mid June to mid October

Over the course of the year, the temperature in Sungailiat typically varies from 25°C to 30°C, and is rarely below 24°C or above 31°C. September is the hottest month of the year, while January is the coldest.

Based on the travel score, the best times of year to visit Sungailiat for warm-weather activities are from early February to late February and mid June to mid October.

Hottest
Sep
30°
Coldest
Jan
25°
Wettest
Dec
378 mm
Driest
Aug
106 mm
Rain / yr
2729 mm
276 wet days
Daylight
11.9–12.1 h
shortest–longest
Elevation
4 m
1.9°S
Clearest
Aug
68% cloud

Sungailiat is district in Bangka Regency, Bangka Belitung Islands Province, Indonesia.

Density
687/km²
people per km²

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Sungailiat weather by month, at a glance

The whole year in one picture — sky, rain, humidity, temperature and travel score. Click any band to jump to its full chart.

Each stripe is one measure across the whole year, stacked so a single day reads top to bottom. The sky band runs overcast grey on top down to clear blue at the base — more blue means sunnier — followed by the rainfall curve, the humidity band, a temperature strip that tints each stretch of the year by how warm its average high is, and the travel-score line at the foot. Scan straight down any date to read that day across every measure at once; the score climbs highest around mid June to mid October.

Temperature through the year

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Daily average highs and lows in Sungailiat, from 1991–2020 of climate data. The shaded bands show the range most days fall in — 10th to 90th percentile.

Temperatures in Sungailiat stay fairly even through the year, without a distinct hot or cool season. The warmest month is September, with an average high of 30°C and low of 25°C; the coolest is January, with an average low of 25°C and high of 28°C.

Days typically run about 4°C warmer than nights year-round.

20°25°30°35°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
Jan2825
Feb2925
Mar2925
Apr3025
May3026
Jun3026
Jul3025
Aug3025
Sep3025
Oct3025
Nov2925
Dec2925

How hot and cold Sungailiat really feels

Feels-like highFeels-like lowactual air temp

The felt-temperature range through the year — heat index on the day's high (summer humidity), wind chill on the night's low (winter wind). The dashed lines are the plain thermometer; the gap is how much hotter or colder it really feels.

On the hottest afternoons, once humidity is folded in, Sungailiat feels like about 37°C (around May 13). Nearly every day a year carries some heat stress, peaking in May.

20°25°30°35°40°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdangerous heat
Feels-like high (°C)Air high (°C)Feels-like low (°C)Air low (°C)
Jan32282525
Feb33292525
Mar35292525
Apr37302525
May37302626
Jun36302626
Jul35302525
Aug34302525
Sep35302525
Oct35302525
Nov35292525
Dec34292525

Average hourly temperature in Sungailiat

A compact picture of the whole year, hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled average temperature. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.

Read left to right for the day of the year and top to bottom for the hour of the day; the color is the modeled temperature, cool blues through to hot reds on the same scale as the other charts. A vertical slice is a single day's swing — coolest just before dawn, warmest in the mid-afternoon — while a horizontal slice follows one hour across the seasons. The darker overlay marks night and the lighter one the twilight around sunrise and sunset. Colors run warmest on September afternoons, near 30°C, and coldest before dawn in January, near 25°C.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AM

Sungailiat weather by month

Every month at a glance. Click a month for its detailed page.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan28° / 25°26326.512.13.4
Feb29° / 25°19321.512.13.7
Mar29° / 25°25126.1123.2
Apr30° / 25°30128.6122.8
May30° / 26°22626.511.93.1
Jun30° / 26°16821.411.93.7
Jul30° / 25°13918.111.94.2
Aug30° / 25°10613.511.94.6
Sep30° / 25°11914.1124.3
Oct30° / 25°23921.1123.6
Nov29° / 25°34728.412.12.9
Dec29° / 25°37830.112.12.9

Chance of rain

How likely it is to rain on a typical day, and how that shifts across the wetter and drier seasons.

Sungailiat gets about 2729 mm of precipitation a year. On a typical day the chance of rain is very wet, but that rises and falls sharply with the seasons.

