Taoyuan climate
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 | Days below 0 °C |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 17.0 °C | 12.6 °C | 14.6 °C | 26.0 °C | 2.7 °C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| February | 17.7 °C | 12.8 °C | 15.1 °C | 27.8 °C | 4.1 °C | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| March | 20.1 °C | 14.7 °C | 17.2 °C | 29.3 °C | 3.9 °C | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| April | 23.7 °C | 18.2 °C | 20.7 °C | 31.3 °C | 6.5 °C | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| May | 26.7 °C | 21.5 °C | 23.9 °C | 36.5 °C | 14.1 °C | 23 | 3 | 0 |
| June | 28.9 °C | 24.0 °C | 26.3 °C | 35.4 °C | 18.1 °C | 28 | 9 | 0 |
| July | 30.4 °C | 25.0 °C | 27.6 °C | 37.9 °C | 21.6 °C | 31 | 17 | 0 |
| August | 29.9 °C | 24.7 °C | 27.2 °C | 37.3 °C | 21.5 °C | 31 | 12 | 0 |
| September | 28.3 °C | 23.4 °C | 25.6 °C | 37.4 °C | 15.4 °C | 27 | 6 | 0 |
| October | 25.0 °C | 21.1 °C | 22.8 °C | 35.2 °C | 14.5 °C | 14 | 1 | 0 |
| November | 22.4 °C | 18.3 °C | 20.1 °C | 31.0 °C | 9.5 °C | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| December | 18.6 °C | 14.5 °C | 16.4 °C | 28.6 °C | 4.3 °C | 1 | 0 | 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 | 26thof 50 | 79/100 |
| Best beach destinations in Asia in June | 45thof 50 | 76/100 |
| Best beach destinations in Asia in October | 48thof 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
- Dataset version
- era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
- Last processed
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.