Climate averages 1991–2020
Taitung weather
in May.
A hot, very wet month: the 5th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Taitung: daytime highs average 28.2°C and nights cool to about 23.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 388 mm of rain on roughly 24 days, which makes May a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 13 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kaohsiung (87 km away). In May its highs average 29.3°C, 1.0°C warmer than Taitung, with 232 mm of rain.
Among the 28 cities listed in Taiwan, Taitung ranks joint 5th of 28 for the warmest May highs and 28th of 28 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 28 cities is 27.5°C; Taitung is 0.7°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 2.0°C to 30.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 388 mm to 295 mm.
The annual picture
May 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, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- Kaohsiung in MayTaiwan · 87 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 23.5°C · 232 mm rain
- Yongkang in MayTaiwan · 96 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 23.1°C · 299 mm rain
- Tainan in MayTaiwan · 100 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 23.8°C · 299 mm rain
- Xinying in MayTaiwan · 105 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 22.4°C · 337 mm rain
- Chiayi City in MayTaiwan · 107 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 21.1°C · 270 mm rain
- Douliu in MayTaiwan · 122 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 20.9°C · 245 mm rain
- Puli in MayTaiwan · 135 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 21.0°C · 179 mm rain
- Nantou, Taiwan in MayTaiwan · 138 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 19.8°C · 165 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.