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Bandung

Indonesia

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Pekanbaru

Indonesia

Climate

Bandung logs 0 hot days a year to Pekanbaru's 313 — Bandung wins by 313. Bandung also leads on sunny days by 76.

BandungPekanbaru
Sunny days
189113
Hot days
0313
Frost days
00
Rainy days
280282
Outdoor dinner months
12/120/12
Avg wind
1.0 m/s1.2 m/s
Sunshine hours
2,1601,713
Darkest month sun
109 hrs/mo103 hrs/mo
UV peak month
10.58.5

Bandung

Feels-like °C

27
26
27
28
29
29
28
29
29
28
28
26

Dinner outside

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Bandung Climate Lab →Lifestyle Calendar →Climate twin →

Pekanbaru

Feels-like °C

31
33
33
33
34
33
33
33
33
33
32
32

Dinner outside

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Pekanbaru Climate Lab →Lifestyle Calendar →Climate twin →

Air Quality

Bandung averages 25.8 µg/m³ (unhealthy) PM2.5 annually versus Pekanbaru's 21.1 µg/m³ (sensitive-groups) — Pekanbaru breathes ~18% cleaner air (4.7 µg/m³ lower).

Bandung

Pekanbaru

25.8µg/m³
21.1µg/m³

PM2.5 annual average

Unhealthy
Sensitive Groups

WHO classification

City Scale

Both maps at the same real-world scale — 1 cm on either map is the same distance.

Bandung (8.7M) and Pekanbaru (1.2M) are 7.1x in population — Bandung is the larger metro, Pekanbaru the smaller; on land area Bandung spans roughly 4.2x more ground.

5.5x

Bandung is roughly 5.5x the scale of Pekanbaru

Combined population & area comparison

ID flagBandung
5.5x
ID flagPekanbaru
1x

City Scale Rankings

Population
1.ID flagBandung8.7M7.1x
2.ID flagPekanbaru1.2M1x
Area
1.ID flagBandung988 km²4.2x
2.ID flagPekanbaru234 km²1x
© Stadia Maps, © OpenMapTiles, © OpenStreetMap contributors
54 km36 km

ID flagBandung

© Stadia Maps, © OpenMapTiles, © OpenStreetMap contributors
20 km21 km

ID flagPekanbaru

Who Thrives Here

Both cities work well for the winter escapist.

Thrives in both
BandungPekanbaru
Winter Escapist
87%89%
Eternal Summer
76%78%
Struggles in both
BandungPekanbaru
Sunshine Lover
44%35%
Clean Air Seeker
22%30%

Also compared

ID flag Jakarta vs SG flag Singapore

Frequently asked about Bandung vs Pekanbaru

▶How does the climate compare between Bandung and Pekanbaru?
Sunny days: 189 vs 113 d — Bandung higher Annual sunshine: 2,160 vs 1,713 hrs — Bandung higher Winter sunshine: 109 vs 103 hrs/day — Similar Hot days (>30°C): 0 vs 313 d — Bandung lower Frost days: 0 vs 0 d — Similar Rainy days: 280 vs 282 d — Similar
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