Climate averages 1991–2020
Taitung weather
in January.
A mild, very wet month: the coolest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a mild month in Taitung: daytime highs average 20.8°C and nights cool to about 16.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 314 mm of rain on roughly 29 days, which makes January a very wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 54 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kaohsiung (87 km away). In January its highs average 22.3°C, 1.5°C warmer than Taitung, with 35 mm of rain.
Among the 28 cities listed in Taiwan, Taitung ranks 5th of 28 for the warmest January highs and 27th of 28 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 28 cities is 19.0°C; Taitung is 1.8°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.8°C to 21.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 314 mm to 275 mm.
The annual picture
January 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, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Kaohsiung in JanuaryTaiwan · 87 kmHigh 22.3°C · Low 15.1°C · 35 mm rain
- Yongkang in JanuaryTaiwan · 96 kmHigh 21.6°C · Low 14.4°C · 49 mm rain
- Tainan in JanuaryTaiwan · 100 kmHigh 21.4°C · Low 15.5°C · 49 mm rain
- Xinying in JanuaryTaiwan · 105 kmHigh 21.3°C · Low 13.7°C · 63 mm rain
- Chiayi City in JanuaryTaiwan · 107 kmHigh 20.2°C · Low 11.9°C · 53 mm rain
- Douliu in JanuaryTaiwan · 122 kmHigh 20.0°C · Low 12.4°C · 56 mm rain
- Puli in JanuaryTaiwan · 135 kmHigh 20.4°C · Low 13.2°C · 67 mm rain
- Nantou, Taiwan in JanuaryTaiwan · 138 kmHigh 19.1°C · Low 12.0°C · 59 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.