Climate averages 1991–2020
Taichung weather
in October.
A warm, wet month: the 6th warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a warm month in Taichung: daytime highs average 27.0°C and nights cool to about 20.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 93 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes October a wet month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 37 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Chang-hua (15 km away). In October its highs average 27.6°C, 0.7°C warmer than Taichung, with 55 mm of rain.
Among the 28 cities listed in Taiwan, Taichung ranks joint 7th of 28 for the warmest October highs and 13th of 28 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 28 cities is 26.2°C; Taichung is 0.7°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 2.1°C to 24.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 93 mm to 50 mm.
The annual picture
October 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Chang-hua in OctoberTaiwan · 15 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 21.8°C · 55 mm rain
- Caotun in OctoberTaiwan · 19 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 20.2°C · 92 mm rain
- Yuanlin in OctoberTaiwan · 24 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 21.3°C · 55 mm rain
- Nantou, Taiwan in OctoberTaiwan · 26 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 19.6°C · 92 mm rain
- Puli in OctoberTaiwan · 35 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 19.7°C · 135 mm rain
- Miaoli in OctoberTaiwan · 49 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 21.7°C · 70 mm rain
- Douliu in OctoberTaiwan · 51 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 20.4°C · 120 mm rain
- Toufen in OctoberTaiwan · 64 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 21.8°C · 88 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.