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Climate and Average Weather Year Round at Sultan Syarif Kasim II International Airport Indonesia

The climate at Sultan Syarif Kasim II International Airport is hot, oppressive, and overcast. Over the course of the year, the temperature typically varies from 74°F to 91°F and is rarely below 72°F or above 94°F.

Based on the beach/pool score, the best times of year to visit Sultan Syarif Kasim II International Airport for hot-weather activities are from late May to late September and from mid December to mid March.

Climate at Sultan Syarif Kasim II International Airport

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Sultan Syarif Kasim II International Airport weather by month. Click on each chart for more information.

The temperature at Sultan Syarif Kasim II International Airport varies so little throughout the year that it is not entirely meaningful to discuss hot and cold seasons.

Average High and Low Temperature at Sultan Syarif Kasim II International Airport

Average High and Low Temperature at Sultan Syarif Kasim II International AirportJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec0°F0°F10°F10°F20°F20°F30°F30°F40°F40°F50°F50°F60°F60°F70°F70°F80°F80°F90°F90°F100°F100°F110°F110°FSep 190°FSep 190°FMay 2791°FMay 2791°F74°F74°F75°F75°FMar 2190°FMar 2190°FJul 890°FJul 890°FDec 988°FDec 988°FJan 3188°FJan 3188°F75°F75°F74°F74°F74°F74°F74°F74°FNowNow
The daily average high (red line) and low (blue line) temperature, with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands. The thin dotted lines are the corresponding average perceived temperatures.
AverageJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
High 87°F89°F90°F91°F91°F91°F90°F90°F90°F90°F89°F88°F
Temp. 80°F81°F81°F82°F82°F82°F81°F81°F81°F81°F80°F80°F
Low 74°F74°F75°F75°F75°F75°F74°F74°F74°F74°F74°F74°F

The figure below shows you a compact characterization of the entire year of hourly average temperatures. The horizontal axis is the day of the year, the vertical axis is the hour of the day, and the color is the average temperature for that hour and day.

Average Hourly Temperature at Sultan Syarif Kasim II International Airport

Average Hourly Temperature at Sultan Syarif Kasim II International AirportJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM12 AM2 AM2 AM4 AM4 AM6 AM6 AM8 AM8 AM10 AM10 AM12 PM12 PM2 PM2 PM4 PM4 PM6 PM6 PM8 PM8 PM10 PM10 PM12 AM12 AMNowNowcomfortablewarmwarmhotcomfortable
frigid 15°F freezing 32°F very cold 45°F cold 55°F cool 65°F comfortable 75°F warm 85°F hot 95°F sweltering
The average hourly temperature, color coded into bands. The shaded overlays indicate night and civil twilight.

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The clearest month of the year at Sultan Syarif Kasim II International Airport is February, during which on average the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 18% of the time.

The cloudiest month of the year at Sultan Syarif Kasim II International Airport is November, during which on average the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy 91% of the time.

Cloud Cover Categories at Sultan Syarif Kasim II International Airport

Cloud Cover Categories at Sultan Syarif Kasim II International AirportJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec0%100%10%90%20%80%30%70%40%60%50%50%60%40%70%30%80%20%90%10%100%0%Feb 1218%Feb 1218%Nov 269%Nov 269%NowNowpartly cloudymostly cloudyovercastmostly clear
0% clear 20% mostly clear 40% partly cloudy 60% mostly cloudy 80% overcast 100%
The percentage of time spent in each cloud cover band, categorized by the percentage of the sky covered by clouds.
FractionJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Cloudier 84%82%85%87%88%84%84%86%88%89%91%89%
Clearer 16%18%15%13%12%16%16%14%12%11%9%11%

A wet day is one with at least 0.04 inches of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation. The chance of wet days at Sultan Syarif Kasim II International Airport varies significantly throughout the year.

The wetter season lasts 7.6 months, from September 23 to May 9, with a greater than 42% chance of a given day being a wet day. The month with the most wet days at Sultan Syarif Kasim II International Airport is November, with an average of 17.1 days with at least 0.04 inches of precipitation.

The drier season lasts 4.4 months, from May 9 to September 23. The month with the fewest wet days at Sultan Syarif Kasim II International Airport is June, with an average of 8.2 days with at least 0.04 inches of precipitation.

