Weather in Taiwan

Calculated from weather data of Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport (RCTP) between 2020 and 2024.

Maximum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	19.2	18.8	19.1	18.6	18.1	19.6
February	19.4	20.1	18.6	17.8	21.8	20.6
March	22.3	21.8	22.6	23.5	22.0	22.5
April	25.7	27.8	25.5	25.1	25.3	23.1
May	28.9		28.8	25.6	31.1	29.0
June	32.0		32.1	32.1	31.8	33.5
July	34.4		34.3	34.7	34.2	35.2
August	33.6		33.3	34.2	32.7	34.2
September	31.8		32.5	30.8	34.0	30.5
October	27.6		27.8	26.8	29.3	27.1
November	24.9		25.1	26.1	24.1	25.8
December	20.1		20.6	18.3	20.5	19.1
Average	26.1	22.0	26.7	26.4	27.1	26.7

5th highest temperature of Taiwan

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	14.4	14	14	16	13	14
February	14.3	14	14	14	15	15
March	16.5	16	16	17	16	17
April	20.0	22	20	19	20	18
May	23.5		23	22	25	24
June	26.2		26	26	27	27
July	27.6		28	28	27	28
August	27.1		27	28	27	27
September	25.4		26	25	27	25
October	22.8		23	22	24	23
November	19.9		19	21	19	21
December	16.0		16	16	16	16
Average	20.6	16.4	21.0	21.2	21.3	21.4

4th lowest temperature of Taiwan

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Cold and hot days

Number of days	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
30 °C or warmer	7	127	113	150	122
25 °C or warmer	38	219	202	220	205
20 °C or warmer	69	292	274	290	298
0 °C or colder	0	0	0	0	0

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	18.6	18	18	31	17	15
February	24.1	21	19	57	14	8
March	15.9	21	9	19	17	16
April	13.8	17	16	21	12	10
May	17.5		16	44	9	17
June	13.9		10	19	12	6
July	4.6		7	3	8	1
August	7.2		9	4	10	8
September	13.3		8	27	4	14
October	20.5		20	34	23	17
November	16.1		15	17	18	10
December	31.7		29	65	24	46
Average	16.4	19.1	14.3	27.2	13.7	13.8

Precipitation during daylight period

Percentage of observations with observed rain, drizzle, snow or hail. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Wind speed (km/h)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	25.5	22	26	27	26	21
February	23.6	19	25	27	21	23
March	21.0	21	22	19	19	20
April	20.2	18	19	22	25	22
May	20.4		20	22	21	18
June	22.5		18	23	25	26
July	21.8		23	20	22	23
August	20.2		24	15	16	17
September	21.1		21	24	19	18
October	30.4		27	33	31	34
November	26.8		25	24	25	32
December	28.3		24	31	28	30
Average	23.0	19.8	22.9	23.7	22.9	23.5

1st highest wind speed of Taiwan

Average wind speed

Excluding wind gusts. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Prevailing wind direction

Month	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE
February	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE
March	N	NE	N	N	NE
April	NW	N	NE	NE	NE
May		N	NE	W	NW
June		W	W	W	SW
July		W	W	W	SW
August		W	NW	W	NW
September		NE	N	N	N
October		NE	NE	NE	NE
November		NE	NE	NE	NE
December		NE	NE	NE	NE

Prevailing wind direction

Average wind direction, weighed by wind speed. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Taiwan weather Q&A

What is the warmest month in Taiwan?

The warmest month is July with an average temperature of 34 °C over the past years.

What is the coldest month in Taiwan?

The coldest month is January with an average daytime temperature of 19 °C in the past few years.

Which month is the wettest in Taiwan?

Chance of precipitation is the highest in December with a probability of around 31.7 %.

Which month is the driest in Taiwan?

The least rainfall and snow can be expected in July. The probability is about 4.7 %.