Climate averages 1991–2020
Taichung weather
in December.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 10th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a mild month in Taichung: daytime highs average 21.4°C and nights cool to about 14.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 56 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 40 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Chang-hua (15 km away). In December its highs average 21.7°C, about as warm as Taichung, with 50 mm of rain.
Among the 28 cities listed in Taiwan, Taichung ranks joint 10th of 28 for the warmest December highs and joint 10th of 28 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 28 cities is 20.5°C; Taichung is 0.9°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.6°C to 19.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 56 mm to 68 mm.
The annual picture
December 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 | 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, selected | 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
December in nearby cities
- Chang-hua in DecemberTaiwan · 15 kmHigh 21.7°C · Low 15.5°C · 50 mm rain
- Caotun in DecemberTaiwan · 19 kmHigh 21.4°C · Low 14.1°C · 56 mm rain
- Yuanlin in DecemberTaiwan · 24 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 15.1°C · 50 mm rain
- Nantou, Taiwan in DecemberTaiwan · 26 kmHigh 20.5°C · Low 13.5°C · 56 mm rain
- Puli in DecemberTaiwan · 35 kmHigh 21.6°C · Low 14.3°C · 65 mm rain
- Miaoli in DecemberTaiwan · 49 kmHigh 19.6°C · Low 15.4°C · 54 mm rain
- Douliu in DecemberTaiwan · 51 kmHigh 21.4°C · Low 14.1°C · 61 mm rain
- Toufen in DecemberTaiwan · 64 kmHigh 19.6°C · Low 15.4°C · 51 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.