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.
Selong | |
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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 2023 estimate) | |
| • Total | 96,015 |
| • Density | 3,000/km2 (7,800/sq mi) |
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| Time zone | UTC+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 | |||||||||||||
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| 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] | |||||||||||||