Among wet days, we distinguish between those that experience rain alone, snow alone, or a mixture of the two. The month with the most days of rain alone at Sultan Syarif Kasim II International Airport is November, with an average of 17.1 days. Based on this categorization, the most common form of precipitation throughout the year is rain alone, with a peak probability of 59% on November 12.

Daily Chance of Precipitation at Sultan Syarif Kasim II International Airport

Daily Chance of Precipitation at Sultan Syarif Kasim II International AirportwetwetdryJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec0%0%10%10%20%20%30%30%40%40%50%50%60%60%70%70%80%80%90%90%100%100%Nov 1259%Nov 1259%Jun 2125%Jun 2125%Sep 2342%Sep 2342%May 942%May 942%NowNowrain
The percentage of days in which various types of precipitation are observed, excluding trace quantities: rain alone, snow alone, and mixed (both rain and snow fell in the same day).
Days ofJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Rain 11.8d10.2d13.4d14.2d11.8d8.2d9.3d10.1d12.1d15.6d17.1d14.9d

To show variation within the months and not just the monthly totals, we show the rainfall accumulated over a sliding 31-day period centered around each day of the year. Sultan Syarif Kasim II International Airport experiences extreme seasonal variation in monthly rainfall.

Rain falls throughout the year at Sultan Syarif Kasim II International Airport. The month with the most rain at Sultan Syarif Kasim II International Airport is November, with an average rainfall of 11.0 inches.

The month with the least rain at Sultan Syarif Kasim II International Airport is June, with an average rainfall of 4.5 inches.

Average Monthly Rainfall at Sultan Syarif Kasim II International Airport

Average Monthly Rainfall at Sultan Syarif Kasim II International AirportJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec0 in0 in5 in5 in10 in10 in15 in15 in20 in20 inNov 1511.0 inNov 1511.0 inJun 184.5 inJun 184.5 inApr 109.1 inApr 109.1 inFeb 106.0 inFeb 106.0 inNowNow
The average rainfall (solid line) accumulated over the course of a sliding 31-day period centered on the day in question, with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands. The thin dotted line is the corresponding average snowfall.
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Rainfall 6.8″6.1″8.3″9.1″6.9″4.5″5.0″5.5″7.3″9.5″11.0″9.1″

The length of the day at Sultan Syarif Kasim II International Airport does not vary substantially over the course of the year, staying within 8 minutes of 12 hours throughout. In 2024, the shortest day is December 21, with 12 hours, 6 minutes of daylight; the longest day is June 21, with 12 hours, 9 minutes of daylight.

Hours of Daylight and Twilight at Sultan Syarif Kasim II International Airport

Hours of Daylight and Twilight at Sultan Syarif Kasim II International AirportJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec0 hr24 hr4 hr20 hr8 hr16 hr12 hr12 hr16 hr8 hr20 hr4 hr24 hr0 hr12 hr, 6 minMar 2012 hr, 6 minMar 2012 hr, 9 minJun 2112 hr, 9 minJun 2112 hr, 6 minSep 2212 hr, 6 minSep 2212 hr, 6 minDec 2112 hr, 6 minDec 21nightnightdayNowNow
The number of hours during which the Sun is visible (black line). From bottom (most yellow) to top (most gray), the color bands indicate: full daylight, twilight (civil, nautical, and astronomical), and full night.
Hours ofJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight 12.1h12.1h12.1h12.1h12.1h12.1h12.1h12.1h12.1h12.1h12.1h12.1h

The earliest sunrise is at 5:54 AM on November 2, and the latest sunrise is 31 minutes later at 6:25 AM on February 11. The earliest sunset is at 6:00 PM on November 2, and the latest sunset is 31 minutes later at 6:31 PM on February 11.

Daylight saving time (DST) is not observed at Sultan Syarif Kasim II International Airport during 2024.

Sunrise & Sunset with Twilight at Sultan Syarif Kasim II International Airport

Sunrise & Sunset with Twilight at Sultan Syarif Kasim II International AirportJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AMNov 25:54 AMNov 25:54 AM6:31 PMFeb 116:31 PMFeb 11Nov 26:00 PMNov 26:00 PM6:25 AMFeb 116:25 AMFeb 11daynightnightSolarMidnightSolarMidnightSolarNoonSunriseSunsetNowNow
The solar day over the course of the year 2024. From bottom to top, the black lines are the previous solar midnight, sunrise, solar noon, sunset, and the next solar midnight. The day, twilights (civil, nautical, and astronomical), and night are indicated by the color bands from yellow to gray.

