Batam Island is situated at 1° 07' North latitude and 104°07' East longitude and on the trade channel and very dense voyage lanes.

Batam Island has been known since hundred years ago, since the Malaya Kingdom period. In the history of Malaya, Batam Island played a very important role, it was here that Admiral Hang Nadim placed his fight against the Portuguese in 1511-1528. Now the greatness of the name Hang Nadim is eternalized as the name of the International Airport of Batam Island.

During the Dutch colonialism, about the seventeenth and eighteenth century, Batam Island also played the important role, Here in the past Malaya Kingdom Fleet placed its base fighting the Dutch.

Eventhough Batam Island has been known since past and although Lieutenant General (retired) Dr. H. Ibnu Sutowo, during his position of as Director of Pertamina in 1969 desired to make Batam Island the Singapore of Indonesia, but this Island became popular since it was stipulated as Industrial region, bonded it area, ship transit, trade, and tourism in 1973.

Air Temperature
Batam Island include the island around constitutes a low tropical region and is of hot climate, with average lowest temperature of 25.3°C and the highest averaging 34.4°C.

Air Humidity
Relative humidity ranges between 73% to 96%.

Rainfall
The region around Batam Island has a rainfall sufficient high every year, that is about 2600 mm a year.
This is caused by physical character of this Island, hilly with highest hill of 160m above sea level.
The greatest rainfall takes place in the month November - December and April-May