Selong
Selong | |
|---|---|
Town/City | |
 Road sign at a market near Selong (1949) | |
  Selong Location in Indonesia  Selong Selong (Indonesia) | |
| Coordinates: 8°39′S 116°32′E / 8.650°S 116.533°E | |
| Country | Indonesia |
| Region | Lesser Sunda Islands |
| Province | West Nusa Tenggara |
| Regency | East Lombok |
| Area | |
• Total | 31.68 km2 (12.23 sq mi) |
| Population (mid 2025 estimate) | |
• Total | 98,910 |
| • Density | 3,122/km2 (8,086/sq mi) |
| [1] | |
| Time zone | UTC+08 |
Selong is a town and administrative district (kecamatan) on the island of Lombok which serves as the capital of the East Lombok Regency in the Indonesian province of West Nusa Tenggara. It is subdivided into the eleven urban villages (kelurahan) of Denggen, Jorong, Kelayu Selatan, Kelayu Utara, Kembang Sari, Majidi, Pancor, Rakam, Sandubaya, Sekarteja and Selong Kota, together with one rural village (desa) of Denggen Timur.
Climate
[edit]Selong has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen 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 |
| Mean daily maximum °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) |
| Mean daily minimum °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
[edit]- ↑ Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 27 February 2026, Kabupaten Lombok Timur Dalam Angka 2026 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.5203)
- ↑ "Climate: Selong". Climate-Data.org. Retrieved 17 November 2020.
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