North Kalimantan · Indonesia
Malinau travel guide
Malinau is a city in North Kalimantan, Indonesia, home to about 72,000 people.
- Nearest airport
- BBN145 km · Bario Airport
- Currency
- IDRrupiah
- Time zone
- Asia/Makassar
- Language
- Indonesian
When to go
The best time to visit Malinau
Malinau has no month that is both mild and dry by the measure used here. May is the warmest month, with average highs of 30 °C; December is the wettest, with about 328 mm of rain.
Comfortable means average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month. Averages for 1991–2020 over the surrounding area, a grid square about 50 km across, so a coast or a nearby mountain can make the town itself warmer or cooler. Data: CRU TS v4.10, Climatic Research Unit, University of East Anglia (Open Database License).
Getting there
Getting to Malinau: airports and arrival
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Bario Airport (BBN), about 145 km from the city centre in a straight line.
BBN · Bario Airport
Questions
Malinau: questions travellers ask
When is the best time to visit Malinau?
Malinau has no month that is both mild and dry by the measure used here. May is the warmest month, with average highs of 30 °C; December is the wettest, with about 328 mm of rain.
Which airport is closest to Malinau?
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Bario Airport (BBN), about 145 km from the city centre in a straight line.
What currency is used in Malinau?
rupiah (IDR).
Nearby
Destinations near Malinau
Sources: city facts from Wikidata and Wikipedia; airports from OurAirports; climate from CRU TS v4.10 (University of East Anglia Climatic Research Unit), 1991–2020 monthly means, 0.5° grid; places to stay, guest scores and amenities from each operator's own public pages. How this guide is made.