The wetter season lasts 3.6 months, from around Oct 25 to Feb 11, peaking in December at about 98% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Aug 14.

December is the wettest month by volume, with 378 mm over about 30 wet days; August is the driest, with 106 mm.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%110%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwetterdrierwettermostly drysome rainoften wetvery wetDec 3 · 98%Aug 14 · 42%
Rain on a day (%)Rain days
Jan8627
Feb7622
Mar8526
Apr9529
May8627
Jun7121
Jul5818
Aug4414
Sep4814
Oct6821
Nov9428
Dec9630

Monthly rainfall

Over a full year, Sungailiat collects about 2729 mm of rain across 276 wet days — roughly 227 mm in an average month.

It doesn’t fall evenly. December is the wettest month with 378 mm, while August is the driest at just 106 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 38% of the year’s total.

050100150200250300350400450JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec263193251301226168139106119239347378
Rainfall (mm)Rain days
Jan26327
Feb19322
Mar25126
Apr30129
May22627
Jun16821
Jul13918
Aug10614
Sep11914
Oct23921
Nov34728
Dec37830

Clouds and sunshine

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

How often the daytime sky is clear, partly cloudy or overcast.

In Sungailiat, the average share of the sky covered by clouds shows significant seasonal variation over the course of the year.

The clearer part of the year begins around May 9 and lasts for 5.3 months, ending around October 16. The clearest month is August, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 36% of the time on average.

The cloudier part of the year begins around October 17 and lasts for 6.7 months, ending around May 8. The cloudiest month is December, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 98% of the time.

0%100%10%90%20%80%30%70%40%60%50%50%60%40%70%30%80%20%90%10%100%0%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJun 23 · 39%Dec 15 · 1%mostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudyovercastcloudierclearercloudier
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
Jan595
Feb1288
Mar1387
Apr1288
May2377
Jun3565
Jul3664
Aug3664
Sep2773
Oct1882
Nov694
Dec298

Daylight, sunrise and sunset

DaylightNight

Hours of daylight through the year, with sunrise and sunset times.

The gold band is daylight — sunrise runs along its lower edge, sunset along the upper — so it widens toward summer and pinches toward winter, with night the dark area above and below. Close to the equator, Sungailiat barely changes through the year: days stay near 12 h 06 min of light in every season.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AMJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
Jan12.16:026:08
Feb12.16:086:12
Mar12.06:056:06
Apr12.05:575:55
May11.95:545:49
Jun11.95:595:53
Jul11.96:045:58
Aug11.96:015:58
Sep12.05:505:50
Oct12.05:395:42
Nov12.15:385:43
Dec12.15:485:55

Sunny days

How many genuinely sunny days each month brings — days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — banded into plain-language zones.

Sungailiat averages about 2 sunny days a month — counting the days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — with a clear seasonal swing between 0 and 6 days.

The sunnier stretch runs 5.1 months, from around May 10 to Oct 12. The sunniest month is August, with roughly 6 sunny days (gloomy).

The greyest month is January, down near 0 sunny days — about 97% fewer than the August peak.

0510JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecgreyersunniergreyergloomymixedAug 126 daysJan 10 days
Sunny daysSky
Jan0Gloomy
Feb1Gloomy
Mar1Gloomy
Apr1Gloomy
May3Gloomy
Jun5Gloomy
Jul5Gloomy
Aug6Gloomy
Sep3Gloomy
Oct2Gloomy
Nov0Gloomy
Dec0Gloomy

Humidity comfort

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Share of days at each humidity comfort level, based on the dew point — the measure that tracks how muggy it actually feels.

Humidity comfort is graded by the dew point — the temperature at which the air would be fully saturated — because it tracks how muggy it actually feels far better than relative humidity does. A low dew point feels dry and crisp; a high one feels sticky and oppressive no matter the reading on a humidity gauge.

Sungailiat is humid all year round — on a typical day the air feels at least humid, and there is no real dry season to wait for.

