Climate averages 1991–2020

Tarakan weather
in June.

A hot, very wet month: the joint 2nd warmest and the 4th driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 28.4°C Daytime mean, June
Average low 25.1°C Night-time mean, June
Rainfall 217 mm 27 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Tarakan · average highYear overview

June is a hot month in Tarakan: daytime highs average 28.4°C and nights cool to about 25.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 2nd warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 217 mm of rain on roughly 27 days, which makes June a very wet month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 19 min on an average June day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Tawau (109 km away). In June its highs average 28.9°C, 0.6°C warmer than Tarakan, with 212 mm of rain.

Among the 200 cities listed in Indonesia, Tarakan ranks joint 145th of 200 for the warmest June highs and joint 182nd of 200 for the driest June (rainfall, lowest first). The mean June high of those 200 cities is 29.0°C; Tarakan is 0.6°C cooler than that mean.

From June to July, average highs fall by 0.1°C to 28.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 217 mm to 210 mm.

The annual picture

June in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. 20253035 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 3000

Averages 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

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Tarakan, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 27.5°C24.6°C24.6°C26327.012.012 h
February 27.6°C24.8°C24.8°C21125.112.012 h
March 27.9°C24.8°C24.8°C23528.512.112 h
April 28.3°C24.9°C24.9°C22627.912.212 h
May 28.6°C25.2°C25.2°C24929.312.312 h
June, selected 28.4°C25.1°C25.1°C21726.912.312 h
July 28.2°C24.9°C24.9°C21026.812.312 h
August 28.4°C24.9°C24.9°C21126.512.212 h
September 28.4°C24.9°C24.9°C22727.212.112 h
October 28.3°C24.8°C24.8°C26029.312.012 h
November 28.1°C24.6°C24.6°C27829.012.012 h
December 27.9°C24.6°C24.6°C29829.911.912 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

June in nearby cities

Distance from Tarakan

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 limits

How 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.