Climate averages 1991–2020
Balikpapan weather
in August.
A warm, wet month: the 11th warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a warm month in Balikpapan: daytime highs average 27.8°C and nights cool to about 24.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 101 mm of rain on roughly 18 days, which makes August a wet month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 04 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Nusantara (35 km away). In August its highs average 29.2°C, 1.4°C warmer than Balikpapan, with 142 mm of rain.
Among the 200 cities listed in Indonesia, Balikpapan ranks joint 169th of 200 for the warmest August highs and 145th of 200 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 200 cities is 29.5°C; Balikpapan is 1.7°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 0.4°C to 28.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 101 mm to 109 mm.
The annual picture
August in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Balikpapan climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.3°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 258 | 27.5 | 12.212 h |
| February | 28.5°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 228 | 24.0 | 12.212 h |
| March | 28.6°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 271 | 27.8 | 12.112 h |
| April | 28.6°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 264 | 27.5 | 12.112 h |
| May | 28.3°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 198 | 27.6 | 12.112 h |
| June | 27.9°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 172 | 24.9 | 12.012 h |
| July | 27.5°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 142 | 22.3 | 12.112 h |
| August, selected | 27.8°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 101 | 17.9 | 12.112 h |
| September | 28.2°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 109 | 17.0 | 12.112 h |
| October | 28.4°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 158 | 22.3 | 12.112 h |
| November | 28.3°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 218 | 27.5 | 12.212 h |
| December | 28.4°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 268 | 28.8 | 12.212 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
August in nearby cities
- Nusantara in AugustIndonesia · 35 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 23.2°C · 142 mm rain
- Loa Janan in AugustIndonesia · 82 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 23.5°C · 159 mm rain
- Samarinda in AugustIndonesia · 93 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 23.3°C · 160 mm rain
- Bontang in AugustIndonesia · 172 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 24.3°C · 124 mm rain
- Martapura in AugustIndonesia · 323 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 23.3°C · 62 mm rain
- Banjarbaru in AugustIndonesia · 328 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 22.8°C · 62 mm rain
- Banjarmasin in AugustIndonesia · 338 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 23.5°C · 52 mm rain
- Palangkaraya in AugustIndonesia · 340 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 23.1°C · 87 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Balikpapan) is explained once on the Balikpapan year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.