Climate averages 1991–2020
Taichung weather
in April.
A warm, wet month: the 7th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a warm month in Taichung: daytime highs average 25.4°C and nights cool to about 18.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 150 mm of rain on roughly 15 days, which makes April a wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 42 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Chang-hua (15 km away). In April its highs average 25.8°C, about as warm as Taichung, with 150 mm of rain.
Among the 28 cities listed in Taiwan, Taichung ranks joint 11th of 28 for the warmest April highs and joint 22nd of 28 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 28 cities is 25.1°C; Taichung is 0.3°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 2.1°C to 27.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 150 mm to 222 mm.
The annual picture
April 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
Taichung climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 19.8°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 68 | 9.0 | 10.811 h |
| February | 20.6°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 99 | 11.0 | 11.311 h |
| March | 22.8°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 129 | 12.9 | 12.012 h |
| April, selected | 25.4°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 150 | 14.7 | 12.713 h |
| May | 27.5°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 222 | 18.7 | 13.313 h |
| June | 28.7°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 288 | 22.1 | 13.614 h |
| July | 29.4°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 344 | 24.7 | 13.513 h |
| August | 28.8°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 439 | 27.6 | 13.013 h |
| September | 28.3°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 255 | 22.5 | 12.312 h |
| October | 27.0°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 93 | 11.1 | 11.612 h |
| November | 24.9°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 50 | 6.5 | 11.011 h |
| December | 21.4°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 56 | 7.5 | 10.711 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
April in nearby cities
- Chang-hua in AprilTaiwan · 15 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 19.2°C · 150 mm rain
- Caotun in AprilTaiwan · 19 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 18.3°C · 115 mm rain
- Yuanlin in AprilTaiwan · 24 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 18.9°C · 150 mm rain
- Nantou, Taiwan in AprilTaiwan · 26 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 17.5°C · 115 mm rain
- Puli in AprilTaiwan · 35 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 19.2°C · 132 mm rain
- Miaoli in AprilTaiwan · 49 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 19.4°C · 148 mm rain
- Douliu in AprilTaiwan · 51 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 18.3°C · 147 mm rain
- Toufen in AprilTaiwan · 64 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 19.4°C · 98 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 Taichung) is explained once on the Taichung year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.