Climate averages 1991–2020
Zhudong weather
in December.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 10th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a mild month in Zhudong: daytime highs average 19.6°C and nights cool to about 14.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 51 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 38 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Hsinchu (15 km away). In December its highs average 19.3°C, about as warm as Zhudong, with 51 mm of rain.
Among the 28 cities listed in Taiwan, Zhudong ranks joint 15th of 28 for the warmest December highs and joint 6th of 28 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 28 cities is 20.5°C; Zhudong is 0.8°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.6°C to 18.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 51 mm to 60 mm.
The annual picture
December 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
Zhudong climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 18.1°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 60 | 9.8 | 10.811 h |
| February | 19.0°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 74 | 9.2 | 11.311 h |
| March | 21.5°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 93 | 11.4 | 12.012 h |
| April | 24.8°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 98 | 11.0 | 12.713 h |
| May | 27.3°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 142 | 13.3 | 13.313 h |
| June | 29.1°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 160 | 13.4 | 13.614 h |
| July | 30.0°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 202 | 14.9 | 13.514 h |
| August | 29.3°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 307 | 19.5 | 13.013 h |
| September | 28.1°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 197 | 14.8 | 12.312 h |
| October | 25.6°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 88 | 6.6 | 11.612 h |
| November | 23.3°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 48 | 6.2 | 11.011 h |
| December, selected | 19.6°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 51 | 7.8 | 10.611 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
December in nearby cities
- Hsinchu in DecemberTaiwan · 15 kmHigh 19.3°C · Low 15.2°C · 51 mm rain
- Toufen in DecemberTaiwan · 19 kmHigh 19.6°C · Low 15.4°C · 51 mm rain
- Bade in DecemberTaiwan · 29 kmHigh 18.9°C · Low 13.9°C · 66 mm rain
- Miaoli in DecemberTaiwan · 33 kmHigh 19.6°C · Low 15.4°C · 54 mm rain
- Taoyuan in DecemberTaiwan · 36 kmHigh 18.6°C · Low 14.5°C · 66 mm rain
- Sanxia in DecemberTaiwan · 36 kmHigh 19.7°C · Low 14.5°C · 66 mm rain
- Shulin in DecemberTaiwan · 44 kmHigh 18.9°C · Low 14.5°C · 108 mm rain
- Banqiao in DecemberTaiwan · 49 kmHigh 18.9°C · Low 14.3°C · 108 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 Zhudong) is explained once on the Zhudong year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Hsinchu and Toufen lie in the same rainfall cell, so their rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.