Xizhi climate

Name: Xizhi
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Xizhi is warmest in July, with average highs of 31 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 15 °C. October is the wettest month (299 mm) and April the driest (132 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Xizhi averages 2,361 mm of rain and 185 days above 25 °C.

Taiwan · population 204,619 · 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 15 °C
Driest month April 132 mm
Wettest month October 299 mm
Least cloud August 63 % cloud
Hottest on record July 37 °C
Coldest on record January 4.9 °C
Warmest sea August 28 °C

What to expectXizhi through the year

Xizhi has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 18 °C in January to 31 °C in July, a swing of 12 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 185 days a year reach 25 °C, 61 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 37 °C, in July.

Rain is strongly seasonal. October averages 299 mm against 132 mm in April — 2.3 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

The sea off Xizhi is warmest in August at 28 °C and coldest in January at 21 °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	18.0 °C	169 mm	79 %
February	18.7 °C	152 mm	77 %
March	20.9 °C	140 mm	74 %
April	24.0 °C	132 mm	73 %
May	26.9 °C	191 mm	75 %
June	29.3 °C	187 mm	81 %
July	30.7 °C	155 mm	65 %
August	30.3 °C	236 mm	63 %
September	28.4 °C	255 mm	64 %
October	25.3 °C	299 mm	69 %
November	22.8 °C	249 mm	74 %
December	19.4 °C	196 mm	77 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	18.0 °C	14.6 °C	16.2 °C	27.1 °C	4.9 °C	0	0
February	18.7 °C	14.9 °C	16.7 °C	27.4 °C	7.4 °C	1	0
March	20.9 °C	16.7 °C	18.6 °C	29.4 °C	5.8 °C	3	0
April	24.0 °C	19.7 °C	21.7 °C	31.8 °C	9.2 °C	13	0
May	26.9 °C	22.9 °C	24.7 °C	34.4 °C	15.6 °C	24	2
June	29.3 °C	25.3 °C	27.2 °C	35.4 °C	19.5 °C	29	12
July	30.7 °C	26.5 °C	28.5 °C	36.6 °C	23.2 °C	31	22
August	30.3 °C	26.4 °C	28.2 °C	34.5 °C	23.6 °C	31	18
September	28.4 °C	25.1 °C	26.5 °C	36.0 °C	19.6 °C	29	6
October	25.3 °C	22.7 °C	23.8 °C	34.0 °C	15.5 °C	16	0
November	22.8 °C	20.0 °C	21.3 °C	29.5 °C	11.7 °C	6	0
December	19.4 °C	16.4 °C	17.8 °C	28.1 °C	6.6 °C	1	0

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind	Sea temp
January	169 mm	19	11 h/day	79 %	80 %	19 km/h	21.1 °C
February	152 mm	17	11 h/day	77 %	81 %	18 km/h	21.3 °C
March	140 mm	17	12 h/day	74 %	82 %	17 km/h	22.0 °C
April	132 mm	15	13 h/day	73 %	84 %	15 km/h	23.5 °C
May	191 mm	17	13 h/day	75 %	85 %	14 km/h	25.4 °C
June	187 mm	17	14 h/day	81 %	87 %	11 km/h	26.9 °C
July	155 mm	14	14 h/day	65 %	85 %	14 km/h	28.0 °C
August	236 mm	18	13 h/day	63 %	85 %	15 km/h	28.2 °C
September	255 mm	17	12 h/day	64 %	84 %	18 km/h	27.3 °C
October	299 mm	18	12 h/day	69 %	81 %	21 km/h	25.6 °C
November	249 mm	19	11 h/day	74 %	81 %	20 km/h	24.0 °C
December	196 mm	19	11 h/day	77 %	79 %	20 km/h	22.5 °C

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

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Xizhi’s climate

When is the best time to visit Xizhi?

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

How hot does Xizhi get?

In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 31 °C. About 61 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 15 °C in January, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Xizhi?

October, averaging 299 mm over 18 days with rain. The driest month is April with 132 mm. The year as a whole averages 2,361 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 Xizhi 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.