Climate averages 1991–2020
Bontang weather
in October.
A hot, wet month: one of the warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a hot month in Bontang: daytime highs average 29.6°C and nights cool to about 24.4°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the warmest months of the year.
Expect about 176 mm of rain on roughly 25 days, which makes October a wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 07 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Samarinda (79 km away). In October its highs average 30.6°C, 1.0°C warmer than Bontang, with 226 mm of rain.
Among the 200 cities listed in Indonesia, Bontang ranks joint 124th of 200 for the warmest October highs and 107th of 200 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 200 cities is 30.1°C; Bontang is 0.5°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 0.4°C to 29.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 176 mm to 220 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
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 | 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Samarinda in OctoberIndonesia · 79 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 23.5°C · 226 mm rain
- Loa Janan in OctoberIndonesia · 91 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 23.6°C · 233 mm rain
- Nusantara in OctoberIndonesia · 150 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 23.5°C · 222 mm rain
- Balikpapan in OctoberIndonesia · 172 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 24.5°C · 158 mm rain
- Tarakan in OctoberIndonesia · 354 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 24.8°C · 260 mm rain
- Toli-Toli in OctoberIndonesia · 384 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 21.2°C · 157 mm rain
- Majene in OctoberIndonesia · 440 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 25.2°C · 82 mm rain
- Tawau in OctoberMalaysia · 459 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 24.1°C · 214 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.