MalaysiaIsland

Tioman Island

135 km² rising to 1,038 m out of the South China Sea.

Kampung TekekMukim Tioman

Satellite: Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX (CC BY 4.0). Outline and points © OpenStreetMap contributors / Natural Earth. North up.

In numbers

135km²

Area

72km

Coastline

1,038m

Highest point

432

People

30°C

Warmest sea

May

37km

To the mainland

When to go to Tioman Island

Best for the beach from January to May.

The sea is warmest in May (30 °C) and coolest in January (27 °C). You can swim comfortably all year (21 °C or more).

27°27°26°

Jan21

27°27°26°

Feb14

28°28°27°

Mar19

30°29°28°

Apr24

30°29°28°

May28

30°29°28°

Jun26

29°29°28°

Jul27

29°28°28°

Aug28

29°28°28°

Sep27

29°28°28°

Oct29

29°28°27°

Nov30

28°28°27°

Dec28

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 Malaysia

Tioman Island is an island in Malaysia. It covers 135 km², with 72 km of coastline. Its highest point rises to 1,038 m. About 432 people live on it. The nearest mainland is 37 km away.

Getting there

Tioman Airport (TOD)airport on the island, with scheduled flightsCar hire at JHB airport (Johor Bahru)Discover Cars · Affiliate link
FerriesMersing - Tioman Island (Tekek), Tioman Genting Island - Mersing, Gemok Ferry Terminal - Tioman Island (Genting Jetty), Juara - Mukuk
37 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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On the island

What you find on Tioman Island.

25beachesABC Beach, Monkey Beach, Paya Beach and 22 more
4viewpointsBatu Permata and 3 more
8ferry terminalsTioman Island (Genting Jetty), Pulau Tioman (Tekek), Jeti Kampung ABC and 5 more
1marinasTekek Marina
8named peaksMount Kajang, Dragon's Horns (South Tower), Batu Mumbar and 5 more
6waterfallsAli's Waterfall, Asah Waterfalls, Taling Cascade and 3 more
15dive centresB&J, Blue Heaven Divers, Eco Divers and 12 more
4campsitesSegipong Campsite, Warisan Eco Asah Camp, Mumbar Cliff Climbers Basecamp and 1 more
69hotels, guesthouses and apartments
57restaurants, cafés and bars

Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit, inside the island's outline. A low number may only mean nobody has mapped it yet.

Cross-checked with our atlases

Tioman Island in our other atlases

Everything Coastya, Peakyas, Lakeyas and Cascadyas know about what lies inside Tioman Island, each with its own numbers.

32beaches and covesCoastya

Beach with the warmest sea
29.8°C
Pasir Mentawak
sea in the warmest month · according to Coastya

32 beaches

on Coastya, the beach atlas

Pasir Mentawak29.8°C
Pasir Juara29.8°C
Pasir Sigung29.8°C
Pasir Seriah29.8°C
Pasir Sarang Burung29.8°C
Pasir Penut29.8°C
Pasir Munjur29.8°C
Pasir Kelupak29.8°C

24 more on CoastyaOpen Coastya ↗

The shape of the land.

On average the island stands 329 m above the sea. 33 % of it is below 200 m.

9 %0–50 m
24 %50–200 m
45 %200–500 m
22 %500–1,000 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).

Size, for real

Next to islands you may know.

Tioman Island135 km²

Malta247 km²

Santorini76 km²

10 km

All outlines drawn to the same scale (Natural Earth and OpenStreetMap).

Towns on the island

Kampung Tekek2,000 people
Mukim Tioman1,874 people

Month by month

The weather on the island.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Afternoon high (°C)	27	27	28	29	29	29	29	28	28	28	28	28
Night low (°C)	26	26	27	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	27	27
Sea (°C)	27	27	28	30	30	30	29	29	29	29	29	28
Rain (mm)	216	93	124	132	177	157	164	164	173	227	289	476
Wet days	21	14	19	24	28	26	27	28	27	29	30	28
Sun h/day	5.8	7.4	7.8	8.0	7.1	6.5	6.5	6.7	6.0	5.3	4.8	4.7
Wind (km/h)	23	21	15	11	11	14	16	17	14	11	13	21

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

+1 warmer than usual −1 cooler than usual

Photos

Seen by visitors.

Tioman island (3679435126) — Peter Gronemann from Switzerland · CC BY 2.0

Japamala Resort on Tioman Island 2 — adam fletcher · CC BY 2.0

Japamala Resort on Tioman Island — adam fletcher · CC BY 2.0

Nearby

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About these numbers

Names, area, population	Wikidata (Q771765) · CC0
Outline	© OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL
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
Beaches, mountains, lakes and waterfalls	Coastya — Wikidata · CC0; © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL; GeoNames · CC BY 4.0; NOAA OISST

Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.

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