Climate averages 1991–2020
Kaohsiung weather
in May.
A hot, very wet month: the 4th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Kaohsiung: daytime highs average 29.3°C and nights cool to about 23.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 232 mm of rain on roughly 17 days, which makes May a very wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 13 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Tainan (43 km away). In May its highs average 28.7°C, 0.6°C cooler than Kaohsiung, with 299 mm of rain.
Among the 28 cities listed in Taiwan, Kaohsiung ranks 1st of 28 for the warmest May highs and 20th of 28 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 28 cities is 27.5°C; Kaohsiung is 1.8°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 0.2°C to 29.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 232 mm to 338 mm.
The annual picture
May 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, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- Tainan in MayTaiwan · 43 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 23.8°C · 299 mm rain
- Yongkang in MayTaiwan · 46 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 23.1°C · 299 mm rain
- Xinying in MayTaiwan · 77 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 22.4°C · 337 mm rain
- Taitung in MayTaiwan · 87 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 23.6°C · 388 mm rain
- Chiayi City in MayTaiwan · 97 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 21.1°C · 270 mm rain
- Douliu in MayTaiwan · 124 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 20.9°C · 245 mm rain
- Nantou, Taiwan in MayTaiwan · 149 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 19.8°C · 165 mm rain
- Yuanlin in MayTaiwan · 151 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 21.5°C · 228 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.