Climate averages 1991–2020
Samarinda weather
in February.
A hot, very wet month: the 8th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a hot month in Samarinda: daytime highs average 29.9°C and nights cool to about 23.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 240 mm of rain on roughly 23 days, which makes February a very wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 08 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Loa Janan (12 km away). In February its highs average 30.0°C, about as warm as Samarinda, with 244 mm of rain.
Among the 200 cities listed in Indonesia, Samarinda ranks joint 6th of 200 for the warmest February highs and joint 50th of 200 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 200 cities is 28.4°C; Samarinda is 1.5°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 0.2°C to 30.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 240 mm to 299 mm.
The annual picture
February 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, selected | 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 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Loa Janan in FebruaryIndonesia · 12 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 23.4°C · 244 mm rain
- Nusantara in FebruaryIndonesia · 72 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 23.4°C · 288 mm rain
- Bontang in FebruaryIndonesia · 79 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 24.2°C · 164 mm rain
- Balikpapan in FebruaryIndonesia · 93 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 24.0°C · 228 mm rain
- Majene in FebruaryIndonesia · 395 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 25.4°C · 116 mm rain
- Palangkaraya in FebruaryIndonesia · 407 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 23.3°C · 253 mm rain
- Martapura in FebruaryIndonesia · 412 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 23.5°C · 270 mm rain
- Banjarbaru in FebruaryIndonesia · 416 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 23.4°C · 270 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.