Climate averages 1991–2020
Kaohsiung weather
in February.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 10th warmest and the driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a warm month in Kaohsiung: daytime highs average 23.5°C and nights cool to about 16.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 26 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes February a fairly dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 23 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Tainan (43 km away). In February its highs average 22.3°C, 1.1°C cooler than Kaohsiung, with 44 mm of rain.
Among the 28 cities listed in Taiwan, Kaohsiung ranks 1st of 28 for the warmest February highs and 1st of 28 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 28 cities is 19.9°C; Kaohsiung is 3.6°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 2.5°C to 26.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 26 mm to 36 mm.
The annual picture
February 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, selected | 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 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Tainan in FebruaryTaiwan · 43 kmHigh 22.3°C · Low 16.2°C · 44 mm rain
- Yongkang in FebruaryTaiwan · 46 kmHigh 22.6°C · Low 15.3°C · 44 mm rain
- Xinying in FebruaryTaiwan · 77 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 14.4°C · 66 mm rain
- Taitung in FebruaryTaiwan · 87 kmHigh 21.6°C · Low 17.0°C · 275 mm rain
- Chiayi City in FebruaryTaiwan · 97 kmHigh 21.3°C · Low 12.9°C · 62 mm rain
- Douliu in FebruaryTaiwan · 124 kmHigh 21.0°C · Low 13.1°C · 66 mm rain
- Nantou, Taiwan in FebruaryTaiwan · 149 kmHigh 20.0°C · Low 12.7°C · 75 mm rain
- Yuanlin in FebruaryTaiwan · 151 kmHigh 21.2°C · Low 13.8°C · 75 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.