Climate averages 1991–2020
Balikpapan weather
in October.
A hot, wet month: the joint 4th warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a hot month in Balikpapan: daytime highs average 28.4°C and nights cool to about 24.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 158 mm of rain on roughly 22 days, which makes October a wet month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 08 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Nusantara (35 km away). In October its highs average 30.1°C, 1.7°C warmer than Balikpapan, with 222 mm of rain.
Among the 200 cities listed in Indonesia, Balikpapan ranks joint 160th of 200 for the warmest October highs and joint 97th of 200 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 200 cities is 30.1°C; Balikpapan is 1.6°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 0.1°C to 28.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 158 mm to 218 mm.
The annual picture
October 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Nusantara in OctoberIndonesia · 35 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 23.5°C · 222 mm rain
- Loa Janan in OctoberIndonesia · 82 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 23.6°C · 233 mm rain
- Samarinda in OctoberIndonesia · 93 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 23.5°C · 226 mm rain
- Bontang in OctoberIndonesia · 172 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 24.4°C · 176 mm rain
- Martapura in OctoberIndonesia · 323 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 23.7°C · 172 mm rain
- Banjarbaru in OctoberIndonesia · 328 kmHigh 31.9°C · Low 23.4°C · 172 mm rain
- Banjarmasin in OctoberIndonesia · 338 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 24.0°C · 152 mm rain
- Palangkaraya in OctoberIndonesia · 340 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 23.5°C · 228 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.