Climate averages 1991–2020
Taitung weather
in February.
A mild, very wet month: the joint 10th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a mild month in Taitung: daytime highs average 21.6°C and nights cool to about 17.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 275 mm of rain on roughly 25 days, which makes February a very wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 23 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kaohsiung (87 km away). In February its highs average 23.5°C, 1.8°C warmer than Taitung, with 26 mm of rain.
Among the 28 cities listed in Taiwan, Taitung ranks 5th of 28 for the warmest February highs and 27th of 28 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 28 cities is 19.9°C; Taitung is 1.7°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 2.0°C to 23.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 275 mm to 242 mm.
The annual picture
February 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, selected | 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 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Kaohsiung in FebruaryTaiwan · 87 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 16.2°C · 26 mm rain
- Yongkang in FebruaryTaiwan · 96 kmHigh 22.6°C · Low 15.3°C · 44 mm rain
- Tainan in FebruaryTaiwan · 100 kmHigh 22.3°C · Low 16.2°C · 44 mm rain
- Xinying in FebruaryTaiwan · 105 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 14.4°C · 66 mm rain
- Chiayi City in FebruaryTaiwan · 107 kmHigh 21.3°C · Low 12.9°C · 62 mm rain
- Douliu in FebruaryTaiwan · 122 kmHigh 21.0°C · Low 13.1°C · 66 mm rain
- Puli in FebruaryTaiwan · 135 kmHigh 21.5°C · Low 14.5°C · 90 mm rain
- Nantou, Taiwan in FebruaryTaiwan · 138 kmHigh 20.0°C · Low 12.7°C · 75 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.