The figure below presents a compact representation of the sun's elevation (the angle of the sun above the horizon) and azimuth (its compass bearing) for every hour of every day in the reporting period. The horizontal axis is the day of the year and the vertical axis is the hour of the day. For a given day and hour of that day, the background color indicates the azimuth of the sun at that moment. The black isolines are contours of constant solar elevation.

Solar Elevation and Azimuth at Sultan Syarif Kasim II International Airport

Solar Elevation and Azimuth at Sultan Syarif Kasim II International AirportJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM12 AM2 AM2 AM4 AM4 AM6 AM6 AM8 AM8 AM10 AM10 AM12 PM12 PM2 PM2 PM4 PM4 PM6 PM6 PM8 PM8 PM10 PM10 PM12 AM12 AM000010101010202020203030303040404040505050506060606070708080000010101010202020203030303040404040505050506060606070707070808066NowNow
northeastsouthwest
Solar elevation and azimuth over the course of the year 2024. The black lines are lines of constant solar elevation (the angle of the sun above the horizon, in degrees). The background color fills indicate the azimuth (the compass bearing) of the sun. The lightly tinted areas at the boundaries of the cardinal compass points indicate the implied intermediate directions (northeast, southeast, southwest, and northwest).

The figure below presents a compact representation of key lunar data for 2024. The horizontal axis is the day, the vertical axis is the hour of the day, and the colored areas indicate when the moon is above the horizon. The vertical gray bars (new Moons) and blue bars (full Moons) indicate key Moon phases.

Moon Rise, Set & Phases at Sultan Syarif Kasim II International Airport

The time in which the moon is above the horizon (light blue area), with new moons (dark gray lines) and full moons (blue lines) indicated. The shaded overlays indicate night and civil twilight.

We base the humidity comfort level on the dew point, as it determines whether perspiration will evaporate from the skin, thereby cooling the body. Lower dew points feel drier and higher dew points feel more humid. Unlike temperature, which typically varies significantly between night and day, dew point tends to change more slowly, so while the temperature may drop at night, a muggy day is typically followed by a muggy night.

The perceived humidity level at Sultan Syarif Kasim II International Airport, as measured by the percentage of time in which the humidity comfort level is muggy, oppressive, or miserable, does not vary significantly over the course of the year, remaining a virtually constant 100% throughout.

Humidity Comfort Levels at Sultan Syarif Kasim II International Airport

Humidity Comfort Levels at Sultan Syarif Kasim II International AirportJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec0%0%10%10%20%20%30%30%40%40%50%50%60%60%70%70%80%80%90%90%100%100%Jun 19100%Jun 19100%100%Apr 3100%Apr 3NowNowmiserablemiserableoppressiveoppressivemuggymuggy
dry 55°F comfortable 60°F humid 65°F muggy 70°F oppressive 75°F miserable
The percentage of time spent at various humidity comfort levels, categorized by dew point.
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Muggy days 31.0d29.0d31.0d30.0d31.0d30.0d31.0d31.0d30.0d31.0d30.0d31.0d

This section discusses the wide-area hourly average wind vector (speed and direction) at 10 meters above the ground. The wind experienced at any given location is highly dependent on local topography and other factors, and instantaneous wind speed and direction vary more widely than hourly averages.

The average hourly wind speed at Sultan Syarif Kasim II International Airport does not vary significantly over the course of the year, remaining within 0.2 miles per hour of 1.5 miles per hour throughout.

Average Wind Speed at Sultan Syarif Kasim II International Airport

Average Wind Speed at Sultan Syarif Kasim II International AirportJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec0.0 mph0.0 mph0.5 mph0.5 mph1.0 mph1.0 mph1.5 mph1.5 mph2.0 mph2.0 mphJan 221.7 mphJan 221.7 mphApr 281.4 mphApr 281.4 mphNowNow
The average of mean hourly wind speeds (dark gray line), with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands.
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Wind Speed (mph) 1.71.61.51.41.41.51.51.51.51.41.51.6

The predominant average hourly wind direction at Sultan Syarif Kasim II International Airport varies throughout the year.

