Climate averages 1991–2020
Taitung weather
in March.
A warm, very wet month: the 9th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a warm month in Taitung: daytime highs average 23.6°C and nights cool to about 18.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 242 mm of rain on roughly 25 days, which makes March a very wet month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 00 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kaohsiung (87 km away). In March its highs average 26.0°C, 2.4°C warmer than Taitung, with 36 mm of rain.
Among the 28 cities listed in Taiwan, Taitung ranks joint 6th of 28 for the warmest March highs and 27th of 28 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 28 cities is 22.2°C; Taitung is 1.4°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 2.5°C to 26.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 242 mm to 244 mm.
The annual picture
March 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, selected | 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
March in nearby cities
- Kaohsiung in MarchTaiwan · 87 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 18.5°C · 36 mm rain
- Yongkang in MarchTaiwan · 96 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 17.4°C · 58 mm rain
- Tainan in MarchTaiwan · 100 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 18.3°C · 58 mm rain
- Xinying in MarchTaiwan · 105 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 16.5°C · 91 mm rain
- Chiayi City in MarchTaiwan · 107 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 15.3°C · 85 mm rain
- Douliu in MarchTaiwan · 122 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 15.3°C · 98 mm rain
- Puli in MarchTaiwan · 135 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 16.8°C · 112 mm rain
- Nantou, Taiwan in MarchTaiwan · 138 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 14.8°C · 99 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.