Climate averages 1991–2020
Chiayi City weather
in March.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 9th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a warm month in Chiayi City: daytime highs average 23.7°C and nights cool to about 15.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 85 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 00 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Xinying (24 km away). In March its highs average 24.5°C, 0.9°C warmer than Chiayi City, with 91 mm of rain.
Among the 28 cities listed in Taiwan, Chiayi City ranks 5th of 28 for the warmest March highs and 4th of 28 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 28 cities is 22.2°C; Chiayi City is 1.4°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 2.5°C to 26.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 85 mm to 144 mm.
The annual picture
March in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Chiayi City climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 20.2°C11.9°C | 11.9°C | 53 | 10.1 | 10.911 h |
| February | 21.3°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 62 | 11.6 | 11.411 h |
| March, selected | 23.7°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 85 | 13.3 | 12.012 h |
| April | 26.1°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 144 | 16.0 | 12.713 h |
| May | 28.0°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 270 | 22.1 | 13.313 h |
| June | 29.0°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 365 | 24.2 | 13.614 h |
| July | 29.5°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 555 | 26.7 | 13.413 h |
| August | 29.0°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 667 | 28.4 | 12.913 h |
| September | 28.5°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 436 | 23.9 | 12.312 h |
| October | 27.0°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 207 | 18.6 | 11.612 h |
| November | 25.0°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 81 | 12.0 | 11.011 h |
| December | 21.5°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 60 | 10.7 | 10.711 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
March in nearby cities
- Xinying in MarchTaiwan · 24 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 16.5°C · 91 mm rain
- Douliu in MarchTaiwan · 27 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 15.3°C · 98 mm rain
- Nantou, Taiwan in MarchTaiwan · 53 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 14.8°C · 99 mm rain
- Yongkang in MarchTaiwan · 54 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 17.4°C · 58 mm rain
- Yuanlin in MarchTaiwan · 55 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 15.9°C · 115 mm rain
- Tainan in MarchTaiwan · 60 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 18.3°C · 58 mm rain
- Caotun in MarchTaiwan · 60 kmHigh 22.9°C · Low 15.4°C · 99 mm rain
- Chang-hua in MarchTaiwan · 67 kmHigh 23.0°C · Low 16.1°C · 115 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Chiayi City) is explained once on the Chiayi City year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.