Climate averages 1991–2020
Kaohsiung weather
in October.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 7th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a warm month in Kaohsiung: daytime highs average 27.9°C and nights cool to about 22.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 80 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 39 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Tainan (43 km away). In October its highs average 28.0°C, about as warm as Kaohsiung, with 54 mm of rain.
Among the 28 cities listed in Taiwan, Kaohsiung ranks 4th of 28 for the warmest October highs and 7th of 28 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 28 cities is 26.2°C; Kaohsiung is 1.6°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 1.8°C to 26.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 80 mm to 58 mm.
The annual picture
October 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Tainan in OctoberTaiwan · 43 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 23.0°C · 54 mm rain
- Yongkang in OctoberTaiwan · 46 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 22.1°C · 54 mm rain
- Xinying in OctoberTaiwan · 77 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 21.6°C · 50 mm rain
- Taitung in OctoberTaiwan · 87 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 22.8°C · 243 mm rain
- Chiayi City in OctoberTaiwan · 97 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 20.2°C · 207 mm rain
- Douliu in OctoberTaiwan · 124 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 20.4°C · 120 mm rain
- Nantou, Taiwan in OctoberTaiwan · 149 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 19.6°C · 92 mm rain
- Yuanlin in OctoberTaiwan · 151 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 21.3°C · 55 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.