Pekanbaru
IndonesiaAf
📷 D.W. Fisher-Freberg· CC BY-SA 3.0"Pekanbaru kota berseri" | "Pekanbaru, the radiant city"
About
Pekanbaru is the capital city of the Indonesian province of Riau, and a major economic center on the eastern side of Sumatra Island with its name derived from the Malay (Indonesian) word for 'new market'. It has an area of 632.26 km2, with a population of 897,767 at the 2010 Census, and 983,356 at the 2020 Census.
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The next week in Pekanbaru
7-day forecast from Open-Meteo. UV badges flag days when sun protection matters (3 and above is moderate; 8 and above is risk territory for unprotected fair skin within 30 minutes).
Today
Thunderstorm
31° / 25°
7.6 mm
UV Moderate
Sun
Thunderstorm
31° / 25°
10.6 mm
UV High
Mon
Thunderstorm
32° / 25°
6.7 mm
UV High
Tue
Thunderstorm
32° / 25°
3.3 mm
UV Moderate
Wed
Showers
31° / 25°
15.3 mm
UV Moderate
Thu
Thunderstorm
31°
In May 16
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Air quality
No monitoring station within 25 km.
Weather
31° / 22°
Typical high / low
7 mm rainfall this month
Daylight
12.1h
07:06 – 19:14local
Year-round climate
Monthly highs, lows, and rainfall (long-term averages, NASA POWER).
Airports near Pekanbaru
1 commercial airport within 100 km. Closest is Sultan Syarif Kasim II International Airport / Roesmin Nurjadin AFB (PKU) at 8 km.
Getting around Pekanbaru
Public-transit operators within 8 km of the city center. Click through to each operator’s site for routes, fares, and tickets.
Local transit operators
Operators and modes aggregated by TransitLand from individual transit-agency GTFS feeds. Route classifications (subway / tram / rail / bus / etc) come from each feed’s GTFS route_type codes.
Sister cities
Sources
This page blends public reference data, climate/elevation services, and personal notes. Travel requirements can change, so visa and entry details should be checked again before booking.
- Wikipedia →
Summary, canonical article, and some image fallbacks.
- Wikidata →
Population, area, image, coordinates, and linked identifiers where available.
- NASA POWER →
Monthly temperature and rainfall climatology.
- Open-Meteo historical weather →
1991-2020 temperature and precipitation cross-check for compact climate fields.
- Open-Elevation →
Coordinate-based elevation backfill.
- tz database →
Coordinate-based IANA timezone lookup.
- City flag source →
Public domain, Pekanbaru City.
- Site credits →
Global source notes, map tiles, flags, licenses, and attribution policy.