Climate averages 1991–2020
Pangkalanbuun weather
in August.
A hot, wet month: the 3rd warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Pangkalanbuun: daytime highs average 30.0°C and nights cool to about 23.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 99 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes August a wet month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 02 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Sampit (148 km away). In August its highs average 30.6°C, 0.6°C warmer than Pangkalanbuun, with 94 mm of rain.
Among the 200 cities listed in Indonesia, Pangkalanbuun ranks joint 89th of 200 for the warmest August highs and 141st of 200 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 200 cities is 29.5°C; Pangkalanbuun is 0.5°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 0.5°C to 30.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 99 mm to 132 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
Pangkalanbuun climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.5°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 242 | 27.1 | 12.312 h |
| February | 29.9°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 208 | 22.8 | 12.212 h |
| March | 29.9°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 250 | 27.3 | 12.112 h |
| April | 29.8°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 269 | 28.4 | 12.112 h |
| May | 29.9°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 210 | 25.1 | 12.012 h |
| June | 29.6°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 170 | 19.5 | 12.012 h |
| July | 29.5°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 129 | 18.0 | 12.012 h |
| August, selected | 30.0°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 99 | 13.2 | 12.012 h |
| September | 30.5°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 132 | 14.9 | 12.112 h |
| October | 30.3°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 238 | 22.1 | 12.212 h |
| November | 29.7°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 293 | 28.2 | 12.212 h |
| December | 29.2°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 294 | 29.2 | 12.312 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
- Sampit in AugustIndonesia · 148 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 23.4°C · 94 mm rain
- Palangkaraya in AugustIndonesia · 260 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 23.1°C · 87 mm rain
- Sintang in AugustIndonesia · 306 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 23.4°C · 165 mm rain
- Banjarmasin in AugustIndonesia · 337 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 23.5°C · 52 mm rain
- Banjarbaru in AugustIndonesia · 366 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 22.8°C · 62 mm rain
- Martapura in AugustIndonesia · 369 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 23.3°C · 62 mm rain
- Pontianak in AugustIndonesia · 390 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 23.9°C · 141 mm rain
- Batang in AugustIndonesia · 435 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 24.6°C · 21 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 Pangkalanbuun) is explained once on the Pangkalanbuun year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.