The stickiest month is January, when it feels muggy, oppressive or miserable about 100% of the time. Even in January, the mildest month, the air is dry or comfortable only 0% of the time.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecmiserableoppressive
Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
Jan5149
Feb5149
Mar2575
Apr595
May397
Jun1783
Jul4753
Aug6733
Sep6535
Oct4159
Nov2080
Dec2674

Wind

Average wind speed through the year, banded into plain-language speed zones so a number reads as 'breezy' or 'calm' without knowing the scale.

This is the average sustained wind speed at the standard 10 metres above open ground — the steady flow a weather station reports, not the sharper gusts that come and go, which can run half again as fast. It's the number that says whether a place is generally breezy or calm.

Across the year, average wind speed in Sungailiat is typically calm, near 10 km/h, and varies moderately with the seasons.

The windier part of the year lasts 2.9 months, from around Dec 11 to Mar 7. The windiest month is January, averaging about 13 km/h (light breeze).

The calmer part of the year runs from around Mar 8 to Jun 16, with April the calmest month at about 6 km/h.

05101520JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwindiercalmercalmlight breezeJan 27 · 13 km/hApr 16 · 6 km/h
Wind speed (km/h)Feels
Jan13light breeze
Feb13light breeze
Mar9calm
Apr6calm
May8calm
Jun10calm
Jul12calm
Aug13light breeze
Sep12calm
Oct8calm
Nov7calm
Dec11calm

Best time to visit Sungailiat

TravelBeach/poolTemperatureCloudsPrecipitation

To characterize how pleasant the weather is in Sungailiat throughout the year, we compute two travel scores — one for general sightseeing, one for beach and pool weather.

Around early October, Sungailiat is still near the tail of its best-weather window — great conditions with the peak-season crowds already thinning.

Inferred from the travel-score curve; month-by-month visitor numbers are a planned addition.

The travel score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 18°C and 28°C. Based on this score, the best times of year to visit Sungailiat for general outdoor tourist activities run from early February to late February and again from mid June to mid October, with a peak score in the first week of August.

0246810JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timetravel scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationAug 7 · 4.6

The travel score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).

Travel score (0–10)Rating
Jan3.4poor
Feb3.7fair
Mar3.2poor
Apr2.8poor
May3.1poor
Jun3.6fair
Jul4.2fair
Aug4.6fair
Sep4.3fair
Oct3.6fair
Nov2.9poor
Dec2.9poor

The beach/pool score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 24°C and 34°C. Based on this score, the best time of year to visit Sungailiat for hot-weather activities is from mid June to mid October, with a peak score in the second week of August.

024681012JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebeach/pool scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationAug 13 · 6.3

The beach/pool score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).

What to pack for Sungailiat, by month

EssentialRecommendedOptional

Month by month, what's worth putting in the bag — from the temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind. Tap a month for a quick packing note.

Sungailiat packs about the same all year — highs hold near 30°C. Across the year the things worth having are light clothes, rain gear and sun protection.

Light clothing
Warm layer
Winter coat
Rain gear
Sun protection
Windbreaker

In September, Sungailiat sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 25°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 14 days see rain.

Sea temperature near Sungailiat

Average ocean temperature at the nearest coast, month by month, banded into swim-comfort zones — the other half of the beach question.

The sea offshore is warmest in May at about 30°C and coldest in February near 28°C.

The water stays above 20°C all year — warm enough for a swim any month.

26°28°30°32°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwarmtropicalcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan28Tropical
Feb28Warm
Mar29Tropical
Apr30Tropical
May30Tropical
Jun30Tropical
Jul29Tropical
Aug29Tropical
Sep29Tropical
Oct29Tropical
Nov29Tropical
Dec29Tropical

UV index (midday) in Sungailiat by month

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV index through the year, shaded by the WHO exposure levels — how much sun protection each month calls for.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Sungailiat peaks around February 20 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near July 11 at about 10 (extreme).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeFeb 20UV 15Jul 11UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan14Extreme
Feb15Extreme
Mar15Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun10Extreme
Jul10Extreme
Aug12Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct13Extreme
Nov11Extreme
Dec12Extreme

Average hourly UV index in Sungailiat

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Modeled clear-sky UV for every hour of every day — when in the day sun protection actually matters.

