Kaohsiung City climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Kaohsiung City?

Kaohsiung City has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 24.7 °C and it receives 1,666 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Kaohsiung City?

The hottest day measured in Kaohsiung City between 1940 and 2025 was 21 July 1996, reaching 35.1 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Kaohsiung City?

The coldest day measured in Kaohsiung City between 1940 and 2025 was 24 January 2016, at 8.6 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Kaohsiung City?

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

Q: Has the climate of Kaohsiung City warmed?

Yes: Kaohsiung City warmed by +1.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Kaohsiung City?

The wettest day measured in Kaohsiung City between 1940 and 2025 was 8 August 2009, with 409 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Kaohsiung City?

The windiest day measured in Kaohsiung City between 1940 and 2025 was 1 August 1979, with winds reaching 83.8 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Kaohsiung City?

The warmest month in Kaohsiung City is July (28.5 °C on average); the coldest is January (19.2 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Kaohsiung City?

Kaohsiung City receives on average 1,666 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 155 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Kaohsiung City?

Kaohsiung City gets on average 9.8 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,577 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Kaohsiung City (Taiwan) has a tropical savanna climate (Aw) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 24.7 °C and it receives 1,666 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 (19.2 °C). Rainfall peaks in August.

Kaohsiung City averages 0 frost days, 84 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 155 rainy days per year.

Kaohsiung City has warmed by +1.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.19 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 35.1 °C (on 21 July 1996) and the coldest 8.6 °C (on 24 January 2016).

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

Kaohsiung CityTakao

coords: 22.62°, 120.31°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AwTropical savannaWarmest monthJulyColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthAugustDriest monthJanuary

Mean daily temperature

24.7°C

Average daily high

27.1°C

Average daily low

22.6°C

Annual rainfall

1,666mm

Sunshine / day

9.8h

Mean relative humidity

79%

Average peak wind

17.2km/h

Seasonal range

9.3°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

84 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

155 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

30.9 °C

Average feels-like low

25.1 °C

Average peak gust

30.1 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

266 d/yr

Solar radiation

17.1 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.6 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.72 · 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

