Sampit weather by month & the best time to visit

🇮🇩 Indonesia · regional city · tropical rainforest climate

The best time to visit Sampit is August — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 74/100), with July and September close behind. Sampit averages about 2,154 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 32°C / 90°F and roughly 95 mm of rain in August.

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Sun hours / year

2,154

Sunniest month

August

Peak score

74/100

Rain / year

2,664 mm

Midday UV at peak

11 (extreme)

Population

167k

Elevation

Sea level

When is the best time to visit Sampit?

For sunshine, the best time to visit Sampit is August, then July and September. The dullest month is October (57/100, 184 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.

How sunny is Sampit?

Sampit gets a moderate 2,154 hours of sunshine a year. August (74/100) is noticeably better than October (57). It ranks #67 of 119 destinations in Indonesia for annual sunshine, below the national median of 2,183 hours. The year's 2,664 mm of rain spreads fairly evenly across the months, with no pronounced dry season.

Sunshine Score by month

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Nearby places for sunshine

• Palangkaraya Indonesia · 112 km · best in Aug · 2,162 h sun/yr
• Pangkalanbun Indonesia · 146 km · best in Aug · 2,103 h sun/yr
• Banjarbaru Indonesia · 224 km · best in Aug · 2,183 h sun/yr
• Ketapang Indonesia · 343 km · best in Aug · 2,402 h sun/yr
• Balikpapan Indonesia · 457 km · best in Aug · 1,972 h sun/yr
• Pontianak Indonesia · 475 km · best in Jan · 2,258 h sun/yr

Nearest destinations

• Seruyan Indonesia · 109 km · 2,153 h sun/yr · best in Aug
• Tumbang Samba-Borneo Island Indonesia · 115 km · 2,112 h sun/yr · best in Aug
• Muara Teweh Indonesia · 272 km · 2,082 h sun/yr · best in Aug

Head-to-head

How Sampit compares month by month: Sampit vs Palangkaraya · Sampit vs Banjarbaru · Sampit vs Pangkalanbun · all comparisons