Barabai weather in January

In January, Barabai sees average daytime highs of 30°C and overnight lows near 23°C, with 199 mm of rain across 27.1 wet days and about 12.1 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 6th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 30°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 1% of the time in January, and the air most often feels oppressive.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 06 min at the start of January to 12 h 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Barabai's 11th-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Barabai's year-round climate.

Daytime high
30°
12th warmest
Overnight low
23°
7th coldest
Rainfall
199 mm
27.1 wet days
Daylight
12 h 06 min
6:24 AM – 6:32 PM
Cloud cover
94%
11th clearest
Wind
4 km/h
4th windiest
Solar energy
4.5 kWh/m²
Travel score
2.9
out of 10

Barabai is district in Central Hulu Sungai Regency, South Kalimantan Province, Indonesia.

Density
1,025/km²
people per km²

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in January

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 30°C through the month.

A typical January day in Barabai reaches about 30°C in the afternoon and slips back to 23°C overnight — a 7°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 28°C and 31°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs on par with December and on par with February.

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How January really feels in Barabai

Once humidity and wind are folded in, January averages 31 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C
31
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

The story in January is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Barabai weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 12th-warmest and 6th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan30° / 23°19927.112.12.9
Feb30° / 23°18123.812.12.9
Mar30° / 23°24927.5122.8
Apr30° / 23°25427.511.92.7
May31° / 23°21225.211.92.9
Jun30° / 23°16520.211.93.5
Jul30° / 22°13017.311.93.9
Aug31° / 22°961411.93.9
Sep32° / 22°11614.9123.5
Oct31° / 23°19620.712.13.1
Nov30° / 23°27627.812.12.6
Dec30° / 23°24228.712.12.7

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 1% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 2% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 97%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
1199
2199
3298
4298
5298
6298
7298
8298
9397
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Barabai gets around 199 mm of rain over 27.1 wet days in January. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 88% and peaks near 91% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
191
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Humidity in January

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of January feels oppressive — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, January lands in the oppressive band about 92% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
1919
2919
3919
4928
5928
6928
7928
8928
9928
10928
11928
12919
13919
14919
15928
16928
17928
18928
19928
20928
21928
22928
23937
24937
25937
26937
27937
28946
29946
30937
31937

Wind in January

Winds average 4 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 4 km/h on the calmest days to 4 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
14calm
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Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 06 min at the start of January to 12 h 06 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 0 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 6:17 AM to 6:28 AM, and sunset from 6:26 PM to 6:35 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.16:176:26
212.16:186:26
312.16:186:27
412.16:196:27
512.16:196:28
612.16:206:28
712.16:206:29
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912.16:216:29
1012.16:216:30
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1612.16:246:32
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1912.16:256:33
2012.16:256:33
2112.16:266:33
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2712.16:276:35
2812.16:286:35
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Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 4.5 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.26 kWh/m² to a high of 5.45 kWh/m² in September across the year — January's 4.5 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
14.3Bright
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Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Barabai?

Our two travel scores rate January for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

2.9
Sightseeing
6th-best month of the year
4.0
Beach & pool
8th-best month of the year

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Barabai.

What to pack for Barabai in January

From January's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In January, Barabai sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 23°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 27 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Barabai in January

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in January peaks around 14 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Barabai peaks around February 19 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near July 12 at about 10 (extreme).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeFeb 19UV 15Jul 12UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan14Extreme
Feb15Extreme
Mar15Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul10Extreme
Aug12Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct13Extreme
Nov12Extreme
Dec12Extreme

Air quality in Barabai in January

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where January falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Barabai is worst in September — around 93 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 5.3× the cleanest month (January, 18 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

0306090120JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModeratePoorUnhealthyModerateSep 2292 µg/m³Jan 1518 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan18Moderate
Feb18Moderate
Mar22Moderate
Apr21Moderate
May23Moderate
Jun23Moderate
Jul30Moderate
Aug49Poor
Sep93Unhealthy
Oct87Unhealthy
Nov28Moderate
Dec18Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Barabai?

Barabai sits at 2.6°S, 115.4°E, 16 m above sea level, in Indonesia. The nearest listed city is Amuntai, 24 km away.

Topography around Barabai

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Barabai.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Barabai has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 19 m around an average of 15 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 556 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,962 m.

The land around Barabai is covered by trees (43%) and cropland (32%) within 3 km, trees (68%) within 16 km, and trees (80%) within 80 km.

3 km
19 m
16 km
556 m
80 km
1,962 m
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January weather nearby: Amuntai 24 km · Tanjung 46 km · Martapura 109 km · Banjarbaru 113 km · Banjarmasin 120 km · Kualakapuas 120 km · Palangkaraya 168 km · Muara Teweh 190 km

Indonesia travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 2
Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs
Type C / F
230 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 29% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$5,060
2025
Happiness
5.6 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
30%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
0.3
per 100k, 2022
Road deaths
11.3
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Upper middle
World Bank
English
Low
EF EPI 471
Religion
Muslim 87%Protestant 8%Roman Catholic 3%Hindu 2%

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Barabai (-2.5833°, 115.3833°, elevation 16 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).