Tai Po climate

Name: Tai Po
Address: HK

Tai Po is warmest in July, with average highs of 31 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 12 °C. June is the wettest month (328 mm) and January the driest (25 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Tai Po averages 1,739 mm of rain and 229 days above 25 °C.

Hong Kong · population 274,100 · 1991–2020 normals

Temperature below 0 °C to above 30 °C Rain band height is that month’s share of the wettest month

Warmest month July 31 °C
Coldest month January 12 °C
Driest month January 25 mm
Wettest month June 328 mm
Least cloud October 44 % cloud
Hottest on record July 36 °C
Coldest on record January 2.0 °C
Warmest sea July 29 °C

What to expectTai Po through the year

Tai Po has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 19 °C in January to 31 °C in July, a swing of 13 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 229 days a year reach 25 °C, 78 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 36 °C, in July.

Rain is strongly seasonal. June averages 328 mm against 25 mm in January — 13 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

The sea off Tai Po is warmest in July at 29 °C and coldest in January at 20 °C. Sea temperature lags the air by a month or two, which is why late summer swims warmer than early summer at the same air temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	19.1 °C	25 mm	54 %
February	20.4 °C	35 mm	68 %
March	23.1 °C	72 mm	73 %
April	26.1 °C	130 mm	73 %
May	28.5 °C	236 mm	77 %
June	29.8 °C	328 mm	84 %
July	30.6 °C	248 mm	75 %
August	30.5 °C	323 mm	73 %
September	29.7 °C	212 mm	60 %
October	27.6 °C	66 mm	44 %
November	24.5 °C	35 mm	45 %
December	20.4 °C	28 mm	48 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	19.1 °C	12.4 °C	15.6 °C	26.9 °C	2.0 °C	1	0
February	20.4 °C	14.2 °C	17.1 °C	28.0 °C	3.6 °C	3	0
March	23.1 °C	17.3 °C	19.9 °C	30.0 °C	6.7 °C	9	0
April	26.1 °C	20.9 °C	23.2 °C	31.8 °C	10.3 °C	20	1
May	28.5 °C	24.0 °C	25.9 °C	34.6 °C	17.5 °C	29	7
June	29.8 °C	25.9 °C	27.6 °C	35.1 °C	19.9 °C	30	15
July	30.6 °C	26.3 °C	28.1 °C	35.7 °C	22.4 °C	31	20
August	30.5 °C	26.1 °C	28.0 °C	35.4 °C	23.8 °C	31	20
September	29.7 °C	24.9 °C	27.0 °C	34.3 °C	18.6 °C	30	13
October	27.6 °C	22.0 °C	24.6 °C	33.9 °C	13.9 °C	29	2
November	24.5 °C	18.2 °C	21.1 °C	30.7 °C	7.7 °C	14	0
December	20.4 °C	13.5 °C	16.8 °C	28.1 °C	2.4 °C	2	0

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind	Sea temp
January	25 mm	4	11 h/day	54 %	72 %	17 km/h	19.6 °C
February	35 mm	6	11 h/day	68 %	77 %	17 km/h	19.7 °C
March	72 mm	10	12 h/day	73 %	81 %	18 km/h	20.8 °C
April	130 mm	14	13 h/day	73 %	84 %	17 km/h	22.9 °C
May	236 mm	20	13 h/day	77 %	87 %	16 km/h	25.8 °C
June	328 mm	23	14 h/day	84 %	88 %	17 km/h	27.9 °C
July	248 mm	23	13 h/day	75 %	87 %	17 km/h	28.6 °C
August	323 mm	24	13 h/day	73 %	88 %	15 km/h	28.6 °C
September	212 mm	17	12 h/day	60 %	84 %	15 km/h	28.2 °C
October	66 mm	7	12 h/day	44 %	75 %	16 km/h	26.5 °C
November	35 mm	5	11 h/day	45 %	72 %	17 km/h	23.6 °C
December	28 mm	4	11 h/day	48 %	68 %	17 km/h	20.8 °C

How Tai Po compares

The same four figures for nearby destinations, so the numbers above have something to be read against. Summer high is the warmest month's average high; winter low is the coldest month's average low.

Destination	Summer high	Winter low	Rain per year	Days above 25 °C
Tai Po	31 °C	12 °C	1,739 mm	229
Sha Tin · Hong Kong	29 °C	12 °C	1,749 mm	203
Ma On Shan · Hong Kong	29 °C	12 °C	1,749 mm	191
Kwai Chung · Hong Kong	30 °C	12 °C	1,728 mm	222
Tsuen Wan · Hong Kong	30 °C	13 °C	1,757 mm	229
Wong Tai Sin · Hong Kong	28 °C	11 °C	1,750 mm	173
Shenzhen · China	31 °C	12 °C	1,721 mm	235

Where Tai Po ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Places with the best weather in Asia in December	38thof 50	95/100
Best beach destinations in Asia in November	46thof 50	90/100

Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Tai Po.

QuestionsCommon questions about Tai Po’s climate

When is the best time to visit Tai Po?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. February, March, November sit closest to 20 °C on average, July is the warmest month and January the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Tai Po get?

In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 31 °C. About 78 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 36 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 12 °C in January, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Tai Po?

June, averaging 328 mm over 23 days with rain. The driest month is January with 25 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,739 mm.

Are these figures a forecast?

No. They are 1991–2020 climate normals: the average of thirty years, which describes what a month is usually like in Tai Po rather than what any particular week will bring. Individual years can differ substantially from the normal.

Data sources and method

ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis — Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), ECMWF. Copernicus Licence
Open-Meteo — Open-Meteo.com. CC BY 4.0
NOAA OISST v2.1 — NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Public domain
GeoNames — GeoNames.org. CC BY 4.0

Normal period: 1991–2020
Dataset version: era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
Last processed: 1 August 2026

Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: monthly rankings, daylight hours, beach and comfort scores. Full formulas are on the methodology page.

Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.