Climate averages 1991–2020
Loa Janan weather
in August.
A hot, wet month: the joint 7th warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Loa Janan: daytime highs average 30.0°C and nights cool to about 23.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 159 mm of rain on roughly 21 days, which makes August a wet month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 06 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Samarinda (12 km away). In August its highs average 30.0°C, about as warm as Loa Janan, with 160 mm of rain.
Among the 200 cities listed in Indonesia, Loa Janan ranks joint 89th of 200 for the warmest August highs and joint 165th of 200 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 200 cities is 29.5°C; Loa Janan is 0.5°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 0.6°C to 30.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 159 mm to 167 mm.
The annual picture
August 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
Loa Janan climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.8°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 277 | 26.4 | 12.112 h |
| February | 30.0°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 244 | 23.7 | 12.112 h |
| March | 30.2°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 299 | 26.9 | 12.112 h |
| April | 30.3°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 307 | 27.5 | 12.112 h |
| May | 30.1°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 256 | 28.7 | 12.112 h |
| June | 29.7°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 214 | 25.7 | 12.112 h |
| July | 29.4°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 178 | 23.7 | 12.112 h |
| August, selected | 30.0°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 159 | 21.2 | 12.112 h |
| September | 30.6°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 167 | 20.7 | 12.112 h |
| October | 30.6°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 233 | 26.0 | 12.112 h |
| November | 30.1°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 294 | 28.5 | 12.112 h |
| December | 29.8°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 298 | 28.9 | 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
August in nearby cities
- Samarinda in AugustIndonesia · 12 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 23.3°C · 160 mm rain
- Nusantara in AugustIndonesia · 61 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 23.2°C · 142 mm rain
- Balikpapan in AugustIndonesia · 82 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 24.6°C · 101 mm rain
- Bontang in AugustIndonesia · 91 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 24.3°C · 124 mm rain
- Majene in AugustIndonesia · 389 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 24.7°C · 27 mm rain
- Palangkaraya in AugustIndonesia · 397 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 23.1°C · 87 mm rain
- Martapura in AugustIndonesia · 400 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 23.3°C · 62 mm rain
- Banjarbaru in AugustIndonesia · 405 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 22.8°C · 62 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 Loa Janan) is explained once on the Loa Janan year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.