Indonesia / West Sumatra
Pantai Air Manis
Pantai Air Manis is a 1.3 km-long beach facing west-south-west, 4.7 km south of Padang (West Sumatra, Indonesia). The sea averages 30.1 °C in May, its warmest month, and 28.9 °C in October; it stays at 21 °C or above all year.
Average sea surface temperature by month. Current month outlined.
Month by month
October at Pantai Air Manis
Beach-day index 7.1/10 · Indonesia median 8.3
| Measure | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sea °C | 29.3 °C | 29.6 °C | 29.9 °C | 30.0 °C | 30.1 °C | 29.9 °C | 29.7 °C | 29.5 °C | 29.2 °C | 28.9 °C | 28.9 °C | 28.9 °C |
| High °C | 26° | 26° | 27° | 27° | 27° | 26° | 26° | 26° | 26° | 26° | 26° | 26° |
| Low °C | 20° | 20° | 21° | 21° | 21° | 21° | 20° | 20° | 20° | 20° | 21° | 20° |
| Rain mm | 270 | 268 | 322 | 312 | 229 | 238 | 217 | 250 | 302 | 359 | 449 | 358 |
| Cloud % | 90 | 88 | 88 | 88 | 83 | 78 | 79 | 82 | 87 | 92 | 94 | 94 |
| Wind m/s | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.5 |
| Daylight h | 12.2 | 12.1 | 12.1 | 12.1 | 12.1 | 12.1 | 12.1 | 12.1 | 12.1 | 12.1 | 12.2 | 12.2 |
| Record high/low | 29°/18° | 30°/18° | 30°/18° | 30°/19° | 30°/19° | 29°/19° | 29°/19° | 29°/18° | 29°/17° | 30°/19° | 29°/19° | 29°/18° |
| Beach index | 7.1 | 7.1 | 7.1 | 7.1 | 7.3 | 7.3 | 7.5 | 7.2 | 7.1 | 7.1 | 7.1 | 7.1 |
Long-term monthly averages: air from NASA POWER (2001–2020), sea from NOAA OISST (1991–2020); records are the extremes of 2001–2020. How the index works.
When to go
The beach-day index peaks in all year; July scores 7.5/10 with highs of 26 °C, sea at 29.7 °C and 217 mm of rain.
In July that is 1.6 points below the median of the 239 beaches in Indonesia covered by this atlas.
At its warmest the water here is 1.4 °C warmer than the Indonesia median for May (28.7 °C).
Across the year the sea averages 29.5 °C, warmer than 100% of the coastal beaches in the atlas.
November is the wettest month (449 mm) and July the driest (217 mm); the yearly total is about 3,570 mm.
Daylight runs from 12.1 hours in June to 12.2 hours in December; in mid-July the sun rises at 06:22 and sets at 18:26 local time.
Orientation, sun and shore
The shore faces west-south-west (250°). Open water fills about 47% of the horizon close by, which makes it an open stretch of shore.
The sun sets over the sea in every month; in mid-June it goes down at 18:20 local time on a bearing of 293°.
Straight out to the west-south-west there is open water for more than 2,000 km, so the beach is exposed to long ocean swell. The beach is on an island of about 433,671 km².
About 1 km offshore the sea is roughly 6 m deep and 24 m at 3 km, a shallow, gently shelving sea floor. Behind the beach the ground is about 30 m above sea level 500 m inland and 141 m at 1.5 km.
Within 1 km, the land is 90% tree cover and 7% built-up land (satellite land-cover map, 2021): a largely natural setting. Water makes up 51% of that circle.
- Tree 90%
- Built 7%
Land cover: ESA WorldCover 2021 (10 m). Orientation from OpenStreetMap land polygons sampled in 36 directions; depths and heights from the GEBCO 2020 grid (about 450 m cells), indicative only.
Rainfall reaches 449 mm in November and stays above 250 mm in January, February, March, April, August, September, October, November and December.
Photos
From above
Facilities within 1 km
- 2Restaurants, cafés & bars
- –Public toilets
- –Showers
- 1Car parks
- –Lifeguard stations
- 1Hotels & guesthouses
- 1Viewpoints
Food and drink mapped within 1 km: 1 restaurant and 1 café. Accommodation: 1 hotel or guesthouse.
Counted within 1 km of the beach (bus stops 1.5 km) from OpenStreetMap features and Overture Maps places, release of 2026-10. Unmapped does not mean absent.
Around the beach
Islands in view
- Pulau Pisang Ketek 750 m W
- Pulau Karsik 2.0 km SE
- Pulau Pisang Gadang 2.3 km W
Getting there
| Airport | Code | Distance | Direction |
|---|---|---|---|
| Minangkabau International Airport Padang (Katapiang) | PDG | 24.5 km | north |
| Sultan Syarif Kasim II International Airport / Roesmin Nurjadin AFB Pekanbaru | PKU | 201 km | north-east |
| Pinang Kampai Airport Dumai | DUM | 313 km | north |
Straight-line distances from the beach; road distance is usually 20–40% longer.
Local transport: rail station PP. Teluk Bayur (Clinker) (1.6 km), rail station PP. Teluk Bayur (Cement) (1.8 km) and 1 mapped car park within 1 km.
2 towns and villages of 1,000+ people lie within 10 km (about 942.9K residents); within 30 km there are 4 (about 942.9K).
Reference
Pantai Air Manis has an article on the ID Wikipedia: Pantai Air Manis.
Wikidata item Q44041752.
When people look it up
The ID Wikipedia article was read 2,476 times in the 12 months to August 2026. Interest peaks in September (395 views), 3.2× the quietest month.
Map
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Data on this page
- Air temperature, rain, cloud, wind, humidity: NASA POWER climatology 2001–2020, 0.5° grid.
- Sea temperature: NOAA OISST v2.1 monthly normals 1991–2020, nearest ocean cell 13.0 km away.
- Beach outline, surface, rules and public facilities: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), feature w166905338; restaurants, cafés, bars and lodging: Overture Maps places (CDLA-Permissive-2.0).
- Water body, status and length: Wikidata (CC0).
- Towns and time zone: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Airports: OurAirports (public domain). Sunrise and sunset: NOAA solar equations.
- Photos: Wikimedia Commons, author and licence under each image.
- Satellite view: Copernicus Sentinel-2 (ESA), scene S2B_47MPU_20241029_0_L2A.
- Orientation: OpenStreetMap land polygons (ODbL). Depth and terrain: GEBCO 2020 grid.
- Settlements: GeoNames places with 1,000+ inhabitants.
- Land cover: ESA WorldCover 2021, 10 m (CC BY 4.0).
- Search popularity: about 18.1K Google searches a month for the name (KeywordTool, October 2026).
Data compiled 2026-10-13. Something wrong? Report a data error.