Climate averages 1991–2020
Tarakan weather
in July.
A hot, very wet month: the 7th warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a hot month in Tarakan: daytime highs average 28.2°C and nights cool to about 24.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 210 mm of rain on roughly 27 days, which makes July a very wet month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 18 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Tawau (109 km away). In July its highs average 28.7°C, 0.5°C warmer than Tarakan, with 200 mm of rain.
Among the 200 cities listed in Indonesia, Tarakan ranks joint 144th of 200 for the warmest July highs and 186th of 200 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 200 cities is 29.0°C; Tarakan is 0.8°C cooler than that mean.
From July to August, average highs rise by 0.1°C to 28.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 210 mm to 211 mm.
The annual picture
July 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, selected | 28.2°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 210 | 26.8 | 12.312 h |
| August | 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
July in nearby cities
- Tawau in JulyMalaysia · 109 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 24.1°C · 200 mm rain
- Lahad Datu in JulyMalaysia · 207 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 24.2°C · 164 mm rain
- Keningau in JulyMalaysia · 275 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 21.6°C · 118 mm rain
- Sandakan in JulyMalaysia · 287 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 24.4°C · 222 mm rain
- Putatan in JulyMalaysia · 336 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 24.0°C · 166 mm rain
- Labuan in JulyMalaysia · 340 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 25.3°C · 144 mm rain
- Kota Kinabalu in JulyMalaysia · 340 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 24.2°C · 166 mm rain
- Bandar Seri Begawan in JulyBrunei · 342 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 24.5°C · 179 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.