Climate averages 1991–2020
Taitung weather
in September.
A hot, very wet month: the 4th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
September is a hot month in Taitung: daytime highs average 29.0°C and nights cool to about 24.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 341 mm of rain on roughly 21 days, which makes September a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 18 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kaohsiung (87 km away). In September its highs average 29.2°C, about as warm as Taitung, with 189 mm of rain.
Among the 28 cities listed in Taiwan, Taitung ranks 8th of 28 for the warmest September highs and 26th of 28 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 28 cities is 28.5°C; Taitung is 0.5°C warmer than that mean.
From September to October, average highs fall by 2.3°C to 26.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 341 mm to 243 mm.
The annual picture
September 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, selected | 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
September in nearby cities
- Kaohsiung in SeptemberTaiwan · 87 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 23.9°C · 189 mm rain
- Yongkang in SeptemberTaiwan · 96 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 23.9°C · 183 mm rain
- Tainan in SeptemberTaiwan · 100 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 24.8°C · 183 mm rain
- Xinying in SeptemberTaiwan · 105 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 23.6°C · 190 mm rain
- Chiayi City in SeptemberTaiwan · 107 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 22.3°C · 436 mm rain
- Douliu in SeptemberTaiwan · 122 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 22.3°C · 267 mm rain
- Puli in SeptemberTaiwan · 135 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 21.5°C · 298 mm rain
- Nantou, Taiwan in SeptemberTaiwan · 138 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 21.2°C · 230 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.