Climate averages 1991–2020
Bontang weather
in July.
A hot, wet month: one of the coolest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a hot month in Bontang: daytime highs average 28.9°C and nights cool to about 24.2°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the coolest months of the year.
Expect about 150 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 08 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Samarinda (79 km away). In July its highs average 29.4°C, 0.5°C warmer than Bontang, with 186 mm of rain.
Among the 200 cities listed in Indonesia, Bontang ranks joint 110th of 200 for the warmest July highs and 159th of 200 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 200 cities is 29.0°C; Bontang is 0.1°C cooler than that mean.
From July to August, average highs rise by 0.3°C to 29.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 150 mm to 124 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
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 | 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, selected | 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
July in nearby cities
- Samarinda in JulyIndonesia · 79 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 23.2°C · 186 mm rain
- Loa Janan in JulyIndonesia · 91 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 23.4°C · 178 mm rain
- Nusantara in JulyIndonesia · 150 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 23.2°C · 181 mm rain
- Balikpapan in JulyIndonesia · 172 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 24.3°C · 142 mm rain
- Tarakan in JulyIndonesia · 354 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 24.9°C · 210 mm rain
- Toli-Toli in JulyIndonesia · 384 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 20.8°C · 216 mm rain
- Majene in JulyIndonesia · 440 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 24.8°C · 63 mm rain
- Tawau in JulyMalaysia · 459 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 24.1°C · 200 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.