Taipa climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Taipa?

Taipa has a humid subtropical, dry winter climate (Köppen Cwa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 23.0 °C and it receives 1,687 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Taipa?

The hottest day measured in Taipa between 1940 and 2025 was 22 August 2017, reaching 35.9 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Taipa?

The coldest day measured in Taipa between 1940 and 2025 was 11 February 1957, at 3.5 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Taipa?

Almost never: Taipa sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Q: Has the climate of Taipa warmed?

Yes: Taipa warmed by +1.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Taipa?

The wettest day measured in Taipa between 1940 and 2025 was 3 August 1970, with 287 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Taipa?

The windiest day measured in Taipa between 1940 and 2025 was 16 September 2018, with winds reaching 77.6 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Taipa?

The warmest month in Taipa is July (28.5 °C on average); the coldest is January (15.6 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Taipa?

Taipa receives on average 1,687 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 161 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Taipa?

Taipa gets on average 8.9 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,249 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Taipa (Macao) has a humid subtropical, dry winter climate (Cwa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 23.0 °C and it receives 1,687 mm of precipitation per year.

These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.

The warmest month is July (28.5 °C on average) and the coldest is January (15.6 °C). Rainfall peaks in August.

Taipa averages 0 frost days, 66 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 161 rainy days per year.

Taipa has warmed by +1.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.15 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 35.9 °C (on 22 August 2017) and the coldest 3.5 °C (on 11 February 1957).

Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.

Climate normals · ERA5

TaipaOur Lady of Carmo

coords: 22.16°, 113.56°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

CwaHumid subtropical, dry winterWarmest monthJulyColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthAugustDriest monthJanuary

Mean daily temperature

23.0°C

Average daily high

25.2°C

Average daily low

21.2°C

Annual rainfall

1,687mm

Sunshine / day

8.9h

Mean relative humidity

80%

Average peak wind

20.3km/h

Seasonal range

12.9°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

66 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

161 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

27.6 °C

Average feels-like low

22.5 °C

Average peak gust

36.5 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

226 d/yr

Solar radiation

16.2 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.3 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.56 · p = < 0.001

19402025

Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).

A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.

