Weather Score #

Best time to visit:Taichung Kaohsiung Taipei Tainan Zhongli Hsinchu Taoyuan District Keelung Chiayi

Chiayi

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Best months

October 61%September 59%November 57%

Months to avoid

January 41%February 43%December 44%

Hsinchu

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Best months

July 59%September 58%August 56%

Months to avoid

February 27%December 27%January 29%

Kaohsiung

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Best months

April 57%November 57%March 55%

Months to avoid

January 44%December 47%February 48%

Keelung

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July 58%August 53%September 47%

Months to avoid

December 13%January 15%February 15%

Taichung

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Best months

October 62%September 60%November 57%

Months to avoid

February 39%January 40%December 43%

Tainan

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November 61%October 60%April 58%

Months to avoid

January 45%February 48%December 48%

Taipei

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July 63%August 60%September 56%

Months to avoid

December 14%February 17%January 20%

Taoyuan District

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July 60%August 58%September 57%

Months to avoid

December 17%February 22%January 23%

Zhongli

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Best months

July 60%September 57%August 56%

Months to avoid

December 19%February 23%January 25%

Heat Seeker Score

Heat Seeker Score is a composite score designed for those who crave hot, sunny weather with minimal rainfall. It prioritizes high temperatures and abundant sunshine.

Use the detailed page for charts, component scores, and weather inputs behind every monthly ranking.

Yearly weather

Calculations are based on the last 8 years of historical weather data.

Temperatures #

The cities in Taiwan generally experience comfortable temperatures for most of the year, with the summer months potentially exceeding the comfort zone
Taipei and Taoyuan District have the coolest temperatures in January
July temperatures in Taipei and Taoyuan District can reach uncomfortable levels
Kaohsiung and Tainan tend to have the warmest temperatures overall.

Maximum Temperatures

Period	Taichung	Kaohsiung	Taipei	Tainan	Zhongli	Hsinchu	Taoyuan District	Keelung	Chiayi
Jan	69.4°F	72.7°F	63.5°F	72.9°F	64.4°F	66.0°F	64.0°F	63.9°F	70.7°F
Feb	71.2°F	74.8°F	66.0°F	75.2°F	66.2°F	67.1°F	66.4°F	65.5°F	73.2°F
Mar	75.6°F	78.6°F	72.3°F	79.3°F	71.6°F	71.8°F	72.5°F	69.3°F	78.1°F
Apr	80.6°F	82.4°F	78.3°F	83.3°F	77.4°F	77.4°F	78.3°F	74.1°F	82.8°F
May	83.7°F	85.3°F	82.9°F	86.4°F	81.7°F	81.7°F	82.6°F	78.6°F	85.1°F
Jun	86.2°F	87.3°F	88.2°F	88.5°F	86.0°F	85.6°F	87.4°F	83.7°F	87.8°F
Jul	88.2°F	88.3°F	91.4°F	89.4°F	89.4°F	88.5°F	90.7°F	86.5°F	89.2°F
Aug	87.6°F	86.9°F	90.7°F	88.5°F	88.7°F	87.8°F	90.0°F	86.2°F	88.7°F
Sep	87.3°F	87.3°F	87.3°F	88.9°F	86.5°F	86.5°F	86.9°F	83.5°F	88.7°F
Oct	83.8°F	84.4°F	78.8°F	86.2°F	79.7°F	81.5°F	79.0°F	77.5°F	85.1°F
Nov	79.2°F	80.8°F	73.2°F	81.9°F	74.1°F	76.1°F	73.6°F	72.9°F	80.4°F
Dec	72.0°F	75.4°F	65.3°F	75.2°F	66.4°F	68.9°F	65.8°F	66.7°F	73.0°F
Average	81.9°F	78.2°F	82.0°F	75.7°F	80.4°F	83.0°F	78.2°F	78.1°F	77.7°F