35.1 °C

21 July 1996

Coldest day

8.6 °C

24 January 2016

Wettest day

409 mm

8 August 2009

Windiest day

83.8 km/h

1 August 1979

Strongest gust

140.8 km/h

19 July 1991

Hottest feels-like

42.4 °C

3 July 1979

Coldest feels-like

1.6 °C

24 January 2016

Sunniest day

13.4 h

20 June 1946

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	32.9 °C15 September 2025	13.8 °C28 January 2025	25.6 °C	1,897 mm	143
2024	34.5 °C19 July 2024	12.9 °C23 January 2024	25.9 °C	2,396 mm	129
2023	33.9 °C14 July 2023	13.2 °C28 January 2023	25.6 °C	1,801 mm	112
2022	33.2 °C27 July 2022	13.2 °C18 December 2022	25.5 °C	1,302 mm	124
2021	32.5 °C27 May 2021	12.1 °C10 January 2021	25.4 °C	1,667 mm	123
2020	33.1 °C13 July 2020	12.4 °C31 January 2020	25.8 °C	1,378 mm	139
2019	32.5 °C28 August 2019	15.6 °C23 January 2019	25.7 °C	1,949 mm	89
2018	33.5 °C1 June 2018	11.9 °C13 January 2018	25.4 °C	2,043 mm	107
2017	33.3 °C9 October 2017	14.6 °C10 February 2017	25.6 °C	1,385 mm	131
2016	32.9 °C27 June 2016	8.6 °C24 January 2016	25.3 °C	2,692 mm	114
2015	32.5 °C7 August 2015	13.2 °C10 February 2015	25.4 °C	1,555 mm	118
2014	33.5 °C17 July 2014	13.0 °C11 February 2014	25.2 °C	1,372 mm	117
2013	32.9 °C1 July 2013	13.5 °C28 December 2013	25.2 °C	1,795 mm	103
2012	32.0 °C21 July 2012	13.4 °C30 December 2012	25.2 °C	2,289 mm	88
2011	32.9 °C23 June 2011	13.2 °C16 January 2011	24.9 °C	1,539 mm	94
2010	32.8 °C14 July 2010	13.6 °C17 December 2010	25.4 °C	1,825 mm	110
2009	33.0 °C2 August 2009	12.3 °C14 January 2009	25.4 °C	1,617 mm	107
2008	31.9 °C22 June 2008	13.8 °C10 February 2008	25.1 °C	1,873 mm	103
2007	33.2 °C4 August 2007	12.3 °C29 January 2007	25.4 °C	1,903 mm	114
2006	32.9 °C1 July 2006	13.6 °C7 January 2006	25.5 °C	1,588 mm	96
2005	32.5 °C15 July 2005	11.5 °C6 March 2005	25.0 °C	2,366 mm	94
2004	32.9 °C28 June 2004	12.5 °C25 January 2004	25.0 °C	1,487 mm	101
2003	34.3 °C22 July 2003	14.6 °C6 January 2003	25.1 °C	1,266 mm	104
2002	32.1 °C1 July 2002	15.1 °C3 January 2002	25.2 °C	1,546 mm	98
2001	32.6 °C30 June 2001	14.3 °C24 December 2001	25.0 °C	2,365 mm	91
2000	31.9 °C2 July 2000	13.6 °C26 January 2000	24.9 °C	1,837 mm	74
1999	31.9 °C24 July 1999	10.9 °C22 December 1999	24.9 °C	1,923 mm	69
1998	32.3 °C21 August 1998	13.7 °C5 February 1998	25.6 °C	2,133 mm	123
1997	32.3 °C31 July 1997	13.8 °C12 January 1997	24.8 °C	1,717 mm	59
1996	35.1 °C21 July 1996	13.8 °C3 February 1996	24.8 °C	1,443 mm	89
1995	32.2 °C2 June 1995	13.0 °C6 February 1995	24.7 °C	1,504 mm	102
1994	32.4 °C26 May 1994	14.4 °C21 January 1994	25.1 °C	1,676 mm	93
1993	33.0 °C26 June 1993	12.3 °C28 January 1993	24.9 °C	1,020 mm	123
1992	31.9 °C10 August 1992	12.3 °C15 January 1992	24.3 °C	1,952 mm	59
1991	33.5 °C11 July 1991	11.0 °C29 December 1991	24.9 °C	1,575 mm	102
1990	33.2 °C15 June 1990	13.7 °C1 February 1990	24.7 °C	1,618 mm	69
1989	34.1 °C21 July 1989	12.9 °C11 February 1989	24.5 °C	1,404 mm	89
1988	32.2 °C5 July 1988	14.3 °C30 November 1988	24.6 °C	2,139 mm	102
1987	32.2 °C12 July 1987	12.3 °C27 February 1987	24.9 °C	1,699 mm	92
1986	32.6 °C9 July 1986	10.4 °C2 March 1986	24.2 °C	1,832 mm	77
1985	31.9 °C23 May 1985	11.8 °C17 December 1985	24.2 °C	1,660 mm	52
1984	31.0 °C2 June 1984	12.0 °C7 February 1984	24.2 °C	1,284 mm	67
1983	32.7 °C8 August 1983	13.2 °C22 January 1983	24.5 °C	1,864 mm	116
1982	31.8 °C20 July 1982	13.7 °C19 January 1982	24.4 °C	1,740 mm	62
1981	32.7 °C15 August 1981	13.5 °C12 January 1981	24.6 °C	2,040 mm	64
1980	34.6 °C23 June 1980	11.9 °C31 January 1980	25.0 °C	855 mm	125
1979	32.7 °C4 July 1979	11.9 °C1 February 1979	24.5 °C	1,643 mm	85
1978	32.5 °C24 August 1978	10.7 °C18 February 1978	24.5 °C	1,961 mm	93
1977	32.7 °C3 September 1977	12.1 °C18 February 1977	24.6 °C	2,013 mm	101
1976	32.2 °C25 June 1976	13.7 °C12 January 1976	24.2 °C	1,522 mm	71
1975	31.8 °C19 September 1975	11.8 °C29 December 1975	24.5 °C	2,113 mm	93
1974	32.6 °C21 July 1974	10.9 °C25 February 1974	24.4 °C	2,016 mm	77
1973	33.0 °C31 May 1973	10.6 °C25 December 1973	24.9 °C	1,993 mm	118
1972	32.9 °C7 July 1972	11.6 °C9 February 1972	24.2 °C	2,485 mm	57
1971	33.9 °C11 July 1971	11.8 °C5 January 1971	24.1 °C	1,386 mm	86
1970	32.4 °C8 August 1970	10.4 °C1 February 1970	24.5 °C	1,666 mm	91
1969	33.0 °C22 July 1969	10.7 °C5 February 1969	24.4 °C	1,509 mm	98
1968	31.9 °C19 August 1968	12.1 °C2 March 1968	23.9 °C	2,198 mm	63
1967	32.0 °C26 August 1967	9.8 °C16 January 1967	24.0 °C	1,283 mm	85
1966	32.2 °C15 August 1966	14.9 °C28 December 1966	24.7 °C	2,224 mm	54
1965	32.0 °C13 July 1965	12.5 °C9 January 1965	24.4 °C	1,437 mm	17
1964	32.2 °C7 August 1964	13.6 °C2 February 1964	24.6 °C	994 mm	87
1963	33.4 °C5 September 1963	11.0 °C15 January 1963	24.3 °C	892 mm	92
1962	34.0 °C11 July 1962	12.3 °C2 January 1962	24.4 °C	1,042 mm	95
1961	31.6 °C28 June 1961	12.6 °C18 January 1961	24.4 °C	1,741 mm	63
1960	32.4 °C26 June 1960	12.4 °C31 December 1960	24.7 °C	1,830 mm	85
1959	31.5 °C1 July 1959	10.8 °C18 January 1959	24.6 °C	1,727 mm	69
1958	31.7 °C19 August 1958	10.0 °C14 February 1958	24.3 °C	1,490 mm	95
1957	32.8 °C16 August 1957	11.3 °C11 February 1957	24.2 °C	1,246 mm	79
1956	34.5 °C7 July 1956	11.7 °C8 January 1956	24.5 °C	1,749 mm	107
1955	31.7 °C30 June 1955	10.8 °C11 January 1955	24.3 °C	1,378 mm	82
1954	32.2 °C15 August 1954	14.1 °C6 February 1954	24.9 °C	942 mm	120
1953	33.0 °C10 August 1953	13.1 °C8 January 1953	24.6 °C	1,200 mm	86
1952	31.9 °C4 July 1952	13.1 °C19 February 1952	24.8 °C	1,568 mm	73
1951	31.7 °C31 July 1951	14.0 °C16 December 1951	24.3 °C	1,649 mm	42
1950	31.2 °C17 July 1950	12.3 °C10 December 1950	23.9 °C	2,092 mm	23
1949	31.5 °C20 July 1949	12.3 °C17 January 1949	24.5 °C	1,518 mm	61
1948	31.2 °C13 August 1948	12.2 °C17 January 1948	24.1 °C	1,517 mm	36
1947	31.7 °C12 August 1947	13.5 °C20 December 1947	23.9 °C	1,248 mm	48
1946	33.5 °C11 September 1946	12.8 °C9 February 1946	24.6 °C	907 mm	86
1945	30.5 °C22 July 1945	13.9 °C17 January 1945	23.7 °C	1,956 mm	19
1944	30.5 °C26 July 1944	14.2 °C18 January 1944	23.9 °C	1,462 mm	5
1943	30.9 °C6 June 1943	13.0 °C13 January 1943	23.6 °C	920 mm	11
1942	30.5 °C8 July 1942	12.6 °C7 December 1942	24.0 °C	1,486 mm	11
1941	30.3 °C19 August 1941	12.7 °C5 February 1941	24.0 °C	1,790 mm	8
1940	30.1 °C20 August 1940	11.5 °C25 January 1940	23.5 °C	1,707 mm	2

