Singkawang
IndonesiaAf
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About
Singkawang, or San-Khew-Jong, is a coastal city and port located in the province of West Kalimantan, on the island of Borneo in Indonesia. It is located at about 145 km north of Pontianak, the provincial capital, and is surrounded by the Pasi, Poteng, and Sakkok mountains. The name Singkawang is derived from the Salako language, which refers to a very wide area of swamps.
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The next week in Singkawang
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
Showers
28° / 24°
27.7 mm
UV High
Sun
Showers
28° / 24°
29.4 mm
Mon
Drizzle
32° / 24°
UV High
Tue
Thunderstorm
31° / 24°
1.7 mm
UV Very high
Wed
Thunderstorm
31° / 25°
6.3 mm
UV Very high
Thu
Thunderstorm
32° / 25°
5.4 mm
In May 16
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Air quality
No monitoring station within 25 km.
Weather
30° / 26°
Typical high / low
7 mm rainfall this month
Daylight
12.2h
06:35 – 18:44local
Year-round climate
Monthly highs, lows, and rainfall (long-term averages, NASA POWER).
Getting around Singkawang
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
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- 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 →
CC BY-SA 4.0, Irfandisbagya186.
- Site credits →
Global source notes, map tiles, flags, licenses, and attribution policy.