Balikpapan climate

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Balikpapan is warmest in March, with average highs of 29 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 24 °C. March is the wettest month (280 mm) and August the driest (116 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Balikpapan averages 2,499 mm of rain and 365 days above 25 °C.

Indonesia · population 695,287 · 1991–2020 normals

Temperature below 0 °C to above 30 °C Rain band height is that month’s share of the wettest month

Warmest month March 29 °C
Coldest month January 24 °C
Driest month August 116 mm
Wettest month March 280 mm
Least cloud August 70 % cloud
Hottest on record April 37 °C
Coldest on record February 22 °C
Warmest sea May 30 °C

What to expectBalikpapan through the year

Balikpapan changes little through the year. Average daily highs stay between 28 and 29 °C, so no month stands out as a season in the way it would further from the equator.

Counted across a normal year, 365 days a year reach 25 °C, 11 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 37 °C, in April.

Rain is strongly seasonal. March averages 280 mm against 116 mm in August — 2.4 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

The sea off Balikpapan is warmest in May at 30 °C and coldest in August at 28 °C. Sea temperature lags the air by a month or two, which is why late summer swims warmer than early summer at the same air temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	28.3 °C	266 mm	93 %
February	28.5 °C	238 mm	91 %
March	28.6 °C	280 mm	88 %
April	28.5 °C	267 mm	87 %
May	28.3 °C	211 mm	80 %
June	27.9 °C	188 mm	77 %
July	27.5 °C	151 mm	74 %
August	27.7 °C	116 mm	70 %
September	28.1 °C	118 mm	73 %
October	28.4 °C	162 mm	83 %
November	28.3 °C	226 mm	91 %
December	28.3 °C	276 mm	94 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	28.3 °C	23.8 °C	25.7 °C	31.7 °C	21.9 °C	31	2
February	28.5 °C	23.9 °C	25.9 °C	32.0 °C	21.5 °C	28	2
March	28.6 °C	23.9 °C	26.0 °C	36.8 °C	22.2 °C	31	3
April	28.5 °C	24.1 °C	26.1 °C	37.2 °C	22.6 °C	30	2
May	28.3 °C	24.5 °C	26.3 °C	36.5 °C	22.8 °C	31	1
June	27.9 °C	24.3 °C	26.0 °C	29.8 °C	22.4 °C	30	0
July	27.5 °C	24.2 °C	25.8 °C	30.0 °C	21.9 °C	31	0
August	27.7 °C	24.4 °C	25.9 °C	29.9 °C	22.1 °C	31	0
September	28.1 °C	24.5 °C	26.2 °C	30.3 °C	22.3 °C	30	0
October	28.4 °C	24.4 °C	26.3 °C	30.7 °C	22.4 °C	31	0
November	28.3 °C	24.0 °C	26.0 °C	31.4 °C	22.4 °C	30	0
December	28.3 °C	23.9 °C	25.9 °C	35.8 °C	22.2 °C	31	1

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind	Sea temp
January	266 mm	27	12 h/day	93 %	87 %	9.5 km/h	29.1 °C
February	238 mm	24	12 h/day	91 %	86 %	9.9 km/h	28.8 °C
March	280 mm	28	12 h/day	88 %	87 %	9.5 km/h	29.1 °C
April	267 mm	28	12 h/day	87 %	87 %	8.7 km/h	29.4 °C
May	211 mm	27	12 h/day	80 %	87 %	9.4 km/h	29.5 °C
June	188 mm	25	12 h/day	77 %	86 %	10 km/h	29.1 °C
July	151 mm	23	12 h/day	74 %	85 %	12 km/h	28.6 °C
August	116 mm	18	12 h/day	70 %	83 %	14 km/h	28.4 °C
September	118 mm	18	12 h/day	73 %	83 %	13 km/h	28.6 °C
October	162 mm	23	12 h/day	83 %	85 %	11 km/h	29.1 °C
November	226 mm	27	12 h/day	91 %	87 %	9.1 km/h	29.4 °C
December	276 mm	29	12 h/day	94 %	87 %	9.1 km/h	29.3 °C

How Balikpapan compares

The same four figures for nearby destinations, so the numbers above have something to be read against. Summer high is the warmest month's average high; winter low is the coldest month's average low.

Destination	Summer high	Winter low	Rain per year	Days above 25 °C
Balikpapan	29 °C	24 °C	2,499 mm	365
Loa Janan · Indonesia	31 °C	23 °C	2,917 mm	365
Samarinda · Indonesia	31 °C	23 °C	2,992 mm	365
Bontang · Indonesia	30 °C	24 °C	2,776 mm	365
Banjarbaru · Indonesia	32 °C	23 °C	2,622 mm	365
Banjarmasin · Indonesia	32 °C	23 °C	2,374 mm	365
Palangkaraya · Indonesia	32 °C	23 °C	2,670 mm	365

Where Balikpapan ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Warmest sea temperatures in Asia in January	16th of 50	29 °C
Warmest sea temperatures in Asia in December	22nd of 50	29 °C
Warmest sea temperatures in the world in January	23rd of 50	29 °C
Warmest sea temperatures in the world in December	27th of 50	29 °C
Warmest sea temperatures in Asia in February	30th of 50	29 °C
Warmest sea temperatures in Asia in November	30th of 50	29 °C

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QuestionsCommon questions about Balikpapan’s climate

When is the best time to visit Balikpapan?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. January, February, July sit closest to 20 °C on average, March is the warmest month and August the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Balikpapan get?

In March, the warmest month, daily highs average 29 °C. About 11 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 37 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 24 °C in January, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Balikpapan?

March, averaging 280 mm over 28 days with rain. The driest month is August with 116 mm. The year as a whole averages 2,499 mm.

Are these figures a forecast?

No. They are 1991–2020 climate normals: the average of thirty years, which describes what a month is usually like in Balikpapan rather than what any particular week will bring. Individual years can differ substantially from the normal.

Data sources and method

ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis — Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), ECMWF. Copernicus Licence
Open-Meteo — Open-Meteo.com. CC BY 4.0
NOAA OISST v2.1 — NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Public domain
GeoNames — GeoNames.org. CC BY 4.0

Normal period: 1991–2020
Data point: -1.268°, 116.829° (the coordinates the reanalysis values are taken for)
Dataset version: era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
Last processed: 1 August 2026

Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: monthly rankings, daylight hours, beach and comfort scores. Full formulas are on the methodology page.

Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.