Indonesia / West Java
Pantai Pangandaran
Pantai Pangandaran is a coastal resort area in West Java, Indonesia. Its longest mapped beach stretches about 952 m and has a sand surface. The sea averages 29.1 °C in April, its warmest month, and 25.8 °C in August; it stays at 21 °C or above all year.
Average sea surface temperature by month. Current month outlined.
Rainfall reaches 366 mm in December and stays above 250 mm in January, February, March, April, November and December.
OpenStreetMap shows no lifeguard station within 1 km. Seasonal lifeguard posts are often unmapped, so check on site.
Services in the resort
- 28Restaurants, cafés & bars
- –Public toilets
- –Showers
- 1Car parks
- –Lifeguard stations
- 121Hotels & guesthouses
- 4Grocery shops
- 1Pharmacies & clinics
- 1Cash machines
Food and drink mapped within 1 km: 20 restaurants, 5 cafés, 2 bars and 1 fast-food outlet. Accommodation: 121 hotels and guesthouses.
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.
Month by month
October at Pantai Pangandaran
Beach-day index 7.5/10 · Indonesia median 8.3
| Measure | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sea °C | 28.7 °C | 28.7 °C | 29.0 °C | 29.1 °C | 28.8 °C | 27.9 °C | 26.6 °C | 25.8 °C | 25.8 °C | 26.6 °C | 27.8 °C | 28.6 °C |
| High °C | 29° | 29° | 29° | 29° | 28° | 28° | 27° | 27° | 28° | 29° | 29° | 28° |
| Low °C | 23° | 23° | 23° | 23° | 23° | 22° | 20° | 20° | 20° | 22° | 23° | 23° |
| Rain mm | 314 | 318 | 297 | 251 | 219 | 136 | 98 | 38 | 89 | 216 | 329 | 366 |
| Cloud % | 90 | 90 | 86 | 83 | 70 | 64 | 61 | 54 | 64 | 75 | 88 | 92 |
| Wind m/s | 2.3 | 2.0 | 2.1 | 2.2 | 2.6 | 2.8 | 3.2 | 3.4 | 3.5 | 3.2 | 2.7 | 2.4 |
| Daylight h | 12.5 | 12.4 | 12.2 | 11.9 | 11.8 | 11.7 | 11.7 | 11.9 | 12.1 | 12.3 | 12.5 | 12.6 |
| Record high/low | 33°/21° | 33°/20° | 32°/21° | 32°/21° | 32°/20° | 31°/18° | 30°/18° | 31°/17° | 32°/18° | 35°/19° | 34°/20° | 35°/20° |
| Beach index | 7.1 | 7.1 | 7.1 | 7.2 | 7.5 | 8.3 | 8.6 | 9.2 | 8.6 | 7.5 | 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 July–September; August scores 9.2/10 with highs of 27 °C, sea at 25.8 °C and 38 mm of rain.
That matches the median for beaches in Indonesia in the same month.
Across the year the sea averages 27.8 °C, warmer than 88% of the coastal beaches in the atlas.
December is the wettest month (366 mm) and August the driest (38 mm); the yearly total is about 2,670 mm.
Daylight runs from 11.7 hours in June to 12.6 hours in December; in mid-August the sun rises at 05:54 and sets at 17:45 local time.
Orientation, sun and shore
The shore faces south-west (225°). Open water fills about 39% 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 17:35 local time on a bearing of 293°.
Straight out to the 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 127,498 km².
About 1 km offshore the sea is roughly 50 m deep and 32 m at 3 km, so deep water starts close to shore. Behind the beach the ground is about 10 m above sea level 500 m inland and 10 m at 1.5 km, a flat coastal plain.
Within 1 km, the land is 49% built-up land, 20% tree cover and 16% grassland (satellite land-cover map, 2021): an urban beach. Water makes up 48% of that circle.
- Built 49%
- Tree 20%
- Grass 16%
- Crop 13%
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.
Getting there
| Airport | Code | Distance | Direction |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tunggul Wulung Airport Cilacap | CXP | 42.7 km | east |
| Kertajati International Airport Kertajati | KJT | 128 km | north-west |
| Husein Sastranegara International Airport Bandung | BDO | 148 km | north-west |
Straight-line distances from the beach; road distance is usually 20–40% longer.
Local transport: 1 mapped car park within 1 km.
1 town or village of 1,000+ people lie within 10 km (about 0 residents); within 30 km there are 13 (about 30.3K).
Photos
From above
Reference
Pantai Pangandaran has an article on the ID Wikipedia: Pantai Pangandaran.
Wikidata item Q4189738.
Around the beach
Islands in view
- FV Viking Lagos 1.5 km S
When people look it up
The ID Wikipedia article was read 25,385 times in the 12 months to August 2026. Interest peaks in March (3,363 views), 3.4× 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 20.4 km away.
- Beach outline, surface, rules and public facilities: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), feature w1182240281; 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_48MZS_20260619_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 90 Google searches a month for the name (KeywordTool, October 2026).
Data compiled 2026-10-13. Something wrong? Report a data error.