Tarakan climate

Tarakan Weather in January

NASA POWER reanalysis for the half-degree grid cell around Tarakan, 1991-2020; a grid cell is an area average and can differ from a thermometer in town by several degrees

Average highs run from 29°C on January 1 to 29°C on January 31, and lows from 26°C to 25°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 217 mm over about 25 wet days.

January day by day

The normal high and low for each date, and the record, in °C.

Normal daily high and low temperature at Tarakan, in °C, with the record for each date.20253035151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Record high
  • Record low

January at a glance

Average high
29°C
Average low
25°C
Precipitation
217 mm
Record high
34°CJan 2, 2018
Record low
20°CJan 25, 1981
Daylight
11 h 56 min to 11 h 58 min
Cloud cover
78%
Humidity
82%
Dew point
24°C
Wind
9.7 km/h

Every day of the month

A wet day has at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis.

DateNormal highNormal lowRecord highRecord lowChance wet
Jan 129°C26°C34°C 202322°C 199786%
Jan 229°C26°C34°C 201822°C 201986%
Jan 329°C26°C33°C 202522°C 201986%
Jan 429°C26°C33°C 202422°C 200685%
Jan 529°C26°C33°C 197922°C 201885%
Jan 629°C25°C32°C 201923°C 198184%
Jan 729°C25°C33°C 199922°C 198185%
Jan 829°C25°C33°C 199723°C 199385%
Jan 929°C25°C33°C 202521°C 200686%
Jan 1029°C25°C33°C 202522°C 198186%
Jan 1129°C25°C34°C 201723°C 198084%
Jan 1229°C25°C33°C 201922°C 200984%
Jan 1329°C25°C33°C 200523°C 201184%
Jan 1429°C25°C33°C 202322°C 200684%
Jan 1529°C25°C32°C 201623°C 197985%
Jan 1629°C25°C32°C 202322°C 202384%
Jan 1729°C25°C33°C 200121°C 197984%
Jan 1829°C25°C33°C 199923°C 200584%
Jan 1929°C25°C33°C 201622°C 197984%
Jan 2029°C25°C33°C 202423°C 201883%
Jan 2129°C25°C32°C 202422°C 197983%
Jan 2229°C25°C33°C 202022°C 200582%
Jan 2329°C25°C33°C 202422°C 201481%
Jan 2429°C25°C33°C 201822°C 198181%
Jan 2529°C25°C33°C 201820°C 198181%
Jan 2629°C25°C34°C 202423°C 201782%
Jan 2729°C25°C33°C 202222°C 201981%
Jan 2829°C25°C33°C 202323°C 202581%
Jan 2929°C25°C33°C 202123°C 197980%
Jan 3029°C25°C34°C 201521°C 198080%
Jan 3129°C25°C34°C 202422°C 199380%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at Tarakan, in percent.0204060801001102030
  • Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (GMT+8).

January 1
sunrise 6:15 AM, sunset 6:11 PM
January 31
sunrise 6:24 AM, sunset 6:22 PM

Every day of January: sun and moon

Other months

Sources

Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station IDM00096509, every year on file, quality-flagged values removed. Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine, and temperature and precipitation: NASA POWER (MERRA-2, CERES and GEWEX SRB), 1991-2020. The data was obtained from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center's Prediction Of Worldwide Energy Resources (POWER) project funded through the NASA Earth Science Division: POWER Daily API v2, accessed 2026-09-25. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.