Region · Indonesia
Where to stay in East Kalimantan
This guide covers 10 destinations in East Kalimantan, a first-level administrative division of Indonesia, with 155 places to stay between them. The largest by population are Samarinda, Kutai Kartanegara and Balikpapan. The airport most of them name as their nearest is Aji Pangeran Tumenggung Pranoto International Airport (AAP).
- Destinations in this guide
- 10
- Places to stay
- 155
- Main airport
- AAPAji Pangeran Tumenggung Pranoto International Airport
- Currency
- IDRrupiah
- Time zone
- Asia/Makassar
Destinations
Destinations in East Kalimantan
Every destination in this guide in East Kalimantan, the ones with the most places to stay first. Best months are the months that are comfortable there (average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month); the nearest airport is by straight-line distance from the centre.
| Destination | Population | Places to stay | Nearest airport |
|---|---|---|---|
| Balikpapan | 598,043 | 93 | BPN · 5 km |
| Samarinda | 831,460 | 57 | AAP · 18 km |
| Kutai Kartanegara | 652,273 | 3 | AAP · 31 km |
| Bontang | 161,413 | 2 | AAP · 63 km |
| East Kutai | 412,698 | BEJ · 131 km | |
| Paser | 240,048 | BPN · 76 km | |
| Berau | 207,564 | BEJ · 22 km | |
| North Paser of Penajam | 157,711 | BPN · 42 km | |
| West Kutai | 156,133 | ||
| Sangatta | 150,990 | AAP · 98 km |
Where to stay
Hotels in East Kalimantan
155 hotels in East Kalimantan recorded in Wikidata and not marked closed; the 30 best known are shown, by the number of Wikipedia editions that cover them. Each is listed under the destination it is within 25 km of.
When to go
Best time to visit East Kalimantan
From the climate of 10 destinations in East Kalimantan with climate data: how many are comfortable each month (average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month), and the typical high and rainfall across them. No month is comfortable in any of them by this measure.
| Month | Comfortable destinations | Typical high | Typical rainfall |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 of 10 | 31 °C | 216 mm |
| February | 0 of 10 | 31 °C | 230 mm |
| March | 0 of 10 | 32 °C | 229 mm |
| April | 0 of 10 | 32 °C | 221 mm |
| May | 0 of 10 | 33 °C | 219 mm |
| June | 0 of 10 | 33 °C | 183 mm |
| July | 0 of 10 | 32 °C | 123 mm |
| August | 0 of 10 | 33 °C | 103 mm |
| September | 0 of 10 | 33 °C | 113 mm |
| October | 0 of 10 | 32 °C | 123 mm |
| November | 0 of 10 | 32 °C | 216 mm |
| December | 0 of 10 | 32 °C | 232 mm |
Typical = the median across the destinations. 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
Airports serving East Kalimantan
The airports with scheduled flights that the destinations in East Kalimantan name among their nearest, by how many name each as the nearest. An airport can lie outside the region. Distances are straight lines from a destination's centre.
AAP · Aji Pangeran Tumenggung Pranoto International Airport
BPN · Sultan Aji Muhammad Sulaiman Sepinggan International Airport
BEJ · Kalimarau Airport
TJG · Warukin Airport
Good to know
Public holidays in East Kalimantan, 2026
Shops and offices may close and transport may run reduced timetables on these dates. Source: python-holidays (MIT).
Nationwide in Indonesia
Nearby
Regions near East Kalimantan
Other regions of Indonesia with a page in this guide, nearest first by the straight-line distance between the median positions of their destinations.
Sources: destinations and their regions from Wikidata; airports from OurAirports; climate from CRU TS v4.10 (University of East Anglia, ODbL); public holidays from python-holidays (MIT); further hotels from Wikidata. A region has a page here when at least 3 destinations of this guide lie in it. How this guide is made.