Samarinda weather by month & the best time to visit
🇮🇩 Indonesia · city break · tropical rainforest climate
The best time to visit Samarinda is August — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 69/100), with September and October close behind. Samarinda averages about 2,001 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 29°C / 84°F and roughly 117 mm of rain in August.
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- Sun hours / year
- 2,001
- Sunniest month
- August
- Peak score
- 69/100
- Rain / year
- 2,148 mm
- Midday UV at peak
- 11 (extreme)
- Population
- 865k
- Elevation
- 17 m
When is the best time to visit Samarinda?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Samarinda is August, then September and October. The dullest month is January (63/100, 214 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Samarinda?
Samarinda gets a moderate 2,001 hours of sunshine a year. Conditions barely change through the year — only 6 Sunshine Score points separate August from January. It ranks #100 of 119 destinations in Indonesia for annual sunshine, below the national median of 2,183 hours. The year's 2,148 mm of rain spreads fairly evenly across the months, with no pronounced dry season.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 63 | 29° / 84°F | 26° / 79°F | 214 mm | 9 |
| February | 63 | 29° / 84°F | 26° / 79°F | 159 mm | 11 |
| March | 63 | 29° / 84°F | 26° / 79°F | 208 mm | 11 |
| April | 63 | 29° / 84°F | 26° / 79°F | 211 mm | 10 |
| May | 63 | 29° / 84°F | 27° / 81°F | 197 mm | 9 |
| June | 63 | 29° / 84°F | 26° / 79°F | 197 mm | 8 |
| July | 63 | 28° / 82°F | 26° / 79°F | 157 mm | 9 |
| August | 69 | 29° / 84°F | 25° / 77°F | 117 mm | 10 |
| September | 67 | 29° / 84°F | 26° / 79°F | 127 mm | 10 |
| October | 65 | 29° / 84°F | 26° / 79°F | 141 mm | 10 |
| November | 63 | 29° / 84°F | 26° / 79°F | 185 mm | 9 |
| December | 63 | 29° / 84°F | 26° / 79°F | 235 mm | 9 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Balikpapan Indonesia · 107 km · best in Aug · 1,972 h sun/yr
- Tanjung Redeb - Borneo Island Indonesia · 281 km · best in Aug · 1,997 h sun/yr
- Palu Indonesia · 302 km · best in Sep · 2,293 h sun/yr
- Tarakan Indonesia · 413 km · best in Jan · 2,242 h sun/yr
- Palangkaraya Indonesia · 421 km · best in Aug · 2,162 h sun/yr
- Banjarbaru Indonesia · 439 km · best in Aug · 2,183 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Bontang-Borneo Island Indonesia · 61 km · 2,147 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Muara Teweh Indonesia · 268 km · 2,082 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Tanjung Indonesia · 287 km · 2,045 h sun/yr · best in Sep
Head-to-head
How Samarinda compares month by month: Samarinda vs Balikpapan · Samarinda vs Palu · Samarinda vs Tanjung Redeb - Borneo Island · all comparisons
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