The wind is most often from the east for 1.2 months, from March 27 to May 1 and for 1.9 weeks, from September 30 to October 13, with a peak percentage of 32% on March 28. The wind is most often from the south for 5.0 months, from May 1 to September 30, with a peak percentage of 58% on July 4. The wind is most often from the north for 4.9 months, from October 30 to March 27, with a peak percentage of 66% on January 1.

Wind Direction at Sultan Syarif Kasim II International Airport

Wind Direction at Sultan Syarif Kasim II International AirportNESEWNJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec0%100%20%80%40%60%60%40%80%20%100%0%NowNowwestsoutheastnorth
northeastsouthwest
The percentage of hours in which the mean wind direction is from each of the four cardinal wind directions, excluding hours in which the mean wind speed is less than 1.0 mph. The lightly tinted areas at the boundaries are the percentage of hours spent in the implied intermediate directions (northeast, southeast, southwest, and northwest).

To characterize how pleasant the weather is at Sultan Syarif Kasim II International Airport throughout the year, we compute two travel scores.

The tourism score favors clear, rainless days with perceived temperatures between 65°F and 80°F. Based on this score, the best times of year to visit Sultan Syarif Kasim II International Airport for general outdoor tourist activities are from early June to early October and from early December to early March, with a peak score in the second week of January.

Tourism Score at Sultan Syarif Kasim II International Airport

Tourism Score at Sultan Syarif Kasim II International Airportbest timebest timeJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec002244668810104.04.03.23.2NowNowtemperaturetemperature precipitationprecipitationtourism score
The tourism score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).

The beach/pool score favors clear, rainless days with perceived temperatures between 75°F and 90°F. Based on this score, the best times of year to visit Sultan Syarif Kasim II International Airport for hot-weather activities are from late May to late September and from mid December to mid March, with a peak score in the last week of January.

Beach/Pool Score at Sultan Syarif Kasim II International Airport

Beach/Pool Score at Sultan Syarif Kasim II International Airportbest timebest timeJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec002244668810105.05.04.04.04.94.9NowNowtemperaturetemperature cloudscloudsprecipitationprecipitationbeach/pool score
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).

Methodology

For each hour between 8:00 AM and 9:00 PM of each day in the analysis period (1980 to 2016), independent scores are computed for perceived temperature, cloud cover, and total precipitation. Those scores are combined into a single hourly composite score, which is then aggregated into days, averaged over all the years in the analysis period, and smoothed.

Our cloud cover score is 10 for fully clear skies, falling linearly to 9 for mostly clear skies, and to 1 for fully overcast skies.

Our precipitation score, which is based on the three-hour precipitation centered on the hour in question, is 10 for no precipitation, falling linearly to 9 for trace precipitation, and to 0 for 0.04 inches of precipitation or more.

Our tourism temperature score is 0 for perceived temperatures below 50°F, rising linearly to 9 for 65°F, to 10 for 75°F, falling linearly to 9 for 80°F, and to 1 for 90°F or hotter.

Our beach/pool temperature score is 0 for perceived temperatures below 65°F, rising linearly to 9 for 75°F, to 10 for 82°F, falling linearly to 9 for 90°F, and to 1 for 100°F or hotter.

Definitions of the growing season vary throughout the world, but for the purposes of this report, we define it as the longest continuous period of non-freezing temperatures (≥ 32°F) in the year (the calendar year in the Northern Hemisphere, or from July 1 until June 30 in the Southern Hemisphere).

Temperatures at Sultan Syarif Kasim II International Airport are sufficiently warm year round that it is not entirely meaningful to discuss the growing season in these terms. We nevertheless include the chart below as an illustration of the distribution of temperatures experienced throughout the year.

Time Spent in Various Temperature Bands and the Growing Season at Sultan Syarif Kasim II International Airport

Time Spent in Various Temperature Bands and the Growing Season at Sultan Syarif Kasim II International AirportJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec0%100%10%90%20%80%30%70%40%60%50%50%60%40%70%30%80%20%90%10%100%0%100%Jan 1100%Jan 1100%Jul 2100%Jul 2NowNowcomfortablewarmhot
frigid 15°F freezing 32°F very cold 45°F cold 55°F cool 65°F comfortable 75°F warm 85°F hot 95°F sweltering
The percentage of time spent in various temperature bands. The black line is the percentage chance that a given day is within the growing season.

