IndonesiaRiau IslandsIsland

Bintan Island

1,175 km² of land in the South China Sea.

Tanjung PinangBandar Seri Bentan

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

In numbers

1,175km²

Area

295km

Coastline

17m

Highest point

142,382

People

30°C

Warmest sea

May

13km

To the mainland

When to go to Bintan 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).

28°28°26°

Jan21

28°28°26°

Feb14

28°29°27°

Mar22

30°29°28°

Apr26

30°30°28°

May27

30°29°28°

Jun23

29°29°27°

Jul23

29°29°27°

Aug23

29°29°27°

Sep22

29°29°27°

Oct26

29°28°27°

Nov28

28°28°26°

Dec28

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 Bintan Regency, Riau Islands Province, Indonesia

Bintan Island is an island in Indonesia. It belongs to Riau Islands. It covers 1,175 km², with 295 km of coastline. Its highest point rises to 17 m. About 142,382 people live on it. The nearest mainland is 13 km away.

Getting there

Raja Haji Fisabilillah International Airport (TNJ)airport on the island, with scheduled flightsCar hire at SIN airport (Singapore)Discover Cars · Affiliate link
FerriesNikoi Island Resort Ferry, Telaga Punggur-Tanjung Uban, Telaga Punggur (Batam) - Tanjung Pinang (Bintan) via Ferry PP, Belinyu-Kijang
13 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 Bintan Island.

12beaches
2lighthouses
20ferry terminalsPelabuhan Sri Bintan Pura, Tanjung Uban, Bintan Lagoon Ferry Terminal and 17 more
1marinas
4named peaksGunung Bintan, Gunung Demit, Gunung Kijang and 1 more
1ruins and archaeological sitesGedung Serbaguna ( Terbengkalai )
58hotels, guesthouses and apartments
278restaurants, 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

Bintan Island in our other atlases

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

1beachCoastya
10mountainsPeakyas
1lakeLakeyas

Largest lake
2.2km²
Bintan Lagoon
according to Lakeyas
Beach with the warmest sea
30.0°C
Pasir Panjang
sea in the warmest month · according to Coastya

1 beaches

on Coastya, the beach atlas

Pasir Panjang30.0°C

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10 mountains

on Peakyas, the mountain atlas

Mountain Langkuas
Mountain Bintan Besar
Gunung Bukitbatu
Gunung Bintan Kecil
Bukit Berat
Bukit Kelampai
Bukit Haradom
Bukit Toi

2 more on PeakyasOpen Peakyas ↗

1 lakes

on Lakeyas, the lake atlas

Bintan Lagoon2.2km²

Lakeyas is coming soonOpen Lakeyas ↗

The shape of the land.

On average the island stands 17 m above the sea. 100 % of it is below 200 m.

97 %0–50 m
3 %50–200 m
<1 %200–500 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.

Bintan Island1,175 km²

Tenerife2,038 km²

Long Island3,529 km²

50 km

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

Towns on the island

Tanjung Pinang227,663 people
Bandar Seri Bentanno census figure

Month by month

The weather on the island.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Afternoon high (°C)	28	28	29	29	30	29	29	29	29	29	28	28
Night low (°C)	26	26	27	28	28	28	27	27	27	27	27	26
Sea (°C)	28	28	28	30	30	30	29	29	29	29	29	28
Rain (mm)	241	111	174	203	211	178	179	166	176	214	300	314
Wet days	21	14	22	26	27	23	23	23	22	26	28	28
Sun h/day	5.4	6.7	6.7	6.7	6.2	5.7	5.7	5.5	5.0	4.9	4.4	4.4
Wind (km/h)	20	20	14	10	11	13	15	16	14	10	10	17

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.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
2020	±0.0	+0.6	+0.6	+0.6	+0.4	+0.6	+0.4	+0.8	+0.4	±0.0	+0.1	+0.6
2021	±0.0	−0.4	+0.2	+0.2	+0.3	+0.4	+0.2	+0.5	+0.2	+0.3	+0.4	+0.6
2022	+0.5	+0.4	+0.4	+0.4	+0.3	+0.1	+0.2	+0.3	+0.1	±0.0	±0.0	+0.2
2023	+0.2	−0.2	−0.9	−0.2	+0.2	±0.0	+0.1	+0.5	+0.4	+0.8	+1.3	+0.7
2024	+0.6	+0.8	+0.5	+1.0	+0.6	+0.8	+0.6	+0.6	+0.6	+0.6	+1.0	+0.8
2025	−0.2	±0.0	±0.0	−0.2	+0.1	+0.3	+0.2	+0.3	+0.1	+0.2	+0.4	+0.3

+1 warmer than usual −1 cooler than usual

Photos

Seen by visitors.

Sumpat, Bintan — Bintan info · Public domain

Bintan Agro Resort — Jpatokal · CC BY-SA 4.0

Bintan Agro Beach Resort4 — Abhishek Kumar · CC BY 2.0

Nearby

More islands nearby.

Singapore Island

Singapore658 km²164 m84 km away

Batam Island

Indonesia427 km²2 m52 km away

Sentosa

Singapore4.9 km²100 m76 km away

Pulau Ubin

Singapore10 km²56 m69 km away

Karimun Island

Indonesia126 km²14 m126 km away

Tioman Island

Malaysia135 km²1,038 m196 km away

Malacca Island

Malaysia1.2 km²16 m277 km away

Bengkalis Island

Indonesia911 km²3 m248 km away

About these numbers

Names, area, population	Wikidata (Q774859) · CC0
Outline	© OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL
Sea temperature	NOAA OISST v2.1 · 1991–2020
Climate	NASA POWER · 1991–2020
Relief, 3D model	Copernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA
Beaches, ports, lighthouses, trails	© OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL
Towns	GeoNames · CC BY 4.0
Images	EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons
Beaches, mountains, lakes and waterfalls	Coastya, Peakyas, Lakeyas — Wikidata · CC0; © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL; GeoNames · CC BY 4.0; NOAA OISST; 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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