Daik | |
|---|---|
| Other transcription(s) | |
| • Jawi | دائق |
| • Chinese | 大一 |
| • Pinyin | Dà yī |
| Coordinates: 0°12′0″N104°37′0″E / 0.20000°N 104.61667°E | |
| Country |  Indonesia |
| Province |  Riau Islands |
| Regency | Lingga Regency |
| Time zone | UTC+7 (Indonesia Western Time) |
| Area code | (+62) 776 |
Daik (Jawi: دائق; Chinese :大一; pinyin :Dàyī) is the main village (kelurahan) on the island of Lingga of Lingga Regency, in the Riau Islands in Indonesia. [1] It is located at 0°12′0″N104°37′0″E / 0.20000°N 104.61667°E .
Daik was the capital of the Lingga Sultanate for almost 100 years, from 1819 to 1911. [2]
Daik has a tropical rainforest climate (Af) with heavy rainfall year-round.
| Climate data for Daik | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 30.0 (86.0) | 30.6 (87.1) | 31.0 (87.8) | 31.1 (88.0) | 31.4 (88.5) | 31.3 (88.3) | 31.0 (87.8) | 31.4 (88.5) | 30.9 (87.6) | 30.8 (87.4) | 30.4 (86.7) | 30.1 (86.2) | 30.8 (87.5) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 26.1 (79.0) | 26.5 (79.7) | 26.7 (80.1) | 26.8 (80.2) | 27.2 (81.0) | 27.2 (81.0) | 26.8 (80.2) | 27.1 (80.8) | 26.7 (80.1) | 26.6 (79.9) | 26.3 (79.3) | 26.3 (79.3) | 26.7 (80.1) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 22.3 (72.1) | 22.5 (72.5) | 22.5 (72.5) | 22.6 (72.7) | 23.1 (73.6) | 23.1 (73.6) | 22.7 (72.9) | 22.9 (73.2) | 22.5 (72.5) | 22.4 (72.3) | 22.2 (72.0) | 22.6 (72.7) | 22.6 (72.7) |
| Average rainfall mm (inches) | 221 (8.7) | 145 (5.7) | 166 (6.5) | 220 (8.7) | 256 (10.1) | 221 (8.7) | 219 (8.6) | 191 (7.5) | 219 (8.6) | 246 (9.7) | 257 (10.1) | 298 (11.7) | 2,659 (104.6) |
| Source: Climate-Data.org [3] | |||||||||||||
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