Climate averages 1991–2020
Samarinda weather
in August.
A hot, wet month: the joint 4th warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Samarinda: daytime highs average 30.0°C and nights cool to about 23.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 160 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 Loa Janan (12 km away). In August its highs average 30.0°C, about as warm as Samarinda, with 159 mm of rain.
Among the 200 cities listed in Indonesia, Samarinda ranks joint 89th of 200 for the warmest August highs and 168th of 200 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 200 cities is 29.5°C; Samarinda 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 160 mm to 173 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
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 | 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, selected | 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
August in nearby cities
- Loa Janan in AugustIndonesia · 12 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 23.5°C · 159 mm rain
- Nusantara in AugustIndonesia · 72 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 23.2°C · 142 mm rain
- Bontang in AugustIndonesia · 79 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 24.3°C · 124 mm rain
- Balikpapan in AugustIndonesia · 93 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 24.6°C · 101 mm rain
- Majene in AugustIndonesia · 395 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 24.7°C · 27 mm rain
- Palangkaraya in AugustIndonesia · 407 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 23.1°C · 87 mm rain
- Martapura in AugustIndonesia · 412 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 23.3°C · 62 mm rain
- Banjarbaru in AugustIndonesia · 416 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 Samarinda) is explained once on the Samarinda year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.