Minimum Temperatures

Period	Taichung	Kaohsiung	Taipei	Tainan	Zhongli	Hsinchu	Taoyuan District	Keelung	Chiayi
Jan	57.9°F	64.0°F	54.5°F	62.4°F	55.9°F	58.6°F	54.7°F	58.8°F	60.6°F
Feb	59.5°F	66.0°F	56.5°F	64.2°F	57.4°F	59.5°F	56.7°F	60.3°F	61.9°F
Mar	63.5°F	70.0°F	60.4°F	68.7°F	61.0°F	63.3°F	60.3°F	63.1°F	66.4°F
Apr	69.1°F	74.1°F	66.0°F	73.8°F	66.7°F	69.1°F	65.5°F	68.0°F	71.4°F
May	73.6°F	77.9°F	71.4°F	77.7°F	72.0°F	74.3°F	70.5°F	72.7°F	75.6°F
Jun	76.8°F	80.2°F	76.6°F	80.6°F	77.0°F	78.8°F	75.2°F	77.7°F	79.3°F
Jul	78.3°F	80.8°F	78.8°F	81.0°F	79.5°F	81.3°F	77.5°F	80.6°F	80.4°F
Aug	78.3°F	80.1°F	78.3°F	80.6°F	79.0°F	80.8°F	77.4°F	80.2°F	80.2°F
Sep	77.4°F	80.1°F	75.7°F	80.6°F	76.8°F	79.2°F	74.8°F	78.3°F	79.9°F
Oct	73.8°F	77.4°F	70.3°F	77.7°F	71.4°F	74.3°F	70.0°F	73.8°F	76.5°F
Nov	68.5°F	73.4°F	65.1°F	72.9°F	66.4°F	69.1°F	65.1°F	68.9°F	71.2°F
Dec	61.5°F	67.3°F	57.7°F	65.7°F	59.4°F	62.1°F	57.9°F	62.2°F	64.4°F
Average	72.3°F	70.9°F	74.3°F	70.4°F	69.9°F	73.8°F	67.6°F	67.1°F	68.5°F

Maximum/minimum temperature averages are computed by averaging the max/min temperature of each day for a given period.

Conditions #

Chiayi, Taichung, Tainan, and Kaohsiung generally experience higher sunshine hours throughout the year compared to Keelung, Taipei, Taoyuan District, and Zhongli
Keelung consistently has the lowest sunshine hours across all months, suggesting it is the cloudiest location among those listed
Precipitation tends to be higher during the months of May through August for all cities, with August often recording the highest rainfall
Coastal cities Kaohsiung, Tainan may get similar amount of precipitation.

Sunny Weather

Period	Taichung	Kaohsiung	Taipei	Tainan	Zhongli	Hsinchu	Taoyuan District	Keelung	Chiayi
Jan	7.4 hours/day	6.5 hours/day	2.7 hours/day	7.0 hours/day	3.9 hours/day	5.1 hours/day	3.4 hours/day	1.7 hours/day	7.0 hours/day
Feb	7.0 hours/day	6.7 hours/day	2.5 hours/day	7.0 hours/day	3.6 hours/day	4.9 hours/day	3.2 hours/day	2.0 hours/day	6.9 hours/day
Mar	7.3 hours/day	7.5 hours/day	3.7 hours/day	7.8 hours/day	4.8 hours/day	5.8 hours/day	4.5 hours/day	3.3 hours/day	7.5 hours/day
Apr	6.1 hours/day	6.8 hours/day	3.8 hours/day	6.7 hours/day	4.7 hours/day	5.6 hours/day	4.2 hours/day	3.8 hours/day	6.0 hours/day
May	4.0 hours/day	4.5 hours/day	2.5 hours/day	4.4 hours/day	3.3 hours/day	4.1 hours/day	2.8 hours/day	2.4 hours/day	4.1 hours/day
Jun	3.0 hours/day	3.5 hours/day	2.5 hours/day	3.5 hours/day	3.4 hours/day	4.4 hours/day	2.8 hours/day	3.1 hours/day	3.0 hours/day
Jul	4.3 hours/day	3.8 hours/day	4.2 hours/day	3.7 hours/day	4.7 hours/day	5.5 hours/day	4.3 hours/day	5.2 hours/day	3.7 hours/day
Aug	3.6 hours/day	2.6 hours/day	4.1 hours/day	3.0 hours/day	4.2 hours/day	5.1 hours/day	3.9 hours/day	4.8 hours/day	3.0 hours/day
Sep	5.8 hours/day	4.2 hours/day	4.4 hours/day	3.9 hours/day	5.2 hours/day	5.8 hours/day	4.8 hours/day	4.3 hours/day	4.6 hours/day
Oct	7.2 hours/day	4.8 hours/day	2.5 hours/day	4.9 hours/day	4.0 hours/day	5.6 hours/day	3.1 hours/day	1.8 hours/day	5.6 hours/day
Nov	7.1 hours/day	5.9 hours/day	2.1 hours/day	6.2 hours/day	3.7 hours/day	5.5 hours/day	2.9 hours/day	1.3 hours/day	6.4 hours/day
Dec	6.7 hours/day	5.8 hours/day	1.8 hours/day	6.3 hours/day	2.8 hours/day	4.2 hours/day	2.4 hours/day	1.1 hours/day	6.3 hours/day
Average	5.3 hours/day	5.1 hours/day	5.2 hours/day	2.9 hours/day	5.8 hours/day	5.4 hours/day	3.1 hours/day	3.5 hours/day	4.0 hours/day

