Taipei month by month
Plan your visit to Taipei by month. Compare weather, crowds, events, and prices across all twelve months with historical climate data.
Taipei's measured year splits into three bands. January and February record average highs of 19°C and 20°C with 10 and 12 rain days. March and April climb to 23°C and 26°C on 11 to 12 rain days. Then May tips the balance. Rain days rise to 18 and the average high reaches 29°C. June through August form the wet core of the year, with highs of 32°C to 33°C and 18 to 20 rain days each month. September stays warm at 32°C but rain days drop to 15. October falls to 28°C on 15 rain days, November to 25°C on 11, and December settles at 20°C and 13 rain days.
TTDI publishes 12 month guides beneath this index. January averages 19°C and 10 rain days. July averages 33°C and 18. For any trip window, open your target month first and read the 2 adjacent guides to gauge how quickly conditions shift. March to May spans 23°C to 29°C and 11 to 18 rain days across 3 months. October to December covers 28°C to 20°C and 15 to 13 rain days across another 3 months.
June needs the closest read. Its 20 rain days are the year's highest count, paired with 32°C heat. August runs close at 19 rain days and 33°C.
June leads the year with Taipei's highest rain-day count at 20 and a 32°C average high.
- January
- High
- 19°C
- Low
- 13°C
- Rain
- 50 mm
January is Taipei's coolest month and, perhaps surprisingly, its driest. Daytime highs sit around 19°C (66°F) and overnight lows settle near 13°C (56°F), with only about 50mm of…
- February
- High
- 20°C
- Low
- 14°C
- Rain
- 89 mm
February in Taipei is defined by one thing above all else. Lunar New Year typically falls somewhere between late January and mid-February, and it reshapes the entire city for…
- March
- High
- 23°C
- Low
- 16°C
- Rain
- 113 mm
March is when Taipei shakes off its damp, grey winter and starts to feel like spring. Daytime temperatures reach about 23°C (74°F), while nights drop to around 16°C (60°F),…
- April
- High
- 26°C
- Low
- 19°C
- Rain
- 117 mm
April is the last comfortable month in Taipei before the plum rains arrive in May, when rainfall nearly doubles to 248mm. Daytime temperatures average 26°C (79°F), warm enough for…
- May
- High
- 29°C
- Low
- 22°C
- Rain
- 248 mm
May in Taipei means plum rain. The méiyǔ jì (梅雨季) season typically arrives during the second or third week of the month, bringing around 248mm of rainfall across roughly 18 days.…
- June
- High
- 32°C
- Low
- 25°C
- Rain
- 221 mm
June in Taipei means plum rain. The city enters meiyu season (梅雨季), and with it comes 221mm of rainfall spread across roughly 20 rainy days, daytime temperatures around 31.7°C…
- July
- High
- 33°C
- Low
- 26°C
- Rain
- 176 mm
July in Taipei is hot. Not theoretically hot, not dry-heat hot, but the kind of sticky 33°C (92°F) that settles into your clothes within 5 minutes of stepping outside the MRT…
- August
- High
- 33°C
- Low
- 26°C
- Rain
- 166 mm
August in Taipei is the city's joint-hottest month alongside July, with afternoon temperatures typically reaching 33.4°C (92°F) and humidity around 78% that can make 33 feel closer…
- September
- High
- 32°C
- Low
- 25°C
- Rain
- 206 mm
September in Taipei means typhoons. That's the single most important thing to know. The city sits in the peak window of the northwest Pacific typhoon season, and September has…
- October
- High
- 28°C
- Low
- 23°C
- Rain
- 261 mm
October in Taipei marks the arrival of the northeast monsoon, which typically settles in during the second half of the month. Around 153mm of rain falls across roughly 13 wet days,…
- November
- High
- 25°C
- Low
- 19°C
- Rain
- 81 mm
November in Taipei is the month the rain finally lets up. After October's punishing 261mm of rainfall, the city dries out to a manageable 81mm across roughly 11 rainy days, and…
- December
- High
- 20°C
- Low
- 15°C
- Rain
- 62 mm
December in Taipei is one of the year's driest months, with about 62mm of rainfall over roughly 13 days. That's the single most practical thing to know. After the October downpours…