Climate averages 1991–2020
Taitung weather
in December.
A mild, very wet month: the joint 10th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a mild month in Taitung: daytime highs average 21.6°C and nights cool to about 17.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 267 mm of rain on roughly 27 days, which makes December a very wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 46 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kaohsiung (87 km away). In December its highs average 23.2°C, 1.6°C warmer than Taitung, with 40 mm of rain.
Among the 28 cities listed in Taiwan, Taitung ranks joint 7th of 28 for the warmest December highs and 27th of 28 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 28 cities is 20.5°C; Taitung is 1.1°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.8°C to 20.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 267 mm to 314 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
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 | 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, selected | 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
December in nearby cities
- Kaohsiung in DecemberTaiwan · 87 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 16.7°C · 40 mm rain
- Yongkang in DecemberTaiwan · 96 kmHigh 22.8°C · Low 16.2°C · 47 mm rain
- Tainan in DecemberTaiwan · 100 kmHigh 22.7°C · Low 17.3°C · 47 mm rain
- Xinying in DecemberTaiwan · 105 kmHigh 22.5°C · Low 15.5°C · 57 mm rain
- Chiayi City in DecemberTaiwan · 107 kmHigh 21.5°C · Low 13.7°C · 60 mm rain
- Douliu in DecemberTaiwan · 122 kmHigh 21.4°C · Low 14.1°C · 61 mm rain
- Puli in DecemberTaiwan · 135 kmHigh 21.6°C · Low 14.3°C · 65 mm rain
- Nantou, Taiwan in DecemberTaiwan · 138 kmHigh 20.5°C · Low 13.5°C · 56 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.