Climate averages 1991–2020
Xinying weather
in January.
A mild, moderately wet month: the coolest and the 4th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a mild month in Xinying: daytime highs average 21.3°C and nights cool to about 13.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 63 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 52 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Chiayi City (24 km away). In January its highs average 20.2°C, 1.0°C cooler than Xinying, with 53 mm of rain.
Among the 28 cities listed in Taiwan, Xinying ranks 4th of 28 for the warmest January highs and 13th of 28 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 28 cities is 19.0°C; Xinying is 2.3°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.9°C to 22.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 63 mm to 66 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
Xinying climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 21.3°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 63 | 7.9 | 10.911 h |
| February | 22.2°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 66 | 9.2 | 11.411 h |
| March | 24.5°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 91 | 11.5 | 12.012 h |
| April | 26.9°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 164 | 13.3 | 12.713 h |
| May | 28.7°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 337 | 18.0 | 13.213 h |
| June | 29.7°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 415 | 20.4 | 13.514 h |
| July | 30.3°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 306 | 19.8 | 13.413 h |
| August | 29.8°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 407 | 21.0 | 12.913 h |
| September | 29.4°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 190 | 12.8 | 12.312 h |
| October | 28.1°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 50 | 4.7 | 11.612 h |
| November | 26.0°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 43 | 5.4 | 11.011 h |
| December | 22.5°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 57 | 6.9 | 10.711 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
- Chiayi City in JanuaryTaiwan · 24 kmHigh 20.2°C · Low 11.9°C · 53 mm rain
- Yongkang in JanuaryTaiwan · 32 kmHigh 21.6°C · Low 14.4°C · 49 mm rain
- Tainan in JanuaryTaiwan · 37 kmHigh 21.4°C · Low 15.5°C · 49 mm rain
- Douliu in JanuaryTaiwan · 51 kmHigh 20.0°C · Low 12.4°C · 56 mm rain
- Nantou, Taiwan in JanuaryTaiwan · 77 kmHigh 19.1°C · Low 12.0°C · 59 mm rain
- Kaohsiung in JanuaryTaiwan · 77 kmHigh 22.3°C · Low 15.1°C · 35 mm rain
- Yuanlin in JanuaryTaiwan · 77 kmHigh 20.3°C · Low 13.2°C · 52 mm rain
- Caotun in JanuaryTaiwan · 84 kmHigh 19.9°C · Low 12.3°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 Xinying) is explained once on the Xinying year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.