Climate averages 1991–2020
Kaohsiung weather
in December.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 11th warmest and the 4th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a warm month in Kaohsiung: daytime highs average 23.2°C and nights cool to about 16.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 40 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 47 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Tainan (43 km away). In December its highs average 22.7°C, about as warm as Kaohsiung, with 47 mm of rain.
Among the 28 cities listed in Taiwan, Kaohsiung ranks 1st of 28 for the warmest December highs and 1st of 28 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 28 cities is 20.5°C; Kaohsiung is 2.7°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.9°C to 22.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 40 mm to 35 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
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 | 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, selected | 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
December in nearby cities
- Tainan in DecemberTaiwan · 43 kmHigh 22.7°C · Low 17.3°C · 47 mm rain
- Yongkang in DecemberTaiwan · 46 kmHigh 22.8°C · Low 16.2°C · 47 mm rain
- Xinying in DecemberTaiwan · 77 kmHigh 22.5°C · Low 15.5°C · 57 mm rain
- Taitung in DecemberTaiwan · 87 kmHigh 21.6°C · Low 17.7°C · 267 mm rain
- Chiayi City in DecemberTaiwan · 97 kmHigh 21.5°C · Low 13.7°C · 60 mm rain
- Douliu in DecemberTaiwan · 124 kmHigh 21.4°C · Low 14.1°C · 61 mm rain
- Nantou, Taiwan in DecemberTaiwan · 149 kmHigh 20.5°C · Low 13.5°C · 56 mm rain
- Yuanlin in DecemberTaiwan · 151 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 Kaohsiung) is explained once on the Kaohsiung year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.