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

27.8 °C

+0.7 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

143 d/yr

+59

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

1897 mm

+231 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	21.3 °C	-0.9 °C	28 mm	-3 mm
Feb	22.3 °C	-0.8 °C	70 mm	+39 mm
Mar	25.3 °C	0.0 °C	47 mm	+9 mm
Apr	28.4 °C	+0.8 °C	28 mm	-43 mm
May	30.4 °C	+1.2 °C	211 mm	-1 mm
Jun	30.9 °C	+1.2 °C	308 mm	-17 mm
Jul	30.2 °C	-0.2 °C	659 mm	+395 mm
Aug	30.7 °C	+0.7 °C	330 mm	+3 mm
Sep	31.1 °C	+1.3 °C	77 mm	-117 mm
Oct	30.8 °C	+2.5 °C	29 mm	-61 mm
Nov	27.0 °C	+0.9 °C	90 mm	+38 mm
Dec	25.2 °C	+1.8 °C	23 mm	-11 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

32.9 °C

15 Sep 2025

Coldest day

13.8 °C

28 Jan 2025

Wettest day

113.6 mm

13 Aug 2025

Windiest day

58.3 km/h

6 Jul 2025

Strongest gust

95.0 km/h

13 Aug 2025

Hottest feels-like

40.8 °C

29 Aug 2025

Coldest feels-like

9.4 °C

27 Jan 2025

Sunniest day

13.0 h

23 Jun 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Kaohsiung City?

Kaohsiung City has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 24.7 °C and it receives 1,666 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Kaohsiung City?

The hottest day measured in Kaohsiung City between 1940 and 2025 was 21 July 1996, reaching 35.1 °C.

What is the coldest day in Kaohsiung City?

The coldest day measured in Kaohsiung City between 1940 and 2025 was 24 January 2016, at 8.6 °C.

Does it snow in Kaohsiung City?

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

Has the climate of Kaohsiung City warmed?

Yes: Kaohsiung City warmed by +1.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Kaohsiung City?

The wettest day measured in Kaohsiung City between 1940 and 2025 was 8 August 2009, with 409 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Kaohsiung City?

The windiest day measured in Kaohsiung City between 1940 and 2025 was 1 August 1979, with winds reaching 83.8 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Kaohsiung City?

The warmest month in Kaohsiung City is July (28.5 °C on average); the coldest is January (19.2 °C).

How much does it rain in Kaohsiung City?

Kaohsiung City receives on average 1,666 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 155 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Kaohsiung City?

Kaohsiung City gets on average 9.8 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,577 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Kaohsiung City?

Yes: Kaohsiung City has on average 266 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Kaohsiung City?

In Kaohsiung City, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 42.4 °C on 3 July 1979, and the lowest was 1.6 °C on 24 January 2016.

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