Climate averages 1991–2020
Kaohsiung weather
in April.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 6th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a hot month in Kaohsiung: daytime highs average 28.3°C and nights cool to about 21.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 82 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 40 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Tainan (43 km away). In April its highs average 27.0°C, 1.3°C cooler than Kaohsiung, with 120 mm of rain.
Among the 28 cities listed in Taiwan, Kaohsiung ranks 1st of 28 for the warmest April highs and 1st of 28 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 28 cities is 25.1°C; Kaohsiung is 3.1°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 1.0°C to 29.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 82 mm to 232 mm.
The annual picture
April 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
Kaohsiung climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 22.3°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 35 | 5.9 | 10.911 h |
| February | 23.5°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 26 | 6.1 | 11.411 h |
| March | 26.0°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 36 | 7.3 | 12.012 h |
| April, selected | 28.3°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 82 | 10.0 | 12.713 h |
| May | 29.3°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 232 | 17.3 | 13.213 h |
| June | 29.5°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 338 | 20.5 | 13.513 h |
| July | 30.0°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 275 | 19.7 | 13.413 h |
| August | 29.4°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 363 | 21.2 | 12.913 h |
| September | 29.2°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 189 | 16.7 | 12.312 h |
| October | 27.9°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 80 | 11.5 | 11.612 h |
| November | 26.1°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 58 | 8.1 | 11.111 h |
| December | 23.2°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 40 | 5.6 | 10.811 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
April in nearby cities
- Tainan in AprilTaiwan · 43 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 21.3°C · 120 mm rain
- Yongkang in AprilTaiwan · 46 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 20.5°C · 120 mm rain
- Xinying in AprilTaiwan · 77 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 19.7°C · 164 mm rain
- Taitung in AprilTaiwan · 87 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 21.0°C · 244 mm rain
- Chiayi City in AprilTaiwan · 97 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 18.4°C · 144 mm rain
- Douliu in AprilTaiwan · 124 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 18.3°C · 147 mm rain
- Nantou, Taiwan in AprilTaiwan · 149 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 17.5°C · 115 mm rain
- Yuanlin in AprilTaiwan · 151 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 18.9°C · 150 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 Kaohsiung) is explained once on the Kaohsiung year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.