West Kalimantan · Indonesia
Sambas travel guide
Sambas is a city in West Kalimantan, Indonesia, home to about 627,000 people.
- Nearest airport
- KCH114 km · Kuching International Airport
- Currency
- IDRrupiah
- Time zone
- Asia/Jakarta
- Language
- Indonesian
About
About Sambas
Sambas Regency is the most northerly regency in West Kalimantan Province of Indonesia. The regency is one of the original regencies in West Kalimantan, but on 20 April 1999 the southern districts were removed from Sambas Regency to form a new Bengkayang Regency (then including the town of Singkawang).
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When to go
The best time to visit Sambas
Sambas has no month that is both mild and dry by the measure used here. March is the warmest month, with average highs of 32 °C; December is the wettest, with about 453 mm of rain.
Comfortable means average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month. Averages for 1991–2020 over the surrounding area, a grid square about 50 km across, so a coast or a nearby mountain can make the town itself warmer or cooler. Data: CRU TS v4.10, Climatic Research Unit, University of East Anglia (Open Database License).
Getting there
Getting to Sambas: airports and arrival
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Kuching International Airport (KCH), about 114 km from the city centre in a straight line.
KCH · Kuching International Airport
Questions
Sambas: questions travellers ask
When is the best time to visit Sambas?
Sambas has no month that is both mild and dry by the measure used here. March is the warmest month, with average highs of 32 °C; December is the wettest, with about 453 mm of rain.
Which airport is closest to Sambas?
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Kuching International Airport (KCH), about 114 km from the city centre in a straight line.
What currency is used in Sambas?
rupiah (IDR).
Nearby
Destinations near Sambas
Sources: city facts from Wikidata and Wikipedia; airports from OurAirports; climate from CRU TS v4.10 (University of East Anglia Climatic Research Unit), 1991–2020 monthly means, 0.5° grid; places to stay, guest scores and amenities from each operator's own public pages. How this guide is made.