Danshui climate

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Danshui is warmest in July, with average highs of 31 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 14 °C. August is the wettest month (199 mm) and January the driest (79 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Danshui averages 1,593 mm of rain and 184 days above 25 °C.

Taiwan · population 189,271 · 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 14 °C
Driest month January 79 mm
Wettest month August 199 mm
Least cloud September 58 % cloud
Hottest on record September 35 °C
Coldest on record January 4.0 °C
Warmest sea August 29 °C

What to expectDanshui through the year

Danshui has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 17 °C in January to 31 °C in July, a swing of 13 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 184 days a year reach 25 °C, 67 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 35 °C, in September.

Rain is strongly seasonal. August averages 199 mm against 79 mm in January — 2.5 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

The sea off Danshui is warmest in August at 29 °C and coldest in February at 18 °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	17.5 °C	79 mm	73 %
February	18.2 °C	97 mm	72 %
March	20.5 °C	117 mm	70 %
April	23.9 °C	127 mm	70 %
May	27.0 °C	175 mm	72 %
June	29.3 °C	184 mm	81 %
July	30.8 °C	129 mm	64 %
August	30.4 °C	199 mm	60 %
September	28.6 °C	176 mm	58 %
October	25.3 °C	132 mm	61 %
November	22.7 °C	95 mm	67 %
December	19.1 °C	82 mm	71 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	17.5 °C	13.6 °C	15.4 °C	26.3 °C	4.0 °C	0	0
February	18.2 °C	13.8 °C	15.8 °C	27.2 °C	6.0 °C	1	0
March	20.5 °C	15.6 °C	17.8 °C	29.6 °C	5.3 °C	3	0
April	23.9 °C	18.9 °C	21.2 °C	31.5 °C	9.6 °C	13	0
May	27.0 °C	22.2 °C	24.4 °C	33.1 °C	15.0 °C	24	3
June	29.3 °C	24.8 °C	27.0 °C	34.1 °C	18.9 °C	29	13
July	30.8 °C	25.9 °C	28.2 °C	35.1 °C	23.2 °C	31	23
August	30.4 °C	25.8 °C	27.9 °C	34.6 °C	22.9 °C	31	19
September	28.6 °C	24.4 °C	26.3 °C	35.2 °C	18.6 °C	28	7
October	25.3 °C	22.0 °C	23.5 °C	34.4 °C	14.3 °C	16	1
November	22.7 °C	19.3 °C	20.8 °C	30.3 °C	10.7 °C	7	0
December	19.1 °C	15.5 °C	17.2 °C	28.3 °C	5.7 °C	1	0

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind	Sea temp
January	79 mm	13	11 h/day	73 %	80 %	24 km/h	18.5 °C
February	97 mm	12	11 h/day	72 %	82 %	22 km/h	17.9 °C
March	117 mm	14	12 h/day	70 %	82 %	21 km/h	19.7 °C
April	127 mm	13	13 h/day	70 %	83 %	19 km/h	22.9 °C
May	175 mm	14	13 h/day	72 %	84 %	18 km/h	25.6 °C
June	184 mm	15	14 h/day	81 %	84 %	17 km/h	27.3 °C
July	129 mm	12	14 h/day	64 %	82 %	18 km/h	28.5 °C
August	199 mm	15	13 h/day	60 %	84 %	19 km/h	28.6 °C
September	176 mm	14	12 h/day	58 %	83 %	22 km/h	27.6 °C
October	132 mm	12	12 h/day	61 %	80 %	25 km/h	25.4 °C
November	95 mm	13	11 h/day	67 %	81 %	25 km/h	23.3 °C
December	82 mm	12	11 h/day	71 %	79 %	25 km/h	20.6 °C

How Danshui 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
Danshui	31 °C	14 °C	1,593 mm	184
Taipei · Taiwan	31 °C	14 °C	2,077 mm	189
Neihu · Taiwan	31 °C	14 °C	2,134 mm	189
Taoyuan · Taiwan	30 °C	13 °C	1,522 mm	178
Xizhi · Taiwan	31 °C	15 °C	2,361 mm	185
Keelung · Taiwan	31 °C	15 °C	2,471 mm	185
Bade · Taiwan	31 °C	12 °C	1,538 mm	189

Where Danshui ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Best beach destinations in Asia in May	40th of 50	76/100

Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Danshui.

QuestionsCommon questions about Danshui’s climate

When is the best time to visit Danshui?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. March, April, 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 Danshui get?

In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 31 °C. About 67 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 35 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 14 °C in January, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Danshui?

August, averaging 199 mm over 15 days with rain. The driest month is January with 79 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,593 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 Danshui 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
Data point: 25.172°, 121.443° (the coordinates the reanalysis values are taken for)
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.