Selong

Selong is a town on the island Lombok and is also the capital of the East Lombok Regency in the Indonesian province West Nusa Tenggara.

Selong
Town
Road sign at a market near Selong (1949)
Selong
Location in Indonesia
Selong
Selong (Indonesia)
Coordinates: 8°39′S 116°32′E
CountryIndonesia
RegionLesser Sunda Islands
ProvinceWest Nusa Tenggara
RegencyEast Lombok
Area
 • Total31.68 km2 (12.23 sq mi)
Population
 (2020 Census)
 • Total92,464
 • Density2,900/km2 (7,600/sq mi)
 [1]
Time zoneUTC+08

Climate

Selong has a tropical savanna climate (Aw) with little to no rainfall from April to November and heavy rainfall from December to March.

Climate data for Selong
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Average high °C (°F) 29.6
(85.3)		 29.6
(85.3)		 29.9
(85.8)		 30.4
(86.7)		 30.0
(86.0)		 29.3
(84.7)		 28.9
(84.0)		 29.4
(84.9)		 30.1
(86.2)		 30.4
(86.7)		 30.1
(86.2)		 29.8
(85.6)		 29.8
(85.6)
Daily mean °C (°F) 25.6
(78.1)		 25.7
(78.3)		 25.7
(78.3)		 25.6
(78.1)		 25.0
(77.0)		 24.1
(75.4)		 23.6
(74.5)		 24.0
(75.2)		 24.9
(76.8)		 25.5
(77.9)		 25.8
(78.4)		 25.7
(78.3)		 25.1
(77.2)
Average low °C (°F) 21.7
(71.1)		 21.8
(71.2)		 21.5
(70.7)		 20.8
(69.4)		 20.1
(68.2)		 19.0
(66.2)		 18.4
(65.1)		 18.7
(65.7)		 19.7
(67.5)		 20.6
(69.1)		 21.5
(70.7)		 21.6
(70.9)		 20.5
(68.8)
Average rainfall mm (inches) 254
(10.0)		 166
(6.5)		 146
(5.7)		 52
(2.0)		 36
(1.4)		 8
(0.3)		 38
(1.5)		 15
(0.6)		 5
(0.2)		 29
(1.1)		 84
(3.3)		 215
(8.5)		 1,048
(41.1)
Source: Climate-Data.org[2]

References
  1. Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021.
  2. "Climate: Selong". Climate-Data.org. Retrieved 17 November 2020.


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