The whole year hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled clear-sky UV index — the midday peak scaled down as the sun sits lower in the sky. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.

UV falls off far faster than brightness as the sun drops, so even in February the burn window is concentrated in the middle of the day: about 8.5 hours a day reach index 3 (protection recommended), and 6.5 hours reach 6 or more. Mornings and late afternoons stay comparatively gentle year round.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AM
UV ≥ 3 (h/day)UV ≥ 6 (h/day)
Jan86.5
Feb8.56.5
Mar86.5
Apr86.5
May7.55.5
Jun7.55.5
Jul7.55.5
Aug86
Sep7.56
Oct86
Nov7.55.5
Dec7.55.5

Air quality in Sungailiat by month

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see which months the air is worst, not just the yearly average.

Air quality in Sungailiat is worst in October — around 23 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.5× the cleanest month (January, 9 µg/m³).

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

0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodOct 1123 µg/m³Jan 1710 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan9Good
Feb10Good
Mar10Good
Apr11Good
May11Good
Jun11Good
Jul13Moderate
Aug16Moderate
Sep21Moderate
Oct23Moderate
Nov14Moderate
Dec10Good
Almanac & agriculture

Growing season

Chance of a frost-free dayFrost-free year round

Sungailiat is frost-free year round — even the coldest nights rarely reach freezing, so there is no start or end to the growing season.

0%25%50%75%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecfrost-free year round
Frost-free chance (%)Frost nights
Jan1000
Feb1000
Mar1000
Apr1000
May1000
Jun1000
Jul1000
Aug1000
Sep1000
Oct1000
Nov1000
Dec1000

Growing degree days

Degree days (base 10°C)Frost-free shaded

Growing degree days tally heat above 10°C: each day adds however many degrees its average temperature runs over that threshold, and cold days add nothing. Sungailiat banks about 6,305 degree days a year, and the running total — which growers use to time plantings and predict maturity — climbs fastest around May.

02,0004,0006,000JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Growing degree days (°C·days)
Jan513
Feb470
Mar533
Apr526
May552
Jun530
Jul538
Aug542
Sep528
Oct542
Nov513
Dec519

Solar energy

Average daily shortwave solar energy reaching the ground, banded into brightness zones so the number means something at a glance.

Solar energy is how much sunlight actually reaches the ground each day, measured in kilowatt-hours per square metre (kWh/m²) — the combined effect of how long the sun is up, how high it climbs, and how much cloud gets in the way. It's the raw fuel a solar panel has to work with: for scale, 1 kWh/m² a day is dim and wintry, while 7+ is desert-bright.

Sungailiat receives about 5.0 kWh/m² a day of solar energy — bright — and it stays remarkably steady, holding between 4.2 and 5.7 kWh/m² all year. For solar panels, output here is a flat line, not a seasonal wave.

01234567JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdimmoderatebrightintenseSep 185.7 kWhDec 134.2 kWh
Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
Jan4.7Bright
Feb5.3Bright
Mar5.3Bright
Apr5.0Bright
May4.9Bright
Jun4.8Bright
Jul5.0Bright
Aug5.5Bright
Sep5.7Bright
Oct5.4Bright
Nov4.5Bright
Dec4.2Bright

Where is Sungailiat?

Sungailiat sits at 1.9°S, 106.1°E, 4 m above sea level, in Indonesia. The nearest listed city is Pangkalpinang, 31 km away.

Topography around Sungailiat

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Sungailiat has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 58 m around an average of 8 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 279 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 666 m.

The land around Sungailiat is covered by trees (32%), water (31%) and artificial surfaces (24%) within 3 km, water (47%) and trees (40%) within 16 km, and water (55%) and trees (39%) within 80 km.

3 km
58 m
16 km
279 m
80 km
666 m
treesgrasslandartificial surfacesbare terrainwatermangroves
Nearby: Pangkalpinang 31 km · Muntok 109 km · Palembang 193 km · Tanjung Pandan 194 km · Indralaya 224 km · Simpang 234 km · Manggar 264 km · Prabumulih 274 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 Sungailiat (-1.8544°, 106.1222°, elevation 4 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. Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. 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).