Sun hours are computed from the number of hours of direct sunlight. The length of the day can affect these measurements; for example, northern cities have longer days in summer.

Precipitation Levels

Period	Taichung	Kaohsiung	Taipei	Tainan	Zhongli	Hsinchu	Taoyuan District	Keelung	Chiayi
Jan	0.1in	0.0in	0.1in	0.0in	0.1in	0.1in	0.1in	0.1in	0.1in
Feb	0.1in	0.0in	0.1in	0.1in	0.1in	0.1in	0.1in	0.2in	0.1in
Mar	0.1in	0.0in	0.1in	0.1in	0.1in	0.1in	0.1in	0.2in	0.1in
Apr	0.2in	0.1in	0.1in	0.1in	0.1in	0.2in	0.1in	0.2in	0.2in
May	0.4in	0.3in	0.3in	0.3in	0.2in	0.2in	0.2in	0.3in	0.4in
Jun	0.5in	0.5in	0.3in	0.5in	0.3in	0.3in	0.3in	0.3in	0.6in
Jul	0.3in	0.5in	0.2in	0.5in	0.2in	0.2in	0.2in	0.2in	0.5in
Aug	0.4in	0.7in	0.2in	0.7in	0.2in	0.2in	0.3in	0.2in	0.6in
Sep	0.1in	0.2in	0.2in	0.2in	0.2in	0.2in	0.2in	0.3in	0.2in
Oct	0.1in	0.2in	0.3in	0.1in	0.2in	0.1in	0.2in	0.3in	0.1in
Nov	0.0in	0.1in	0.1in	0.0in	0.1in	0.1in	0.1in	0.2in	0.1in
Dec	0.1in	0.0in	0.1in	0.0in	0.1in	0.1in	0.1in	0.2in	0.1in
Average	0.2in	0.2in	0.2in	0.2in	0.2in	0.2in	0.2in	0.2in	0.2in

Average amount of precipitation that falls in a form of a rain, snow, sleet or hail.

Wind Speed

Period	Taichung	Kaohsiung	Taipei	Tainan	Zhongli	Hsinchu	Taoyuan District	Keelung	Chiayi
Jan	14.9mph	10.2mph	11.7mph	13.0mph	14.3mph	18.4mph	12.1mph	17.1mph	14.9mph
Feb	14.2mph	10.8mph	11.2mph	13.1mph	13.8mph	17.3mph	11.6mph	16.3mph	14.3mph
Mar	12.9mph	10.7mph	10.8mph	12.5mph	12.9mph	15.9mph	11.0mph	14.7mph	13.4mph
Apr	11.8mph	10.7mph	10.3mph	11.9mph	12.3mph	14.5mph	10.5mph	13.3mph	12.4mph
May	10.6mph	9.9mph	9.4mph	10.6mph	11.5mph	13.8mph	9.9mph	11.9mph	11.0mph
Jun	10.7mph	10.2mph	8.9mph	10.4mph	12.0mph	13.9mph	10.0mph	9.9mph	11.4mph
Jul	11.1mph	11.5mph	10.1mph	11.4mph	11.9mph	13.7mph	10.1mph	12.7mph	12.1mph
Aug	10.1mph	10.8mph	9.3mph	11.0mph	10.9mph	12.4mph	9.2mph	11.5mph	11.4mph
Sep	10.8mph	10.3mph	10.9mph	11.0mph	12.2mph	13.7mph	10.6mph	14.1mph	11.3mph
Oct	15.3mph	9.4mph	13.3mph	11.6mph	16.3mph	19.9mph	13.9mph	18.1mph	13.8mph
Nov	14.4mph	9.2mph	12.4mph	11.9mph	15.6mph	19.4mph	12.9mph	17.6mph	14.4mph
Dec	16.5mph	10.2mph	12.3mph	13.6mph	15.9mph	20.3mph	13.2mph	18.8mph	15.9mph
Average	13.0mph	16.1mph	10.3mph	14.7mph	12.8mph	11.8mph	10.9mph	11.3mph	13.3mph

