Climate averages 1991–2020
Sampit weather
in August.
A hot, wet month: the 3rd warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Sampit: daytime highs average 30.6°C and nights cool to about 23.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 94 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes August a wet month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 02 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Palangkaraya (113 km away). In August its highs average 31.2°C, 0.6°C warmer than Sampit, with 87 mm of rain.
Among the 200 cities listed in Indonesia, Sampit ranks joint 56th of 200 for the warmest August highs and 139th of 200 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 200 cities is 29.5°C; Sampit is 1.1°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 0.6°C to 31.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 94 mm to 130 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
Sampit climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.9°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 262 | 27.7 | 12.212 h |
| February | 30.2°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 235 | 24.1 | 12.212 h |
| March | 30.3°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 291 | 28.0 | 12.112 h |
| April | 30.3°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 298 | 28.4 | 12.112 h |
| May | 30.3°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 213 | 24.7 | 12.012 h |
| June | 30.0°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 155 | 19.3 | 12.012 h |
| July | 29.9°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 116 | 16.5 | 12.012 h |
| August, selected | 30.6°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 94 | 12.8 | 12.012 h |
| September | 31.2°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 130 | 13.9 | 12.112 h |
| October | 31.0°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 254 | 21.6 | 12.212 h |
| November | 30.3°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 310 | 28.2 | 12.212 h |
| December | 29.8°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 286 | 28.9 | 12.312 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
- Palangkaraya in AugustIndonesia · 113 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 23.1°C · 87 mm rain
- Pangkalanbuun in AugustIndonesia · 148 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 23.7°C · 99 mm rain
- Banjarmasin in AugustIndonesia · 202 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 23.5°C · 52 mm rain
- Banjarbaru in AugustIndonesia · 233 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 22.8°C · 62 mm rain
- Martapura in AugustIndonesia · 234 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 23.3°C · 62 mm rain
- Sintang in AugustIndonesia · 331 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 23.4°C · 165 mm rain
- Nusantara in AugustIndonesia · 452 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 23.2°C · 142 mm rain
- Balikpapan in AugustIndonesia · 453 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 24.6°C · 101 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 Sampit) is explained once on the Sampit year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.