Climate Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport 2020-2024

Climate and trends: average temperature, flight conditions, precipitation, wind speed and direction.

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

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	46.3	47	45	30	62	47
February	40.2	35	27	25	60	59
March	50.9	52	50	55	40	51
April	61.1		58	51	60	60
May	62.2		63	34	65	62
June	78.0		83	77	76	93
July	91.5		94	89	86	93
August	86.9		81	88	87	89
September	78.2		84	64	93	73
October	63.9		62	53	74	59
November	61.0		73	49	64	73
December	38.7		37	15	54	22
Average	61.7	44.9	63.6	53.5	68.5	65.5

6th best VFR conditions of Taiwan

VFR conditions during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the VFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 8 km or more and a ceiling of 3,000 ft or more. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Marginal VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	79.2	85	80	69	85	82
February	66.4	61	55	57	78	84
March	77.5	81	80	69	64	81
April	89.3		87	85	81	96
May	87.0		85	62	95	90
June	93.4		98	92	95	99
July	99.4		100	99	99	100
August	97.1		95	99	96	96
September	96.4		99	94	98	93
October	89.3		88	77	92	94
November	86.8		99	75	93	92
December	76.5		81	58	83	68
Average	85.6	75.8	87.5	78.6	88.3	89.6

Marginal VFR conditions or better during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the MVFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 5 km or more and a ceiling of 1,000 ft or more. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Maximum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	19.2	19	19	19	18	20
February	19.4	20	19	18	22	21
March	22.3	22	23	24	22	23
April	25.4		26	25	25	23
May	28.9		29	26	31	29
June	32.0		32	32	32	34
July	34.4		34	35	34	35
August	33.6		33	34	33	34
September	31.8		33	31	34	31
October	27.6		28	27	29	27
November	24.9		25	26	24	26
December	20.1		21	18	21	19
Average	25.9	20.2	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	19.7		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	20.4	14.6	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.

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	13.3		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	16.5	20.0	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 (knots)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	13.7	12	14	15	14	11
February	12.7	10	13	15	11	13
March	11.3	11	12	10	10	11
April	11.1		10	12	13	12
May	11.0		11	12	11	10
June	12.1		10	12	14	14
July	11.7		12	11	12	12
August	10.9		13	8	9	9
September	11.3		11	13	10	9
October	16.4		15	18	16	18
November	14.5		14	13	13	17
December	15.2		13	17	15	16
Average	12.5	11.1	12.3	12.8	12.4	12.7

5th 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	037°	039°	037°	036°	042°
February	027°	035°	034°	027°	044°
March	019°	026°	022°	020°	043°
April		020°	031°	035°	051°
May		011°	030°	264°	322°
June		284°	251°	250°	241°
July		281°	263°	281°	246°
August		263°	314°	262°	321°
September		037°	019°	004°	016°
October		040°	046°	057°	041°
November		043°	042°	046°	043°
December		043°	044°	040°	037°

Prevailing wind direction

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