Climate averages 1991–2020
Sampit weather
in January.
A hot, very wet month: the joint 10th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a hot month in Sampit: daytime highs average 29.9°C and nights cool to about 23.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 262 mm of rain on roughly 28 days, which makes January a very wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 15 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Palangkaraya (113 km away). In January its highs average 30.0°C, about as warm as Sampit, with 282 mm of rain.
Among the 200 cities listed in Indonesia, Sampit ranks joint 4th of 200 for the warmest January highs and 42nd of 200 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 200 cities is 28.2°C; Sampit is 1.7°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.2°C to 30.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 262 mm to 235 mm.
The annual picture
January 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, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Palangkaraya in JanuaryIndonesia · 113 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 23.2°C · 282 mm rain
- Pangkalanbuun in JanuaryIndonesia · 148 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 23.5°C · 242 mm rain
- Banjarmasin in JanuaryIndonesia · 202 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 23.7°C · 291 mm rain
- Banjarbaru in JanuaryIndonesia · 233 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 23.3°C · 338 mm rain
- Martapura in JanuaryIndonesia · 234 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 23.4°C · 338 mm rain
- Sintang in JanuaryIndonesia · 331 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 23.1°C · 277 mm rain
- Nusantara in JanuaryIndonesia · 452 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 23.3°C · 323 mm rain
- Balikpapan in JanuaryIndonesia · 453 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 23.9°C · 258 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.