Climate averages 1991–2020
Miaoli weather
in August.
A hot, very wet month: the 2nd warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Miaoli: daytime highs average 28.7°C and nights cool to about 25.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 329 mm of rain on roughly 22 days, which makes August a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 59 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Toufen (16 km away). In August its highs average 29.1°C, about as warm as Miaoli, with 307 mm of rain.
Among the 28 cities listed in Taiwan, Miaoli ranks joint 25th of 28 for the warmest August highs and joint 16th of 28 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 28 cities is 29.6°C; Miaoli is 0.9°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 1.0°C to 27.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 329 mm to 182 mm.
The annual picture
August 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
Miaoli climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 17.8°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 69 | 8.9 | 10.811 h |
| February | 18.5°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 98 | 10.5 | 11.311 h |
| March | 20.9°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 133 | 12.5 | 12.012 h |
| April | 24.2°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 148 | 13.5 | 12.713 h |
| May | 26.8°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 211 | 16.3 | 13.313 h |
| June | 28.5°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 250 | 18.6 | 13.614 h |
| July | 29.3°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 237 | 18.4 | 13.514 h |
| August, selected | 28.7°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 329 | 21.9 | 13.013 h |
| September | 27.7°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 182 | 13.9 | 12.312 h |
| October | 25.5°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 70 | 5.1 | 11.612 h |
| November | 23.2°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 49 | 5.3 | 11.011 h |
| December | 19.6°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 54 | 6.8 | 10.611 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
August in nearby cities
- Toufen in AugustTaiwan · 16 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 25.3°C · 307 mm rain
- Hsinchu in AugustTaiwan · 30 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 25.3°C · 307 mm rain
- Zhudong in AugustTaiwan · 33 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 24.0°C · 307 mm rain
- Taichung in AugustTaiwan · 49 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 23.3°C · 439 mm rain
- Chang-hua in AugustTaiwan · 61 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 24.4°C · 287 mm rain
- Bade in AugustTaiwan · 62 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 24.2°C · 225 mm rain
- Caotun in AugustTaiwan · 67 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 22.8°C · 384 mm rain
- Taoyuan in AugustTaiwan · 68 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 24.7°C · 225 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 Miaoli) is explained once on the Miaoli year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.