Climate averages 1991–2020
Balikpapan weather
in February.
A hot, very wet month: the 3rd warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a hot month in Balikpapan: daytime highs average 28.5°C and nights cool to about 24.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 228 mm of rain on roughly 24 days, which makes February a very wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 09 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Nusantara (35 km away). In February its highs average 29.8°C, 1.3°C warmer than Balikpapan, with 288 mm of rain.
Among the 200 cities listed in Indonesia, Balikpapan ranks joint 120th of 200 for the warmest February highs and joint 42nd of 200 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 200 cities is 28.4°C; Balikpapan is 0.1°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 0.1°C to 28.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 228 mm to 271 mm.
The annual picture
February 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, selected | 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 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Nusantara in FebruaryIndonesia · 35 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 23.4°C · 288 mm rain
- Loa Janan in FebruaryIndonesia · 82 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 23.4°C · 244 mm rain
- Samarinda in FebruaryIndonesia · 93 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 23.3°C · 240 mm rain
- Bontang in FebruaryIndonesia · 172 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 24.2°C · 164 mm rain
- Martapura in FebruaryIndonesia · 323 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 23.5°C · 270 mm rain
- Banjarbaru in FebruaryIndonesia · 328 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 23.4°C · 270 mm rain
- Banjarmasin in FebruaryIndonesia · 338 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 23.8°C · 248 mm rain
- Palangkaraya in FebruaryIndonesia · 340 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 23.3°C · 253 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.