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Last and first frost dates in Batam

Indonesia

Batam had no frost in 2016–2025, so crops are planted by warmth and rain rather than by frost dates.

Last spring frostnone in ten years
First autumn frostnone in ten years

Median of 2016–2025 for the 25 km grid cell of the city: the last day at or below 0 °C in spring and the first in autumn (ERA5 reanalysis via Open-Meteo). In a cold year a frost can come a week or two later — Greenly warns 48 hours ahead.

There is no frost season here: crops are planted by warmth and rain rather than by frost dates.

When the soil warms up in Batam

The day the top 7 cm of soil first averages each temperature over a week, median of 2016–2025 (ERA5 via Open-Meteo).

SoilDate
5 °Calready in the first week of January
10 °Calready in the first week of January
15 °Calready in the first week of January
18 °Calready in the first week of January

Frost dates near Batam

CityDistanceLast spring frostFirst autumn frost
Pekanbaru297 km——
Palembang465 km——
Padang472 km——
Pontianak602 km——
Medan657 km——

Seeds, seedlings and markets in Batam

Within 15 km of Batam OpenStreetMap lists 48 markets (collected 28 October 2026). The nearest market to the city centre is Gogo Supermarket Bengkong, 4 km away.

Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.

Weather in Batam by month

Average weather in Batam over 2016–2025: the warmest month is May. Months that average 20 °C or more by day: January–December (28.5–30.2 °C). Months that average 30 °C or more by day: May (30.2 °C). No month averages below 0 °C at night; the coldest nights, in January, average 25.1 °C. About 2522 mm of rain falls in a year, on 289 days; November is the wettest month (302 mm) and February the driest (97 mm).

MonthDay, °CNight, °CRain, mmRainy days
January28.525.126524
February29.325.39716
March29.625.616422
April29.825.823526
May30.22628127
June29.725.723425
July29.925.813721
August29.825.516623
September29.925.316823
October29.825.421327
November29.125.330228
December28.825.326027

Average of the daily highs and lows, rain per month and days with at least 1 mm (ERA5 via Open-Meteo, the same grid cell as the frost dates).