Climate averages 1991–2020
Taitung weather
in October.
A warm, very wet month: the 6th warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a warm month in Taitung: daytime highs average 26.7°C and nights cool to about 22.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 243 mm of rain on roughly 22 days, which makes October a very wet month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 38 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kaohsiung (87 km away). In October its highs average 27.9°C, 1.1°C warmer than Taitung, with 80 mm of rain.
Among the 28 cities listed in Taiwan, Taitung ranks joint 11th of 28 for the warmest October highs and 26th of 28 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 28 cities is 26.2°C; Taitung is 0.5°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 2.2°C to 24.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 243 mm to 236 mm.
The annual picture
October 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Kaohsiung in OctoberTaiwan · 87 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 22.1°C · 80 mm rain
- Yongkang in OctoberTaiwan · 96 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 22.1°C · 54 mm rain
- Tainan in OctoberTaiwan · 100 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 23.0°C · 54 mm rain
- Xinying in OctoberTaiwan · 105 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 21.6°C · 50 mm rain
- Chiayi City in OctoberTaiwan · 107 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 20.2°C · 207 mm rain
- Douliu in OctoberTaiwan · 122 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 20.4°C · 120 mm rain
- Puli in OctoberTaiwan · 135 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 19.7°C · 135 mm rain
- Nantou, Taiwan in OctoberTaiwan · 138 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 19.6°C · 92 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.