Humidity

Period	Taichung	Kaohsiung	Taipei	Tainan	Zhongli	Hsinchu	Taoyuan District	Keelung	Chiayi
Jan	66.4%	63.9%	76.0%	62.9%	73.7%	72.0%	75.3%	78.1%	65.3%
Feb	68.1%	64.6%	77.3%	63.0%	75.2%	74.4%	76.3%	80.8%	65.7%
Mar	67.0%	65.5%	72.7%	62.1%	72.0%	73.1%	72.3%	78.9%	64.0%
Apr	68.1%	67.7%	71.8%	63.1%	71.4%	73.0%	71.6%	79.5%	64.4%
May	73.5%	70.9%	73.6%	67.7%	74.4%	76.3%	74.3%	81.8%	70.3%
Jun	74.9%	71.5%	72.5%	68.8%	73.7%	76.6%	73.3%	82.0%	70.1%
Jul	73.1%	72.4%	68.1%	71.4%	69.3%	73.9%	68.9%	79.4%	70.1%
Aug	72.7%	73.7%	69.4%	71.3%	70.1%	73.9%	69.9%	78.8%	69.5%
Sep	70.9%	70.6%	71.5%	67.7%	70.9%	72.7%	71.5%	79.7%	67.3%
Oct	69.1%	68.6%	77.4%	65.9%	74.9%	73.3%	76.6%	80.1%	66.8%
Nov	68.6%	67.6%	78.9%	65.6%	76.1%	73.8%	77.9%	80.4%	67.6%
Dec	68.5%	64.8%	79.5%	65.3%	77.0%	74.3%	78.8%	79.8%	67.4%
Average	67.4%	73.9%	68.5%	79.9%	70.1%	66.2%	74.1%	73.9%	73.2%

Daylight Hours #

Sunrise times vary by about 1 minute across cities, with Keelung having the earliest sunrise and Kaohsiung and Tainan the latest.
Sunset times are also quite similar, with maximum difference of 1-2 minutes between all the discussed cities.
Day length varies slightly, with Kaohsiung experiencing the shortest longest day and the longest shortest day.
All the cities share the same patterns, with the earliest sunrises in June and latest in January, while the earliest sunsets occur in November and latest in July.

Sunrise Time

Period	Taichung	Kaohsiung	Taipei	Tainan	Zhongli	Hsinchu	Taoyuan District	Keelung	Chiayi
Jan	6:41	6:40	6:40	6:41	6:41	6:41	6:40	6:39	6:41
Feb	6:31	6:31	6:28	6:31	6:29	6:30	6:29	6:27	6:31
Mar	6:05	6:07	6:02	6:07	6:04	6:04	6:03	6:01	6:07
Apr	5:37	5:39	5:32	5:39	5:34	5:35	5:33	5:31	5:38
May	5:15	5:19	5:10	5:19	5:12	5:13	5:11	5:09	5:17
Jun	5:10	5:15	5:05	5:14	5:06	5:07	5:05	5:04	5:13
Jul	5:19	5:24	5:14	5:23	5:16	5:17	5:15	5:13	5:22
Aug	5:33	5:36	5:28	5:36	5:29	5:31	5:29	5:27	5:35
Sep	5:44	5:46	5:40	5:46	5:41	5:43	5:41	5:40	5:46
Oct	5:56	5:56	5:53	5:56	5:54	5:55	5:53	5:52	5:56
Nov	6:13	6:12	6:11	6:13	6:12	6:13	6:11	6:10	6:13
Dec	6:32	6:31	6:31	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:30	6:32
Average	5:54	5:54	5:54	5:48	5:54	5:54	5:48	5:48	5:48

Sunrise times are output in the local timezone of each place.

