Climate averages 1991–2020

Danshui, Taiwan weather
in March.

A mild, wet month: the 9th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 20.9°C Daytime mean, March
Average low 16.2°C Night-time mean, March
Rainfall 113 mm 14 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Danshui · average highYear overview

March is a mild month in Danshui, Taiwan: daytime highs average 20.9°C and nights cool to about 16.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 113 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes March a wet month (the 6th 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 Taipei (16 km away). In March its highs average 20.9°C, about as warm as Danshui, Taiwan, with 105 mm of rain.

Among the 28 cities listed in Taiwan, Danshui, Taiwan ranks joint 17th of 28 for the warmest March highs and 20th of 28 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 28 cities is 22.2°C; Danshui, Taiwan is 1.3°C cooler than that mean.

From March to April, average highs rise by 3.3°C to 24.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 113 mm to 120 mm.

The annual picture

March in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. 101520253035 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 2000

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Danshui, Taiwan climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Danshui, Taiwan, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 17.8°C14.3°C14.3°C7813.010.811 h
February 18.5°C14.4°C14.4°C9612.611.311 h
March, selected 20.9°C16.2°C16.2°C11314.312.012 h
April 24.2°C19.4°C19.4°C12013.212.713 h
May 27.1°C22.7°C22.7°C15713.613.413 h
June 29.5°C25.3°C25.3°C15813.413.714 h
July 31.1°C26.8°C26.8°C11111.013.514 h
August 30.6°C26.5°C26.5°C18714.313.013 h
September 28.7°C25.2°C25.2°C16914.212.312 h
October 25.4°C22.8°C22.8°C13011.911.612 h
November 22.9°C19.9°C19.9°C10012.610.911 h
December 19.4°C16.2°C16.2°C8312.910.611 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

Distance from Danshui

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Danshui) is explained once on the Danshui, Taiwan year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.