Records for the period

Hottest day

35.9 °C

22 August 2017

Coldest day

3.5 °C

11 February 1957

Wettest day

287 mm

3 August 1970

Windiest day

77.6 km/h

16 September 2018

Strongest gust

160.6 km/h

16 September 2018

Hottest feels-like

44.4 °C

18 July 2019

Coldest feels-like

-3.8 °C

11 February 1957

Snowiest day

0.1 cm

24 January 2016

Sunniest day

13.0 h

26 May 1940

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	33.5 °C10 June 2025	9.9 °C12 January 2025	23.6 °C	1,821 mm	100
2024	34.6 °C5 August 2024	5.6 °C23 January 2024	24.1 °C	1,918 mm	103
2023	35.1 °C15 July 2023	7.7 °C22 December 2023	24.0 °C	1,957 mm	104
2022	34.9 °C24 July 2022	8.0 °C21 February 2022	23.4 °C	1,832 mm	88
2021	34.4 °C27 July 2021	7.2 °C12 January 2021	24.1 °C	1,925 mm	123
2020	33.1 °C14 July 2020	7.5 °C31 December 2020	23.9 °C	1,617 mm	93
2019	34.7 °C18 July 2019	10.0 °C1 January 2019	24.3 °C	1,658 mm	106
2018	33.5 °C15 September 2018	6.4 °C1 February 2018	23.5 °C	1,762 mm	92
2017	35.9 °C22 August 2017	9.2 °C18 December 2017	23.7 °C	1,669 mm	104
2016	34.4 °C9 July 2016	4.4 °C25 January 2016	23.4 °C	2,296 mm	100
2015	35.3 °C8 August 2015	9.8 °C18 December 2015	24.0 °C	1,491 mm	101
2014	34.0 °C23 July 2014	6.5 °C12 February 2014	23.3 °C	1,519 mm	107
2013	33.2 °C13 July 2013	8.1 °C28 December 2013	23.1 °C	1,987 mm	75
2012	34.4 °C2 August 2012	6.7 °C31 December 2012	23.3 °C	1,689 mm	75
2011	34.1 °C31 August 2011	6.2 °C12 January 2011	22.8 °C	1,172 mm	97
2010	33.6 °C5 August 2010	5.9 °C17 December 2010	23.3 °C	1,781 mm	81
2009	34.3 °C18 July 2009	8.5 °C11 January 2009	23.4 °C	1,576 mm	92
2008	34.9 °C28 July 2008	7.1 °C3 February 2008	23.0 °C	1,879 mm	66
2007	32.8 °C14 July 2007	10.3 °C8 January 2007	23.6 °C	1,273 mm	93
2006	34.2 °C13 July 2006	7.2 °C7 January 2006	23.6 °C	1,647 mm	71
2005	35.4 °C19 July 2005	5.5 °C1 January 2005	23.2 °C	1,669 mm	77
2004	35.0 °C1 July 2004	7.2 °C21 January 2004	23.4 °C	1,207 mm	86
2003	33.0 °C23 July 2003	7.4 °C6 January 2003	23.6 °C	1,522 mm	92
2002	32.7 °C9 July 2002	6.2 °C27 December 2002	23.7 °C	1,515 mm	78
2001	33.4 °C23 August 2001	8.2 °C22 December 2001	23.6 °C	1,912 mm	78
2000	33.2 °C5 June 2000	6.8 °C27 January 2000	23.3 °C	1,650 mm	86
1999	34.4 °C20 August 1999	5.0 °C23 December 1999	23.5 °C	1,741 mm	85
1998	32.8 °C3 August 1998	8.3 °C6 February 1998	23.8 °C	1,764 mm	91
1997	34.0 °C19 August 1997	7.9 °C25 January 1997	23.2 °C	2,225 mm	56
1996	34.1 °C26 July 1996	5.7 °C21 February 1996	22.9 °C	1,600 mm	79
1995	33.5 °C30 July 1995	9.2 °C5 January 1995	22.9 °C	1,613 mm	66
1994	33.8 °C10 July 1994	7.2 °C21 January 1994	23.4 °C	1,807 mm	54
1993	32.7 °C29 July 1993	5.6 °C16 January 1993	22.9 °C	1,899 mm	80
1992	33.8 °C29 August 1992	7.6 °C15 January 1992	22.7 °C	1,758 mm	76
1991	33.6 °C19 July 1991	4.3 °C28 December 1991	23.5 °C	1,271 mm	91
1990	35.1 °C17 August 1990	6.3 °C1 February 1990	23.2 °C	1,705 mm	82
1989	33.8 °C16 July 1989	6.7 °C14 January 1989	22.8 °C	1,520 mm	73
1988	33.8 °C18 July 1988	8.8 °C18 February 1988	22.7 °C	1,619 mm	81
1987	33.3 °C13 July 1987	8.0 °C7 December 1987	23.5 °C	1,620 mm	64
1986	33.4 °C28 August 1986	4.9 °C1 March 1986	22.8 °C	1,871 mm	68
1985	32.7 °C22 June 1985	8.3 °C10 January 1985	22.5 °C	1,903 mm	45
1984	32.9 °C29 August 1984	5.8 °C7 February 1984	22.2 °C	1,745 mm	53
1983	32.8 °C11 August 1983	4.9 °C30 December 1983	22.5 °C	2,201 mm	87
1982	35.3 °C29 July 1982	7.7 °C27 December 1982	22.9 °C	1,782 mm	72
1981	32.8 °C8 August 1981	8.5 °C20 December 1981	23.0 °C	1,684 mm	63
1980	34.9 °C10 July 1980	5.5 °C9 February 1980	23.0 °C	1,340 mm	78
1979	33.8 °C28 July 1979	5.9 °C1 February 1979	22.8 °C	1,895 mm	56
1978	33.5 °C24 August 1978	7.0 °C19 January 1978	22.8 °C	2,396 mm	72
1977	32.8 °C21 August 1977	5.1 °C3 February 1977	23.0 °C	1,490 mm	90
1976	32.8 °C26 May 1976	4.9 °C28 December 1976	22.3 °C	1,870 mm	59
1975	32.2 °C29 July 1975	4.6 °C14 December 1975	22.9 °C	2,599 mm	63
1974	32.6 °C21 August 1974	5.2 °C26 February 1974	22.7 °C	1,980 mm	65
1973	32.0 °C24 June 1973	7.3 °C25 December 1973	23.3 °C	2,745 mm	57
1972	32.9 °C10 July 1972	5.1 °C9 February 1972	22.8 °C	2,412 mm	62
1971	33.4 °C21 July 1971	6.1 °C30 January 1971	22.5 °C	1,948 mm	63
1970	31.9 °C4 July 1970	6.7 °C16 January 1970	22.6 °C	2,287 mm	68
1969	33.8 °C27 July 1969	4.1 °C5 February 1969	22.5 °C	1,505 mm	74
1968	33.6 °C25 July 1968	6.7 °C7 February 1968	22.8 °C	1,878 mm	52
1967	32.8 °C28 August 1967	4.4 °C16 January 1967	22.5 °C	1,652 mm	73
1966	31.8 °C16 August 1966	6.8 °C23 February 1966	23.3 °C	1,492 mm	33
1965	31.9 °C26 July 1965	7.1 °C18 December 1965	22.5 °C	1,906 mm	12
1964	34.3 °C7 August 1964	7.0 °C26 February 1964	22.8 °C	1,908 mm	69
1963	33.2 °C5 September 1963	6.2 °C15 January 1963	22.9 °C	1,231 mm	66
1962	33.2 °C2 August 1962	6.3 °C2 January 1962	22.7 °C	1,306 mm	77
1961	33.8 °C1 July 1961	7.4 °C17 January 1961	23.1 °C	2,189 mm	68
1960	34.1 °C21 August 1960	5.8 °C25 January 1960	23.1 °C	1,591 mm	48
1959	33.8 °C29 August 1959	7.6 °C11 January 1959	23.0 °C	1,764 mm	58
1958	33.5 °C16 July 1958	5.9 °C17 January 1958	22.6 °C	1,553 mm	56
1957	32.5 °C15 August 1957	3.5 °C11 February 1957	22.5 °C	1,806 mm	52
1956	33.7 °C1 August 1956	5.1 °C9 January 1956	22.7 °C	1,119 mm	66
1955	31.3 °C24 August 1955	4.1 °C11 January 1955	22.6 °C	1,091 mm	13
1954	31.8 °C25 September 1954	7.7 °C12 December 1954	22.9 °C	1,208 mm	62
1953	32.3 °C12 August 1953	8.7 °C11 December 1953	22.9 °C	1,350 mm	31
1952	31.6 °C1 September 1952	6.1 °C19 February 1952	23.2 °C	1,439 mm	32
1951	31.2 °C31 July 1951	5.2 °C14 January 1951	22.7 °C	1,553 mm	13
1950	30.7 °C17 July 1950	8.2 °C10 December 1950	22.7 °C	1,951 mm	11
1949	31.7 °C4 June 1949	6.4 °C9 January 1949	23.0 °C	1,123 mm	45
1948	31.4 °C21 August 1948	6.4 °C27 January 1948	22.8 °C	1,417 mm	26
1947	31.9 °C29 August 1947	6.5 °C20 December 1947	22.1 °C	1,405 mm	5
1946	33.8 °C17 July 1946	8.3 °C6 January 1946	23.2 °C	972 mm	57
1945	31.5 °C2 September 1945	6.6 °C4 February 1945	21.9 °C	1,709 mm	19
1944	31.5 °C10 August 1944	5.6 °C20 December 1944	22.3 °C	1,688 mm	7
1943	31.3 °C9 June 1943	6.5 °C12 January 1943	22.4 °C	618 mm	26
1942	30.7 °C18 August 1942	7.7 °C13 February 1942	22.4 °C	1,533 mm	10
1941	30.9 °C8 August 1941	7.7 °C29 December 1941	22.4 °C	1,550 mm	7
1940	32.1 °C31 August 1940	5.5 °C24 January 1940	22.1 °C	1,326 mm	16

