Palangkaraya climate

Name: Palangkaraya
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Palangkaraya is warmest in September, with average highs of 32 °C, and coldest in July, when nights average 23 °C. November is the wettest month (318 mm) and August the driest (93 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Palangkaraya averages 2,670 mm of rain and 365 days above 25 °C.

Indonesia · population 318,247 · 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 September 32 °C
Coldest month July 23 °C
Driest month August 93 mm
Wettest month November 318 mm
Least cloud August 70 % cloud
Hottest on record October 38 °C
Coldest on record July 20 °C

What to expectPalangkaraya through the year

Palangkaraya changes little through the year. Average daily highs stay between 30 and 32 °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, 220 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 38 °C, in October.

Rain is strongly seasonal. November averages 318 mm against 93 mm in August — 3.4 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	30.0 °C	287 mm	95 %
February	30.1 °C	267 mm	94 %
March	30.1 °C	304 mm	92 %
April	29.9 °C	304 mm	91 %
May	30.2 °C	196 mm	81 %
June	30.0 °C	142 mm	75 %
July	30.1 °C	102 mm	71 %
August	31.1 °C	93 mm	70 %
September	31.8 °C	119 mm	75 %
October	31.5 °C	236 mm	86 %
November	30.3 °C	318 mm	93 %
December	29.9 °C	304 mm	96 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	30.0 °C	23.2 °C	25.9 °C	34.1 °C	21.4 °C	31	17
February	30.1 °C	23.3 °C	26.0 °C	33.9 °C	21.3 °C	28	16
March	30.1 °C	23.4 °C	26.0 °C	33.9 °C	21.9 °C	31	18
April	29.9 °C	23.6 °C	26.0 °C	33.6 °C	21.9 °C	30	15
May	30.2 °C	23.7 °C	26.3 °C	32.8 °C	21.6 °C	31	18
June	30.0 °C	23.4 °C	26.1 °C	34.1 °C	20.6 °C	30	16
July	30.1 °C	22.9 °C	26.0 °C	34.7 °C	19.5 °C	31	16
August	31.1 °C	23.1 °C	26.6 °C	35.6 °C	20.3 °C	31	22
September	31.8 °C	23.3 °C	26.9 °C	36.7 °C	21.2 °C	30	25
October	31.5 °C	23.5 °C	26.7 °C	37.6 °C	21.4 °C	31	24
November	30.3 °C	23.4 °C	26.0 °C	35.3 °C	21.7 °C	30	19
December	29.9 °C	23.3 °C	25.8 °C	33.5 °C	21.2 °C	31	15

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	287 mm	28	12 h/day	95 %	89 %	8.0 km/h
February	267 mm	25	12 h/day	94 %	89 %	7.7 km/h
March	304 mm	28	12 h/day	92 %	90 %	7.6 km/h
April	304 mm	28	12 h/day	91 %	91 %	7.0 km/h
May	196 mm	25	12 h/day	81 %	90 %	7.0 km/h
June	142 mm	19	12 h/day	75 %	88 %	7.6 km/h
July	102 mm	16	12 h/day	71 %	84 %	8.7 km/h
August	93 mm	13	12 h/day	70 %	79 %	9.6 km/h
September	119 mm	15	12 h/day	75 %	79 %	9.5 km/h
October	236 mm	21	12 h/day	86 %	83 %	8.5 km/h
November	318 mm	28	12 h/day	93 %	89 %	7.6 km/h
December	304 mm	29	12 h/day	96 %	90 %	8.6 km/h

How Palangkaraya 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
Palangkaraya	32 °C	23 °C	2,670 mm	365
Sampit · Indonesia	31 °C	23 °C	2,695 mm	365
Banjarmasin · Indonesia	32 °C	23 °C	2,374 mm	365
Banjarbaru · Indonesia	32 °C	23 °C	2,622 mm	365
Balikpapan · Indonesia	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

Where Palangkaraya ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The warmest places in Asia in December	44th of 50	30 °C

Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Palangkaraya.

QuestionsCommon questions about Palangkaraya’s climate

When is the best time to visit Palangkaraya?

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

How hot does Palangkaraya get?

In September, the warmest month, daily highs average 32 °C. About 220 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 38 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 23 °C in July, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Palangkaraya?

November, averaging 318 mm over 28 days with rain. The driest month is August with 93 mm. The year as a whole averages 2,670 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 Palangkaraya 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: -2.208°, 113.917° (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.