Climate averages 1991–2020
Balikpapan weather
in July.
A warm, wet month: the coolest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a warm month in Balikpapan: daytime highs average 27.5°C and nights cool to about 24.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 142 mm of rain on roughly 22 days, which makes July a wet month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 03 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Nusantara (35 km away). In July its highs average 28.7°C, 1.2°C warmer than Balikpapan, with 181 mm of rain.
Among the 200 cities listed in Indonesia, Balikpapan ranks joint 169th of 200 for the warmest July highs and 152nd of 200 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 200 cities is 29.0°C; Balikpapan is 1.4°C cooler than that mean.
From July to August, average highs rise by 0.2°C to 27.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 142 mm to 101 mm.
The annual picture
July 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, selected | 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
July in nearby cities
- Nusantara in JulyIndonesia · 35 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 23.2°C · 181 mm rain
- Loa Janan in JulyIndonesia · 82 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 23.4°C · 178 mm rain
- Samarinda in JulyIndonesia · 93 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 23.2°C · 186 mm rain
- Bontang in JulyIndonesia · 172 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 24.2°C · 150 mm rain
- Martapura in JulyIndonesia · 323 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 23.0°C · 100 mm rain
- Banjarbaru in JulyIndonesia · 328 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 22.6°C · 100 mm rain
- Banjarmasin in JulyIndonesia · 338 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 23.4°C · 89 mm rain
- Palangkaraya in JulyIndonesia · 340 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 22.9°C · 99 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.