Indonesia
Satellite: Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX (CC BY 4.0). Outline and points © OpenStreetMap contributors / Natural Earth. North up.
In numbers
121km²
Area
94km
Coastline
617m
Highest point
25,000
People
30°C
Warmest sea
May
411km
To the mainland
When to go to Weh Island
Best for the beach from January to May.
The sea is warmest in May (30 °C) and coolest in January (28 °C). You can swim comfortably all year (21 °C or more).
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 Sabang City, Aceh Province, Indonesia
Weh Island is an island in Indonesia. It covers 121 km², with 94 km of coastline. Its highest point rises to 617 m. About 25,000 people live on it. The nearest mainland is 411 km away.
Getting there
- Sultan Iskandar Muda International Airport (BTJ)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 36 km in a straight lineCar hire at CGK airport (Jakarta)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- FerriesBanda Aceh - Balohan (Pulau Weh)
- 411 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 Weh Island.
- 23beachesLong Beach, Sumur Tiga Beach, Gapang Beach and 20 more
- 13viewpointsSunset Viewpoint, Sunset point, Swallow cave and 10 more
- 2lighthouses
- 6ferry terminalsBalohan and 5 more
- 41named peaksCot Palana, Gunung Sarong Kris, Cot Kenaloi and 38 more
- 2volcanoesPulau Weh, Jaboi
- 1waterfalls
- 1ruins and archaeological sitesKomplek Makam Aulia Kramat 44
- 7dive centresLumba Lumba, Rubiah Tirta Divers, Scuba Weh and 4 more
- 68hotels, guesthouses and apartments
- 45restaurants, 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.
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Weh Island in our other atlases
Everything Coastya, Peakyas, Lakeyas and Cascadyas know about what lies inside Weh Island, each with its own numbers.
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Largest lake
0.34km²
Danau Aneuk Laot
according to Lakeyas
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on Lakeyas, the lake atlas
- Danau Aneuk Laot0.34km²
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The shape of the land.
On average the island stands 147 m above the sea. 75 % of it is below 200 m.
- 20 %0–50 m
- 55 %50–200 m
- 24 %200–500 m
- 1 %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.
10 km
All outlines drawn to the same scale (Natural Earth and OpenStreetMap).
Towns on the island
- Sabang43,527 people
Month by month
The weather on the island.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Afternoon high (°C) | 28 | 28 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 28 |
| Night low (°C) | 27 | 27 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 27 |
| Sea (°C) | 28 | 29 | 29 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 28 | 28 |
| Rain (mm) | 176 | 88 | 150 | 144 | 184 | 124 | 118 | 132 | 149 | 211 | 256 | 255 |
| Wet days | 20 | 16 | 20 | 24 | 22 | 18 | 19 | 21 | 23 | 27 | 28 | 25 |
| Sun h/day | 6.2 | 7.5 | 7.2 | 6.8 | 6.3 | 6.7 | 6.5 | 6.4 | 5.8 | 5.3 | 4.7 | 4.6 |
| Wind (km/h) | 19 | 17 | 13 | 11 | 17 | 20 | 21 | 21 | 19 | 16 | 14 | 18 |
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 | ±0.0 | +0.3 | +0.6 | −0.1 | +0.1 | +0.7 | +0.9 | +0.8 | +0.4 | +0.3 | +0.5 |
| 2021 | +0.3 | +0.2 | +0.2 | +0.3 | +0.6 | +0.2 | +0.2 | +0.1 | +0.5 | +0.6 | +0.2 | +0.4 |
| 2022 | +0.5 | +0.6 | +0.1 | +0.7 | +0.1 | −0.3 | −0.2 | +0.1 | ±0.0 | ±0.0 | +0.1 | −0.3 |
| 2023 | −0.1 | ±0.0 | −0.5 | +0.4 | +0.4 | −0.2 | +0.2 | +0.6 | +0.7 | +0.7 | +0.8 | +0.2 |
| 2024 | +0.4 | +0.7 | +0.4 | +1.0 | +0.7 | +0.8 | +0.8 | +0.6 | +0.8 | +0.6 | +0.9 | +0.8 |
| 2025 | +0.6 | +0.5 | ±0.0 | −0.2 | −0.4 | +0.1 | +0.3 | ±0.0 | +0.3 | +0.5 | +0.4 | +0.4 |
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About these numbers
| Names, area, population | Wikidata (Q1048813) · 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 | Lakeyas — Wikidata · CC0; © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL; GeoNames · CC BY 4.0; HydroLAKES (Messager et al. 2016) · CC BY 4.0, LakeTEMP (Korver et al. 2024) · CC BY 4.0 |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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