Climate averages 1991–2020
Taichung weather
in January.
A mild, moderately wet month: the coolest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a mild month in Taichung: daytime highs average 19.8°C and nights cool to about 12.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 68 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 49 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Chang-hua (15 km away). In January its highs average 20.0°C, about as warm as Taichung, with 52 mm of rain.
Among the 28 cities listed in Taiwan, Taichung ranks 12th of 28 for the warmest January highs and 15th of 28 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 28 cities is 19.0°C; Taichung is 0.7°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.8°C to 20.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 68 mm to 99 mm.
The annual picture
January 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, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Chang-hua in JanuaryTaiwan · 15 kmHigh 20.0°C · Low 13.6°C · 52 mm rain
- Caotun in JanuaryTaiwan · 19 kmHigh 19.9°C · Low 12.3°C · 59 mm rain
- Yuanlin in JanuaryTaiwan · 24 kmHigh 20.3°C · Low 13.2°C · 52 mm rain
- Nantou, Taiwan in JanuaryTaiwan · 26 kmHigh 19.1°C · Low 12.0°C · 59 mm rain
- Puli in JanuaryTaiwan · 35 kmHigh 20.4°C · Low 13.2°C · 67 mm rain
- Miaoli in JanuaryTaiwan · 49 kmHigh 17.8°C · Low 13.6°C · 69 mm rain
- Douliu in JanuaryTaiwan · 51 kmHigh 20.0°C · Low 12.4°C · 56 mm rain
- Toufen in JanuaryTaiwan · 64 kmHigh 17.7°C · Low 13.5°C · 60 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.