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Batam Island

427 km² of land in the South China Sea.

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Batam Island seen from space, cut out from the sea (Sentinel-2)
BatamSekupang
N 5 km

Satellite: Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX (CC BY 4.0). Outline and points © OpenStreetMap contributors / Natural Earth. North up.

In numbers

427km²

Area

227km

Coastline

2m

Highest point

1,153,860

People

30°C

Warmest sea

May

18km

To the mainland

When to go to Batam Island

Best for the beach from January to May.

The sea is warmest in May (30 °C) and coolest in January (28 °C). You can swim comfortably all year (21 °C or more).

Sea temperature (the water level) Air: night low to afternoon high Wet days Best months

Averages 1991–2020. Sea: NOAA OISST, the water within 35 km of the coast. Air, rain and sun: NASA POWER. Best months weigh warm afternoons (23–30 °C), sea of 24 °C or more and few wet days.

Island in Batam City, Riau Islands Province, Indonesia

Batam Island is an island in Indonesia. It covers 427 km², with 227 km of coastline. Its highest point rises to 2 m. About 1,153,860 people live on it. The nearest mainland is 18 km away.

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Getting there

  • Hang Nadim International Airport (BTH)airport on the island, with scheduled flightsCar hire at SIN airport (Singapore)Discover Cars · Affiliate link
  • FerriesWaterfront City-Sekupang, Sekupang (Batam, Indonesia) - Harbourfront (Singapore), Pel.Sagulung <> P.Seraya, Sagulung<>Bulang
  • 18 km from the mainlanddistance to the nearest continental coast
  • From January to Maybest months to go (from 30 years of averages)

Plan the trip

Ferries, stays and things to do

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On the island

What you find on Batam Island.

  • 9beachesMarina, P Pantai Stres, Nongsa Beach and 6 more
  • 6viewpointsOcarina, Lake/Junggle Jembatan Sei.Ladi (Nice View), Nongsa Point Marina and 3 more
  • 32ferry terminalsWaterfront City Ferry Terminal, Sekupang International, Sekupang Ferry Terminal and 29 more
  • 5marinasWaterfront City Marina, Water Front City Sea port, Pelra Seberang Novotel and 2 more
  • 3named peaksDangas, Telogah, Tinggi
  • 1waterfallsAir Terjun Tiban
  • 1castles and forts
  • 1ruins and archaeological sitesSnow City
  • 3campsitesBumi Perkemahan Raja Ali Haji
  • 188hotels, guesthouses and apartments
  • 254restaurants, cafés and bars

Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit, inside the island's outline. A low number may only mean nobody has mapped it yet.

Cross-checked with our atlases

Batam Island in our other atlases

Everything Coastya, Peakyas, Lakeyas and Cascadyas know about what lies inside Batam Island, each with its own numbers.

  • 17mountainsPeakyas
  • 1lakeLakeyas

  • Largest lake

    0.69km²

    Waduk Ladi

    according to Lakeyas

17 mountains

on Peakyas, the mountain atlas

  1. Bukit Dangas
  2. Bukit Tinggi
  3. Bukit Telogah
  4. Bukit Pangbojong
  5. Bukit Lauji
  6. Bukit Teban
  7. Bukit Senimba
  8. Bukit Tumiang

9 more on PeakyasOpen Peakyas ↗

1 lakes

on Lakeyas, the lake atlas

  1. Waduk Ladi0.69km²

Lakeyas is coming soonOpen Lakeyas ↗

The shape of the land.

On average the island stands 21 m above the sea. 100 % of it is below 200 m.

  • 90 %0–50 m
  • 10 %50–200 m

Share of the island's area in each altitude band, from the Copernicus DEM (30 m, read at 30–240 m on large islands).

Size, for real

Next to islands you may know.

Batam Island427 km²
Madeira Island742 km²
Malta247 km²

20 km

All outlines drawn to the same scale (Natural Earth and OpenStreetMap).

Towns on the island

  • Batam1,296,960 people
  • Sekupangno census figure

Month by month

The weather on the island.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Afternoon high (°C)282929303029292929292928
Night low (°C)252526272828272727272726
Sea (°C)282829303030292929292928
Rain (mm)236108177203202164168166165206294302
Wet days211523272723232222262828
Sun h/day4.96.05.85.75.45.35.14.94.44.54.44.2
Wind (km/h)17171391012141412101015

Averages 1991–2020 for the ~55 km NASA POWER cell over the island; the sea from NOAA OISST.

Recent years

Warmer and cooler years at sea.

Each month's sea temperature compared with its 1991–2020 average, in degrees.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2020±0.0+0.6+0.6+0.6+0.4+0.8+0.4+0.8+0.5±0.0+0.1+0.6
2021−0.1−0.3+0.2+0.2+0.2+0.4+0.2+0.4+0.2+0.4+0.4+0.5
2022+0.5+0.4+0.3+0.4+0.3+0.2+0.3+0.3±0.0±0.0±0.0+0.1
2023+0.1−0.2−1.1−0.2+0.2+0.1+0.2+0.5+0.5+0.9+1.3+0.7
2024+0.5+0.9+0.5+1.0+0.6+0.8+0.7+0.6+0.7+0.6+1.0+0.7
2025−0.2±0.0−0.1−0.2+0.1+0.4+0.4+0.4±0.0+0.3+0.4+0.3

+1 warmer than usual −1 cooler than usual

Photos

Seen by visitors.

Batam, Indonesia, 2010-12-01, DD 03
Diego Delso · CC BY-SA 3.0
Jodoh Nagoya - Panoramio 109914890
musnahterinjak · CC BY-SA 3.0
Batam, Indonesia, 2010-12-01, DD 02
Diego Delso · CC BY-SA 3.0
Batam Golden Prawn - panoramio
Qingwu Zhou (周庆武) · CC BY-SA 3.0

Nearby

More islands nearby.

Singapore IslandSingaporeSingapore658 km²164 m41 km awaySentosaSingaporeSingapore4.9 km²100 m28 km awayBintan IslandIndonesiaIndonesia1,175 km²17 m52 km awayPulau UbinSingaporeSingapore10 km²56 m36 km awayKarimun IslandIndonesiaIndonesia126 km²14 m74 km awayTioman IslandMalaysiaMalaysia135 km²1,038 m193 km awayBengkalis IslandIndonesiaIndonesia911 km²3 m197 km awayMalacca IslandMalaysiaMalaysia1.2 km²16 m231 km away

About these numbers

Names, area, populationWikidata (Q4842953) · CC0
Outline© OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL
Sea temperatureNOAA OISST v2.1 · 1991–2020
ClimateNASA POWER · 1991–2020
Relief, 3D modelCopernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA
Beaches, ports, lighthouses, trails© OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL
TownsGeoNames · CC BY 4.0
ImagesEOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons
Beaches, mountains, lakes and waterfallsPeakyas, Lakeyas — Wikidata · CC0; © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL; GeoNames · CC BY 4.0; HydroLAKES (Messager et al. 2016) · CC BY 4.0, LakeTEMP (Korver et al. 2024) · CC BY 4.0

Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.

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