Climate averages 1991–2020
Taichung weather
in May.
A warm, very wet month: the 5th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Taichung: daytime highs average 27.5°C and nights cool to about 21.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 222 mm of rain on roughly 19 days, which makes May a very wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 18 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Chang-hua (15 km away). In May its highs average 28.1°C, 0.6°C warmer than Taichung, with 228 mm of rain.
Among the 28 cities listed in Taiwan, Taichung ranks 12th of 28 for the warmest May highs and 17th of 28 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 28 cities is 27.5°C; Taichung is level with that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 1.2°C to 28.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 222 mm to 288 mm.
The annual picture
May 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, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- Chang-hua in MayTaiwan · 15 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 22.0°C · 228 mm rain
- Caotun in MayTaiwan · 19 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 20.7°C · 165 mm rain
- Yuanlin in MayTaiwan · 24 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 21.5°C · 228 mm rain
- Nantou, Taiwan in MayTaiwan · 26 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 19.8°C · 165 mm rain
- Puli in MayTaiwan · 35 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 21.0°C · 179 mm rain
- Miaoli in MayTaiwan · 49 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 22.4°C · 211 mm rain
- Douliu in MayTaiwan · 51 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 20.9°C · 245 mm rain
- Toufen in MayTaiwan · 64 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 22.5°C · 142 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.