Climate averages 1991–2020
Bontang weather
in February.
A hot, wet month: the joint 8th warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a hot month in Bontang: daytime highs average 29.1°C and nights cool to about 24.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 164 mm of rain on roughly 22 days, which makes February a wet month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 07 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Samarinda (79 km away). In February its highs average 29.9°C, 0.8°C warmer than Bontang, with 240 mm of rain.
Among the 200 cities listed in Indonesia, Bontang ranks joint 52nd of 200 for the warmest February highs and 21st of 200 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 200 cities is 28.4°C; Bontang is 0.7°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 0.1°C to 29.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 164 mm to 206 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
Bontang climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.9°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 205 | 25.2 | 12.112 h |
| February, selected | 29.1°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 164 | 22.1 | 12.112 h |
| March | 29.3°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 206 | 25.3 | 12.112 h |
| April | 29.4°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 214 | 26.5 | 12.112 h |
| May | 29.3°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 197 | 27.0 | 12.112 h |
| June | 29.0°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 177 | 24.8 | 12.112 h |
| July | 28.9°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 150 | 22.3 | 12.112 h |
| August | 29.2°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 124 | 19.9 | 12.112 h |
| September | 29.6°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 130 | 20.4 | 12.112 h |
| October | 29.6°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 176 | 25.3 | 12.112 h |
| November | 29.2°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 220 | 28.3 | 12.112 h |
| December | 29.1°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 248 | 28.9 | 12.112 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
- Samarinda in FebruaryIndonesia · 79 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 23.3°C · 240 mm rain
- Loa Janan in FebruaryIndonesia · 91 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 23.4°C · 244 mm rain
- Nusantara in FebruaryIndonesia · 150 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 23.4°C · 288 mm rain
- Balikpapan in FebruaryIndonesia · 172 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 24.0°C · 228 mm rain
- Tarakan in FebruaryIndonesia · 354 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 24.8°C · 211 mm rain
- Toli-Toli in FebruaryIndonesia · 384 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 21.0°C · 149 mm rain
- Majene in FebruaryIndonesia · 440 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 25.4°C · 116 mm rain
- Tawau in FebruaryMalaysia · 459 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 24.2°C · 113 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 Bontang) is explained once on the Bontang year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.