Climate averages 1991–2020
Taitung weather
in August.
A hot, very wet month: the joint 2nd warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Taitung: daytime highs average 30.3°C and nights cool to about 25.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 315 mm of rain on roughly 20 days, which makes August a very wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 55 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kaohsiung (87 km away). In August its highs average 29.4°C, 0.8°C cooler than Taitung, with 363 mm of rain.
Among the 28 cities listed in Taiwan, Taitung ranks 6th of 28 for the warmest August highs and 15th of 28 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 28 cities is 29.6°C; Taitung is 0.7°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 1.3°C to 29.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 315 mm to 341 mm.
The annual picture
August 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
Taitung climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 20.8°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 314 | 28.6 | 10.911 h |
| February | 21.6°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 275 | 25.2 | 11.411 h |
| March | 23.6°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 242 | 25.4 | 12.012 h |
| April | 26.1°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 244 | 22.4 | 12.713 h |
| May | 28.2°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 388 | 23.8 | 13.213 h |
| June | 30.3°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 295 | 17.9 | 13.514 h |
| July | 30.7°C25.9°C | 25.9°C | 233 | 17.2 | 13.413 h |
| August, selected | 30.3°C25.7°C | 25.7°C | 315 | 19.9 | 12.913 h |
| September | 29.0°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 341 | 21.1 | 12.312 h |
| October | 26.7°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 243 | 22.0 | 11.612 h |
| November | 24.5°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 236 | 23.8 | 11.111 h |
| December | 21.6°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 267 | 27.4 | 10.811 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
August in nearby cities
- Kaohsiung in AugustTaiwan · 87 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 24.7°C · 363 mm rain
- Yongkang in AugustTaiwan · 96 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 24.7°C · 401 mm rain
- Tainan in AugustTaiwan · 100 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 25.5°C · 401 mm rain
- Xinying in AugustTaiwan · 105 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 24.5°C · 407 mm rain
- Chiayi City in AugustTaiwan · 107 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 23.3°C · 667 mm rain
- Douliu in AugustTaiwan · 122 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 23.2°C · 441 mm rain
- Puli in AugustTaiwan · 135 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 22.1°C · 457 mm rain
- Nantou, Taiwan in AugustTaiwan · 138 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 21.8°C · 384 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 Taitung) is explained once on the Taitung year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.