Climate averages 1991–2020
Tarakan weather
in August.
A hot, very wet month: the joint 2nd warmest and the joint 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Tarakan: daytime highs average 28.4°C and nights cool to about 24.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 211 mm of rain on roughly 27 days, which makes August a very wet month (the joint 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 13 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Tawau (109 km away). In August its highs average 28.9°C, 0.5°C warmer than Tarakan, with 186 mm of rain.
Among the 200 cities listed in Indonesia, Tarakan ranks joint 144th of 200 for the warmest August highs and 183rd of 200 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 200 cities is 29.5°C; Tarakan is 1.1°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs stay level at 28.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 211 mm to 227 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
Tarakan climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.5°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 263 | 27.0 | 12.012 h |
| February | 27.6°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 211 | 25.1 | 12.012 h |
| March | 27.9°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 235 | 28.5 | 12.112 h |
| April | 28.3°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 226 | 27.9 | 12.212 h |
| May | 28.6°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 249 | 29.3 | 12.312 h |
| June | 28.4°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 217 | 26.9 | 12.312 h |
| July | 28.2°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 210 | 26.8 | 12.312 h |
| August, selected | 28.4°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 211 | 26.5 | 12.212 h |
| September | 28.4°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 227 | 27.2 | 12.112 h |
| October | 28.3°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 260 | 29.3 | 12.012 h |
| November | 28.1°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 278 | 29.0 | 12.012 h |
| December | 27.9°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 298 | 29.9 | 11.912 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
- Tawau in AugustMalaysia · 109 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 24.2°C · 186 mm rain
- Lahad Datu in AugustMalaysia · 207 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 24.3°C · 154 mm rain
- Keningau in AugustMalaysia · 275 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 21.7°C · 124 mm rain
- Sandakan in AugustMalaysia · 287 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 24.5°C · 225 mm rain
- Putatan in AugustMalaysia · 336 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 24.1°C · 178 mm rain
- Labuan in AugustMalaysia · 340 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 25.4°C · 140 mm rain
- Kota Kinabalu in AugustMalaysia · 340 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 24.3°C · 178 mm rain
- Bandar Seri Begawan in AugustBrunei · 342 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 24.6°C · 182 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 Tarakan) is explained once on the Tarakan year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.