Climate averages 1991–2020
Samarinda weather
in May.
A hot, very wet month: the joint 4th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Samarinda: daytime highs average 30.0°C and nights cool to about 23.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 260 mm of rain on roughly 29 days, which makes May a very wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 06 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Loa Janan (12 km away). In May its highs average 30.1°C, about as warm as Samarinda, with 256 mm of rain.
Among the 200 cities listed in Indonesia, Samarinda ranks joint 53rd of 200 for the warmest May highs and joint 182nd of 200 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 200 cities is 29.2°C; Samarinda is 0.8°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 0.4°C to 29.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 260 mm to 227 mm.
The annual picture
May 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, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- Loa Janan in MayIndonesia · 12 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 23.9°C · 256 mm rain
- Nusantara in MayIndonesia · 72 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 23.8°C · 270 mm rain
- Bontang in MayIndonesia · 79 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 24.6°C · 197 mm rain
- Balikpapan in MayIndonesia · 93 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 24.6°C · 198 mm rain
- Majene in MayIndonesia · 395 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 25.5°C · 135 mm rain
- Palangkaraya in MayIndonesia · 407 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 23.7°C · 189 mm rain
- Martapura in MayIndonesia · 412 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 23.8°C · 185 mm rain
- Banjarbaru in MayIndonesia · 416 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 23.6°C · 185 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.