Sunset Time

Period	Taichung	Kaohsiung	Taipei	Tainan	Zhongli	Hsinchu	Taoyuan District	Keelung	Chiayi
Jan	17:32	17:36	17:27	17:36	17:28	17:29	17:28	17:26	17:34
Feb	17:52	17:55	17:48	17:55	17:49	17:50	17:49	17:47	17:54
Mar	18:07	18:08	18:03	18:08	18:04	18:05	18:04	18:02	18:08
Apr	18:19	18:19	18:16	18:20	18:17	18:19	18:17	18:16	18:20
May	18:33	18:32	18:31	18:33	18:32	18:33	18:32	18:31	18:33
Jun	18:46	18:44	18:44	18:46	18:46	18:46	18:45	18:44	18:46
Jul	18:47	18:46	18:45	18:46	18:46	18:47	18:46	18:44	18:47
Aug	18:29	18:29	18:27	18:30	18:28	18:29	18:28	18:26	18:30
Sep	18:01	18:02	17:58	18:02	17:59	18:00	17:59	17:57	18:02
Oct	17:31	17:34	17:27	17:34	17:28	17:29	17:28	17:26	17:33
Nov	17:12	17:16	17:07	17:16	17:08	17:10	17:08	17:06	17:14
Dec	17:13	17:18	17:08	17:17	17:10	17:11	17:09	17:07	17:16
Average	18:06	18:00	18:06	18:00	18:00	18:06	18:00	18:00	18:00

Sunset times are output in the local timezone of each place.

Useful Day Length

Period	Taichung	Kaohsiung	Taipei	Tainan	Zhongli	Hsinchu	Taoyuan District	Keelung	Chiayi
Jan	10:32 hours	10:36 hours	10:27 hours	10:36 hours	10:28 hours	10:29 hours	10:28 hours	10:26 hours	10:34 hours
Feb	10:52 hours	10:55 hours	10:48 hours	10:55 hours	10:49 hours	10:50 hours	10:49 hours	10:47 hours	10:54 hours
Mar	11:07 hours	11:08 hours	11:03 hours	11:08 hours	11:04 hours	11:05 hours	11:04 hours	11:02 hours	11:08 hours
Apr	11:19 hours	11:19 hours	11:16 hours	11:20 hours	11:17 hours	11:19 hours	11:17 hours	11:16 hours	11:20 hours
May	11:33 hours	11:32 hours	11:31 hours	11:33 hours	11:32 hours	11:33 hours	11:32 hours	11:31 hours	11:33 hours
Jun	11:46 hours	11:44 hours	11:44 hours	11:46 hours	11:46 hours	11:46 hours	11:45 hours	11:44 hours	11:46 hours
Jul	11:47 hours	11:46 hours	11:45 hours	11:46 hours	11:46 hours	11:47 hours	11:46 hours	11:44 hours	11:47 hours
Aug	11:29 hours	11:29 hours	11:27 hours	11:30 hours	11:28 hours	11:29 hours	11:28 hours	11:26 hours	11:30 hours
Sep	11:01 hours	11:02 hours	10:58 hours	11:02 hours	10:59 hours	11:00 hours	10:59 hours	10:57 hours	11:02 hours
Oct	10:31 hours	10:34 hours	10:27 hours	10:34 hours	10:28 hours	10:29 hours	10:28 hours	10:26 hours	10:33 hours
Nov	10:12 hours	10:16 hours	10:07 hours	10:16 hours	10:08 hours	10:10 hours	10:08 hours	10:06 hours	10:14 hours
Dec	10:13 hours	10:18 hours	10:08 hours	10:17 hours	10:10 hours	10:11 hours	10:09 hours	10:07 hours	10:16 hours
Average	11:06 hours	11:00 hours	11:06 hours	11:00 hours	11:00 hours	11:06 hours	11:00 hours	11:00 hours	11:00 hours

Discards daylight hours before 7 AM. In places that are located to the west of the timezone, the sun rises and sets later compared to the cities that are located to the east. This means that the useful day length is longer in the cities located to the west of the time zone.

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