Taoyuan climate

Name: Taoyuan
Address: TW

Taoyuan is warmest in July, with average highs of 30 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 13 °C. August is the wettest month (223 mm) and November the driest (69 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Taoyuan averages 1,522 mm of rain and 178 days above 25 °C.

Taiwan · population 475,798 · 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 30 °C
Coldest month January 13 °C
Driest month November 69 mm
Wettest month August 223 mm
Least cloud October 55 % cloud
Hottest on record July 38 °C
Coldest on record January 2.7 °C
Warmest sea August 29 °C

What to expectTaoyuan through the year

Taoyuan has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 17 °C in January to 30 °C in July, a swing of 13 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 178 days a year reach 25 °C, 48 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 38 °C, in July.

Rain is strongly seasonal. August averages 223 mm against 69 mm in November — 3.2 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

The sea off Taoyuan 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	17.0 °C	75 mm	65 %
February	17.7 °C	92 mm	65 %
March	20.1 °C	114 mm	65 %
April	23.7 °C	113 mm	66 %
May	26.7 °C	151 mm	69 %
June	28.9 °C	171 mm	80 %
July	30.4 °C	149 mm	66 %
August	29.9 °C	223 mm	63 %
September	28.3 °C	181 mm	57 %
October	25.0 °C	109 mm	55 %
November	22.4 °C	69 mm	59 %
December	18.6 °C	74 mm	63 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	17.0 °C	12.6 °C	14.6 °C	26.0 °C	2.7 °C	0	0
February	17.7 °C	12.8 °C	15.1 °C	27.8 °C	4.1 °C	1	0
March	20.1 °C	14.7 °C	17.2 °C	29.3 °C	3.9 °C	2	0
April	23.7 °C	18.2 °C	20.7 °C	31.3 °C	6.5 °C	12	0
May	26.7 °C	21.5 °C	23.9 °C	36.5 °C	14.1 °C	23	3
June	28.9 °C	24.0 °C	26.3 °C	35.4 °C	18.1 °C	28	9
July	30.4 °C	25.0 °C	27.6 °C	37.9 °C	21.6 °C	31	17
August	29.9 °C	24.7 °C	27.2 °C	37.3 °C	21.5 °C	31	12
September	28.3 °C	23.4 °C	25.6 °C	37.4 °C	15.4 °C	27	6
October	25.0 °C	21.1 °C	22.8 °C	35.2 °C	14.5 °C	14	1
November	22.4 °C	18.3 °C	20.1 °C	31.0 °C	9.5 °C	7	0
December	18.6 °C	14.5 °C	16.4 °C	28.6 °C	4.3 °C	1	0

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind	Sea temp
January	75 mm	12	11 h/day	65 %	80 %	23 km/h	18.5 °C
February	92 mm	12	11 h/day	65 %	81 %	21 km/h	17.9 °C
March	114 mm	13	12 h/day	65 %	82 %	20 km/h	19.7 °C
April	113 mm	12	13 h/day	66 %	82 %	19 km/h	22.9 °C
May	151 mm	13	13 h/day	69 %	82 %	17 km/h	25.6 °C
June	171 mm	14	14 h/day	80 %	82 %	18 km/h	27.3 °C
July	149 mm	13	14 h/day	66 %	81 %	17 km/h	28.5 °C
August	223 mm	16	13 h/day	63 %	83 %	16 km/h	28.6 °C
September	181 mm	13	12 h/day	57 %	82 %	19 km/h	27.6 °C
October	109 mm	9	12 h/day	55 %	79 %	24 km/h	25.4 °C
November	69 mm	10	11 h/day	59 %	80 %	24 km/h	23.3 °C
December	74 mm	11	11 h/day	63 %	79 %	24 km/h	20.6 °C

How Taoyuan 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
Taoyuan	30 °C	13 °C	1,522 mm	178
Bade · Taiwan	31 °C	12 °C	1,538 mm	189
Taipei · Taiwan	31 °C	14 °C	2,077 mm	189
Danshui · Taiwan	31 °C	14 °C	1,593 mm	184
Neihu · Taiwan	31 °C	14 °C	2,134 mm	189
Xizhi · Taiwan	31 °C	15 °C	2,361 mm	185
Hsinchu · Taiwan	30 °C	13 °C	1,604 mm	189

Where Taoyuan ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Best beach destinations in Asia in May	26th of 50	79/100
Best beach destinations in Asia in June	45th of 50	76/100
Best beach destinations in Asia in October	48th of 50	85/100

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Taoyuan’s climate

When is the best time to visit Taoyuan?

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

In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 30 °C. About 48 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 38 °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 Taoyuan?

August, averaging 223 mm over 16 days with rain. The driest month is November with 69 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,522 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 Taoyuan 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: 24.994°, 121.297° (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.