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

26.0 °C

+0.8 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

100 d/yr

+34

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

1821 mm

+134 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	19.3 °C	+1.1 °C	15 mm	-9 mm
Feb	19.3 °C	+0.3 °C	12 mm	-31 mm
Mar	22.0 °C	+0.2 °C	42 mm	-24 mm
Apr	25.8 °C	+0.8 °C	47 mm	-69 mm
May	28.7 °C	+0.7 °C	198 mm	-33 mm
Jun	30.1 °C	+0.6 °C	320 mm	+37 mm
Jul	31.5 °C	+1.2 °C	305 mm	+72 mm
Aug	30.4 °C	+0.2 °C	306 mm	+11 mm
Sep	30.7 °C	+1.2 °C	434 mm	+202 mm
Oct	28.5 °C	+1.3 °C	114 mm	+19 mm
Nov	23.5 °C	-0.1 °C	12 mm	-30 mm
Dec	21.8 °C	+2.1 °C	17 mm	-11 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

33.5 °C

10 Jun 2025

Coldest day

9.9 °C

12 Jan 2025

Wettest day

145.5 mm

24 Sep 2025

Windiest day

76.6 km/h

24 Sep 2025

Strongest gust

154.4 km/h

24 Sep 2025

Hottest feels-like

42.6 °C

26 Jul 2025

Coldest feels-like

4.3 °C

27 Jan 2025

Sunniest day

13.0 h

6 Jun 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Taipa?

Taipa has a humid subtropical, dry winter climate (Köppen Cwa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 23.0 °C and it receives 1,687 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Taipa?

The hottest day measured in Taipa between 1940 and 2025 was 22 August 2017, reaching 35.9 °C.

What is the coldest day in Taipa?

The coldest day measured in Taipa between 1940 and 2025 was 11 February 1957, at 3.5 °C.

Does it snow in Taipa?

Almost never: Taipa sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Has the climate of Taipa warmed?

Yes: Taipa warmed by +1.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Taipa?

The wettest day measured in Taipa between 1940 and 2025 was 3 August 1970, with 287 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Taipa?

The windiest day measured in Taipa between 1940 and 2025 was 16 September 2018, with winds reaching 77.6 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Taipa?

The warmest month in Taipa is July (28.5 °C on average); the coldest is January (15.6 °C).

How much does it rain in Taipa?

Taipa receives on average 1,687 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 161 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Taipa?

Taipa gets on average 8.9 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,249 hours per year over 1940-2025.

What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Taipa?

The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Taipa between 1940 and 2025 was 24 January 2016, with 0.1 cm.

Are there tropical nights in Taipa?

Yes: Taipa has on average 226 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Taipa?

In Taipa, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 44.4 °C on 18 July 2019, and the lowest was -3.8 °C on 11 February 1957.

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