Climate averages 1991–2020
Samarinda weather
in April.
A hot, very wet month: the 3rd warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a hot month in Samarinda: daytime highs average 30.1°C and nights cool to about 23.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 310 mm of rain on roughly 27 days, which makes April a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 06 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Loa Janan (12 km away). In April its highs average 30.3°C, about as warm as Samarinda, with 307 mm of rain.
Among the 200 cities listed in Indonesia, Samarinda ranks joint 17th of 200 for the warmest April highs and 164th of 200 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 200 cities is 29.0°C; Samarinda is 1.1°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 0.1°C to 30.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 310 mm to 260 mm.
The annual picture
April 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
Samarinda climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.6°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 279 | 25.9 | 12.112 h |
| February | 29.9°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 240 | 22.8 | 12.112 h |
| March | 30.0°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 299 | 26.6 | 12.112 h |
| April, selected | 30.1°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 310 | 27.2 | 12.112 h |
| May | 30.0°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 260 | 28.5 | 12.112 h |
| June | 29.6°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 227 | 25.9 | 12.112 h |
| July | 29.4°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 186 | 23.6 | 12.112 h |
| August | 30.0°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 160 | 20.5 | 12.112 h |
| September | 30.6°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 173 | 21.3 | 12.112 h |
| October | 30.6°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 226 | 25.5 | 12.112 h |
| November | 30.0°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 290 | 28.2 | 12.112 h |
| December | 29.7°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 315 | 29.1 | 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
April in nearby cities
- Loa Janan in AprilIndonesia · 12 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 23.7°C · 307 mm rain
- Nusantara in AprilIndonesia · 72 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 23.7°C · 356 mm rain
- Bontang in AprilIndonesia · 79 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 24.4°C · 214 mm rain
- Balikpapan in AprilIndonesia · 93 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 24.2°C · 264 mm rain
- Majene in AprilIndonesia · 395 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 25.3°C · 144 mm rain
- Palangkaraya in AprilIndonesia · 407 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 23.6°C · 293 mm rain
- Martapura in AprilIndonesia · 412 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 23.7°C · 283 mm rain
- Banjarbaru in AprilIndonesia · 416 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 23.6°C · 283 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 Samarinda) is explained once on the Samarinda year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.