Climate averages 1991–2020
Hualien City weather
in December.
A mild, very wet month: the 10th warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a mild month in Hualien City: daytime highs average 19.4°C and nights cool to about 15.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 331 mm of rain on roughly 28 days, which makes December a very wet month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 41 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Puli (65 km away). In December its highs average 21.6°C, 2.2°C warmer than Hualien City, with 65 mm of rain.
Among the 28 cities listed in Taiwan, Hualien City ranks joint 19th of 28 for the warmest December highs and 28th of 28 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 28 cities is 20.5°C; Hualien City is 1.1°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.1°C to 18.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 331 mm to 407 mm.
The annual picture
December 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
Hualien City climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 18.3°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 407 | 29.6 | 10.811 h |
| February | 19.1°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 383 | 26.2 | 11.311 h |
| March | 21.2°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 335 | 27.6 | 12.012 h |
| April | 23.8°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 279 | 26.5 | 12.713 h |
| May | 26.2°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 371 | 29.1 | 13.313 h |
| June | 28.4°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 337 | 25.7 | 13.614 h |
| July | 29.4°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 294 | 21.6 | 13.513 h |
| August | 29.0°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 353 | 22.9 | 13.013 h |
| September | 27.5°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 469 | 22.9 | 12.312 h |
| October | 25.0°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 344 | 23.5 | 11.612 h |
| November | 22.6°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 269 | 24.6 | 11.011 h |
| December, selected | 19.4°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 331 | 28.3 | 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
December in nearby cities
- Puli in DecemberTaiwan · 65 kmHigh 21.6°C · Low 14.3°C · 65 mm rain
- Yilan, Taiwan in DecemberTaiwan · 88 kmHigh 18.8°C · Low 15.1°C · 243 mm rain
- Caotun in DecemberTaiwan · 93 kmHigh 21.4°C · Low 14.1°C · 56 mm rain
- Taichung in DecemberTaiwan · 95 kmHigh 21.4°C · Low 14.5°C · 56 mm rain
- Nantou, Taiwan in DecemberTaiwan · 96 kmHigh 20.5°C · Low 13.5°C · 56 mm rain
- Zhudong in DecemberTaiwan · 99 kmHigh 19.6°C · Low 14.1°C · 51 mm rain
- Miaoli in DecemberTaiwan · 103 kmHigh 19.6°C · Low 15.4°C · 54 mm rain
- Yuanlin in DecemberTaiwan · 105 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 15.1°C · 50 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 Hualien City) is explained once on the Hualien City year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.