Climate averages 1991–2020
Balikpapan weather
in November.
A hot, very wet month: the joint 6th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
November is a hot month in Balikpapan: daytime highs average 28.3°C and nights cool to about 24.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 218 mm of rain on roughly 28 days, which makes November a very wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 10 min on an average November day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Nusantara (35 km away). In November its highs average 29.7°C, 1.3°C warmer than Balikpapan, with 308 mm of rain.
Among the 200 cities listed in Indonesia, Balikpapan ranks joint 149th of 200 for the warmest November highs and 50th of 200 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 200 cities is 29.2°C; Balikpapan is 0.9°C cooler than that mean.
From November to December, average highs stay level at 28.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 218 mm to 268 mm.
The annual picture
November 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 | 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, selected | 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
November in nearby cities
- Nusantara in NovemberIndonesia · 35 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 23.5°C · 308 mm rain
- Loa Janan in NovemberIndonesia · 82 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 23.5°C · 294 mm rain
- Samarinda in NovemberIndonesia · 93 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 23.4°C · 290 mm rain
- Bontang in NovemberIndonesia · 172 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 24.2°C · 220 mm rain
- Martapura in NovemberIndonesia · 323 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 23.7°C · 304 mm rain
- Banjarbaru in NovemberIndonesia · 328 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 23.5°C · 304 mm rain
- Banjarmasin in NovemberIndonesia · 338 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 24.0°C · 254 mm rain
- Palangkaraya in NovemberIndonesia · 340 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 23.3°C · 318 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.