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Pulau Ubin

10.1 km² of land in the Singapore Strait.

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Pulau Ubin seen from space, cut out from the sea (Sentinel-2)
N 1 km

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

In numbers

10.1km²

Area

21km

Coastline

56m

Highest point

30°C

Warmest sea

May

2km

To the mainland

When to go to Pulau Ubin

Best for the beach from January to March and from June to July.

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.

North-Eastern Island of Singapore

Pulau Ubin is an island in Singapore. It belongs to Malay Archipelago. It covers 10.1 km², with 21 km of coastline. Its highest point rises to 56 m. The nearest mainland is 2 km away.

Read more on Wikipedia

Getting there

  • Singapore Changi Airport (SIN)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 8 km in a straight lineCar hire at SIN airport (Singapore)Discover Cars · Affiliate link
  • FerriesPulau Ubin - Changi Village, Punggol Point - Outward Bound Camp, Stulang Laut (Johor Bahru, Malaysia) - Tanjung Pinang (Bintan, Indonesia), Stulang Laut (Johor Bahru, Malaysia) - Harbour Bay (Batam, Indonesia)
  • 2 km from the mainlanddistance to the nearest continental coast
  • From January to March and from June to Julybest 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 Pulau Ubin.

  • 19beachesMamam Beach and 18 more
  • 9viewpointsJejawi Tower, Puaka Hill and 7 more
  • 2named peaksPuaka Hill, Tanjong Tajam Hill
  • 5campsitesJelutong Camp Site, Lightning Tree, Mamam Campsite and 2 more
  • 4restaurants, 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

Pulau Ubin in our other atlases

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

  • 1beachCoastya
  • 1mountainPeakyas
  • Beach with the warmest sea

    29.9°C

    Pulau Ubin Beach

    sea in the warmest month · according to Coastya

1 beaches

on Coastya, the beach atlas

  1. Pulau Ubin Beach29.9°C

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1 mountains

on Peakyas, the mountain atlas

  1. Bukit Tinggi

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The shape of the land.

On average the island stands 18 m above the sea. 100 % of it is below 200 m.

  • 98 %0–50 m
  • 2 %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.

Pulau Ubin10 km²
Capri10 km²
Manhattan54 km²

5 km

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

Month by month

The weather on the island.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Afternoon high (°C)282930303029292929292928
Night low (°C)242424262626252525252524
Sea (°C)282828303030292929292928
Rain (mm)235102168193199164174173167210283300
Wet days181320242521212220242726
Sun h/day4.96.05.85.75.45.35.14.94.44.54.44.2
Wind (km/h)13131088101011108812

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

+1 warmer than usual −1 cooler than usual

Photos

Seen by visitors.

About these numbers

Names, area, populationWikidata (Q1928550) · 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 waterfallsCoastya, Peakyas — Wikidata · CC0; © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL; GeoNames · CC BY 4.0; NOAA OISST

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

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