Climate averages 1991–2020
Samarinda weather
in October.
A hot, very wet month: one of the warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a hot month in Samarinda: daytime highs average 30.6°C and nights cool to about 23.5°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the warmest months of the year.
Expect about 226 mm of rain on roughly 26 days, which makes October a very wet month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 07 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Loa Janan (12 km away). In October its highs average 30.6°C, about as warm as Samarinda, with 233 mm of rain.
Among the 200 cities listed in Indonesia, Samarinda ranks joint 86th of 200 for the warmest October highs and 133rd of 200 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 200 cities is 30.1°C; Samarinda is 0.5°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 0.6°C to 30.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 226 mm to 290 mm.
The annual picture
October 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 | 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Loa Janan in OctoberIndonesia · 12 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 23.6°C · 233 mm rain
- Nusantara in OctoberIndonesia · 72 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 23.5°C · 222 mm rain
- Bontang in OctoberIndonesia · 79 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 24.4°C · 176 mm rain
- Balikpapan in OctoberIndonesia · 93 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 24.5°C · 158 mm rain
- Majene in OctoberIndonesia · 395 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 25.2°C · 82 mm rain
- Palangkaraya in OctoberIndonesia · 407 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 23.5°C · 228 mm rain
- Martapura in OctoberIndonesia · 412 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 23.7°C · 172 mm rain
- Banjarbaru in OctoberIndonesia · 416 kmHigh 31.9°C · Low 23.4°C · 172 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.