Growing degree days are a measure of yearly heat accumulation used to predict plant and animal development, and defined as the integral of warmth above a base temperature, discarding any excess above a maximum temperature. In this report, we use a base of 50°F and a cap of 86°F.

Growing Degree Days at Sultan Syarif Kasim II International Airport

Growing Degree Days at Sultan Syarif Kasim II International AirportJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec0°F0°F2,000°F2,000°F4,000°F4,000°F6,000°F6,000°F8,000°F8,000°F10,000°F10,000°FJan 490°FJan 490°FDec 3111,066°FDec 3111,066°FNowNow
The average growing degree days accumulated over the course of the year, with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands.

This section discusses the total daily incident shortwave solar energy reaching the surface of the ground over a wide area, taking full account of seasonal variations in the length of the day, the elevation of the Sun above the horizon, and absorption by clouds and other atmospheric constituents. Shortwave radiation includes visible light and ultraviolet radiation.

The average daily incident shortwave solar energy per square meter does not vary significantly over the course of the year, remaining within 0.4 kilowatt-hours of 4.6 kilowatt-hours throughout.

Average Daily Incident Shortwave Solar Energy at Sultan Syarif Kasim II International Airport

Average Daily Incident Shortwave Solar Energy at Sultan Syarif Kasim II International AirportJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec0 kWh0 kWh1 kWh1 kWh2 kWh2 kWh3 kWh3 kWh4 kWh4 kWh5 kWh5 kWh6 kWh6 kWh7 kWh7 kWhJan 305.0 kWhJan 305.0 kWhJul 24.1 kWhJul 24.1 kWhApr 304.3 kWhApr 304.3 kWhNowNow
The average daily shortwave solar energy reaching the ground per square meter (orange line), with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands.
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Solar Energy (kWh) 4.84.94.74.44.24.24.24.54.44.54.34.3

For the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Sultan Syarif Kasim II International Airport are 0.461 deg latitude, 101.445 deg longitude, and 131 ft elevation.

The topography within 2 miles of Sultan Syarif Kasim II International Airport contains only modest variations in elevation, with a maximum elevation change of 138 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 96 feet. Within 10 miles also contains only modest variations in elevation (272 feet). Within 50 miles contains only modest variations in elevation (2,369 feet).

The area within 2 miles of Sultan Syarif Kasim II International Airport is covered by cropland (61%), trees (15%), grassland (14%), and shrubs (10%), within 10 miles by cropland (49%) and trees (29%), and within 50 miles by trees (60%) and cropland (27%).

This report illustrates the typical weather at Sultan Syarif Kasim II International Airport, based on a statistical analysis of historical hourly weather reports and model reconstructions from January 1, 1980 to December 31, 2016.

Temperature and Dew Point

Sultan Syarif Kasim II International Airport has a weather station that reported reliably enough during the analysis period that we have included it in our network. When available, historical temperature and dew point measurements are taken directly from this weather station. These records are obtained from NOAA's Integrated Surface Hourly data set, falling back on ICAO METAR records as required.

In the case of missing or erroneous measurements from this station, we fall back on records from nearby stations, adjusted according to typical seasonal and diurnal intra-station differences. For a given day of the year and hour of the day, the fallback station is selected to minimize the prediction error over the years for which there are measurements for both stations.

The stations on which we may fall back are Rengat Japura Airport and Tabing Airport.

Other Data

All data relating to the Sun's position (e.g., sunrise and sunset) are computed using astronomical formulas from the book, Astronomical Algorithms 2nd Edition , by Jean Meeus.

All other weather data, including cloud cover, precipitation, wind speed and direction, and solar flux, come from NASA's MERRA-2 Modern-Era Retrospective Analysis . This reanalysis combines a variety of wide-area measurements in a state-of-the-art global meteorological model to reconstruct the hourly history of weather throughout the world on a 50-kilometer grid.

Land Use data comes from the Global Land Cover SHARE database , published by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

Elevation data comes from the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) , published by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

Names, locations, and time zones of places and some airports come from the GeoNames Geographical Database .

Time zones for airports and weather stations are provided by AskGeo.com .

Maps are © OpenStreetMap contributors.

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