BruneiIsland

Selirong Island

An island in the South China Sea.

When to go

In numbers

29m

Highest point

30°C

Warmest sea

June

986km

To the mainland

When to go to Selirong Island

Best for the beach from January to May.

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

28°28°25°

Jan23

28°28°25°

Feb17

28°28°25°

Mar20

30°29°26°

Apr25

30°29°27°

May27

30°29°26°

Jun25

30°29°26°

Jul25

30°29°26°

Aug25

30°29°26°

Sep27

30°29°26°

Oct30

30°29°26°

Nov29

29°28°26°

Dec29

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 Brunei

Selirong Island is an island in Brunei. Its highest point rises to 29 m. The nearest mainland is 986 km away.

Getting there

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986 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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The shape of the land.

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

100 %0–50 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).

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	28	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	28
Night low (°C)	25	25	25	26	27	26	26	26	26	26	26	26
Sea (°C)	28	28	28	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	29
Rain (mm)	285	143	155	212	241	258	249	229	253	312	321	333
Wet days	23	17	20	25	27	25	25	25	27	30	29	29
Sun h/day	6.3	7.1	7.7	8.2	7.3	6.8	6.7	6.8	6.3	5.8	6.3	6.2
Wind (km/h)	12	12	10	8	8	8	9	9	9	10	9	10

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	+0.3	+0.1	+0.5	+0.7	+0.5	+0.5	+0.4	+0.3	+0.4	+0.1	+0.2	+0.3
2021	+0.3	±0.0	−0.2	±0.0	+0.3	−0.1	−0.4	−0.3	−0.5	+0.8	+0.8	+0.7
2022	+1.1	+1.1	+1.2	+0.8	+0.3	±0.0	−0.1	+0.2	+0.1	−0.1	+0.2	+0.3
2023	+1.1	+1.3	+0.3	+0.8	+0.6	+0.3	±0.0	+0.7	+0.7	+1.2	+1.2	+1.5
2024	+1.4	+1.4	+1.1	+1.4	+0.9	+0.5	+0.4	+0.3	+0.3	+0.4	+0.8	+0.7
2025	+1.3	+1.2	+0.7	+0.4	+0.3	−0.1	+0.3	+0.2	−0.1	+0.3	+0.2	+0.6

+1 warmer than usual −1 cooler than usual

Nearby

More islands nearby.

Labuan

Malaysia88 km²94 m50 km away

Pulau Chermin

Brunei0.03 km²19 m13 km away

Tanjong Pelumpong

Brunei0.80 km²15 m18 km away

Nunukan Island

Indonesia235 km²114 m295 km away

Sebatik Island

Indonesia438 km²174 m306 km away

Tarakan Island

Indonesia252 km²93 m321 km away

Banggi Island

Malaysia434 km²520 m347 km away

Sipadan

Malaysia0.17 km²27 m397 km away

About these numbers

Names, area, population	Wikidata (Q113213537) · CC0
Outline	Natural Earth · public domain
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