Taichung climate

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Taichung is warmest in July, with average highs of 29 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 13 °C. August is the wettest month (440 mm) and November the driest (50 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Taichung averages 2,260 mm of rain and 226 days above 25 °C.

Taiwan · population 2,850,285 · 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 29 °C
Coldest month January 13 °C
Driest month November 50 mm
Wettest month August 440 mm
Least cloud December 42 % cloud
Hottest on record October 37 °C
Coldest on record January 3.7 °C
Warmest sea August 29 °C

What to expectTaichung through the year

Taichung has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 20 °C in January to 29 °C in July, a swing of 11 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 226 days a year reach 25 °C, 34 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 37 °C, in October.

Rain is strongly seasonal. August averages 440 mm against 50 mm in November — 8.8 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

The sea off Taichung is warmest in August at 29 °C and coldest in January at 19 °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	20.0 °C	69 mm	42 %
February	20.8 °C	99 mm	49 %
March	23.0 °C	135 mm	53 %
April	25.6 °C	162 mm	60 %
May	27.7 °C	258 mm	68 %
June	28.9 °C	308 mm	80 %
July	29.5 °C	354 mm	73 %
August	28.9 °C	440 mm	74 %
September	28.5 °C	239 mm	61 %
October	27.3 °C	90 mm	43 %
November	25.2 °C	50 mm	42 %
December	21.6 °C	55 mm	42 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	20.0 °C	12.7 °C	15.9 °C	28.6 °C	3.7 °C	1	0
February	20.8 °C	13.6 °C	16.7 °C	29.8 °C	5.1 °C	3	0
March	23.0 °C	15.9 °C	19.0 °C	32.4 °C	5.3 °C	9	0
April	25.6 °C	18.8 °C	22.0 °C	33.4 °C	9.7 °C	19	1
May	27.7 °C	21.4 °C	24.4 °C	35.5 °C	15.2 °C	28	3
June	28.9 °C	22.7 °C	25.7 °C	35.0 °C	17.1 °C	29	7
July	29.5 °C	23.5 °C	26.4 °C	34.2 °C	20.3 °C	31	10
August	28.9 °C	23.4 °C	26.1 °C	33.0 °C	20.0 °C	31	5
September	28.5 °C	22.7 °C	25.5 °C	33.4 °C	14.8 °C	29	4
October	27.3 °C	20.6 °C	23.7 °C	36.5 °C	13.7 °C	27	2
November	25.2 °C	18.0 °C	21.2 °C	33.7 °C	9.6 °C	16	1
December	21.6 °C	14.4 °C	17.5 °C	30.0 °C	5.2 °C	3	0

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind	Sea temp
January	69 mm	9	11 h/day	42 %	79 %	15 km/h	18.8 °C
February	99 mm	11	11 h/day	49 %	80 %	14 km/h	18.9 °C
March	135 mm	13	12 h/day	53 %	81 %	13 km/h	21.1 °C
April	162 mm	14	13 h/day	60 %	82 %	12 km/h	23.7 °C
May	258 mm	19	13 h/day	68 %	83 %	11 km/h	25.9 °C
June	308 mm	23	14 h/day	80 %	83 %	13 km/h	27.3 °C
July	354 mm	24	13 h/day	73 %	84 %	12 km/h	28.4 °C
August	440 mm	27	13 h/day	74 %	86 %	11 km/h	28.5 °C
September	239 mm	21	12 h/day	61 %	83 %	12 km/h	27.7 °C
October	90 mm	10	12 h/day	43 %	79 %	15 km/h	25.7 °C
November	50 mm	6	11 h/day	42 %	78 %	14 km/h	23.7 °C
December	55 mm	7	11 h/day	42 %	78 %	15 km/h	20.9 °C

How Taichung 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
Taichung	29 °C	13 °C	2,260 mm	226
Chang-hua · Taiwan	30 °C	14 °C	1,751 mm	236
Chiayi City · Taiwan	30 °C	12 °C	2,910 mm	240
Hsinchu · Taiwan	30 °C	13 °C	1,604 mm	189
Bade · Taiwan	31 °C	12 °C	1,538 mm	189
Taoyuan · Taiwan	30 °C	13 °C	1,522 mm	178

Where Taichung ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Best beach destinations in Asia in October	42nd of 50	86/100
Best beach destinations in Asia in May	48th of 50	75/100

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Taichung’s climate

When is the best time to visit Taichung?

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 November the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Taichung get?

In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 29 °C. About 34 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 37 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 13 °C in January, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Taichung?

August, averaging 440 mm over 27 days with rain. The driest month is November with 50 mm. The year as a whole averages 2,260 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 Taichung 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: 24.147°, 120.684° (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.