Region · Indonesia
Where to stay in North Kalimantan
This guide covers 4 destinations in North Kalimantan, a first-level administrative division of Indonesia, with 7 places to stay between them. The largest by population are Tarakan, Nunukan and Bulungan. The airport most of them name as their nearest is Juwata International Airport / Suharnoko Harbani AFB (TRK).
- Destinations in this guide
- 4
- Places to stay
- 7
- Main airport
- TRKJuwata International Airport / Suharnoko Harbani AFB
- Currency
- IDRrupiah
- Time zone
- Asia/Makassar
Destinations
Destinations in North Kalimantan
Every destination in this guide in North 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.
Where to stay
Hotels in North Kalimantan
7 hotels in North Kalimantan recorded in Wikidata and not marked closed. Each is listed under the destination it is within 25 km of.
| Hotel | Where | Opened |
|---|---|---|
| Swiss-Belhotel Tarakan | Tarakan | |
| Grand Taufiq Hotel | Tarakan | |
| Homestay Cempaka Tarakan | Tarakan | |
| Hotel Gajah Mada | Tarakan | |
| MyCity Hotel | Tarakan | |
| RedDoorz Syariah near Ramayana Mall Tarakan | Tarakan | |
| Tarakan Plaza Hotel | Tarakan |
When to go
Best time to visit North Kalimantan
From the climate of 4 destinations in North 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 4 | 29 °C | 234 mm |
| February | 0 of 4 | 29 °C | 226 mm |
| March | 0 of 4 | 30 °C | 275 mm |
| April | 0 of 4 | 31 °C | 303 mm |
| May | 0 of 4 | 32 °C | 298 mm |
| June | 0 of 4 | 32 °C | 244 mm |
| July | 0 of 4 | 31 °C | 231 mm |
| August | 0 of 4 | 32 °C | 259 mm |
| September | 0 of 4 | 31 °C | 209 mm |
| October | 0 of 4 | 31 °C | 258 mm |
| November | 0 of 4 | 30 °C | 300 mm |
| December | 0 of 4 | 29 °C | 323 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 North Kalimantan
The airports with scheduled flights that the destinations in North 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.
TRK · Juwata International Airport / Suharnoko Harbani AFB
BBN · Bario Airport
BEJ · Kalimarau Airport
TWU · Tawau Airport
Good to know
Public holidays in North 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 North 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.