Taipei climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Taipei?

Taipei has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 20.7 °C and it receives 2,023 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Taipei between 1940 and 2025 was 24 July 2020, reaching 36.2 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Taipei?

The coldest day measured in Taipei between 1940 and 2025 was 24 January 2016, at 0.8 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Taipei?

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

Q: Has the climate of Taipei warmed?

Yes: Taipei warmed by +2.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Taipei?

The wettest day measured in Taipei between 1940 and 2025 was 15 August 1942, with 285 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Taipei?

The windiest day measured in Taipei between 1940 and 2025 was 8 August 2015, with winds reaching 71.7 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Taipei?

The warmest month in Taipei is July (27.2 °C on average); the coldest is January (13.4 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Taipei?

Taipei receives on average 2,023 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 206 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Taipei?

Taipei gets on average 7.5 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,738 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Taipei (Taiwan) has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 20.7 °C and it receives 2,023 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 (27.2 °C on average) and the coldest is January (13.4 °C). Rainfall peaks in August.

Taipei averages 0 frost days, 72 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 206 rainy days per year.

Taipei has warmed by +2.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.25 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 36.2 °C (on 24 July 2020) and the coldest 0.8 °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

TaipeiTaiwan

coords: 25.05°, 121.53°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

CfaHumid subtropicalWarmest monthJulyColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthAugustDriest monthJanuary

Mean daily temperature

20.7°C

Average daily high

24.0°C

Average daily low

17.8°C

Annual rainfall

2,023mm

Sunshine / day

7.5h

Mean relative humidity

83%

Average peak wind

13.2km/h

Seasonal range

13.8°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

72 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

206 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.1 cm

Average feels-like high

26.6 °C

Average feels-like low

19.1 °C

Average peak gust

37.5 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

156 d/yr

Solar radiation

13.9 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+2.2 °C

since 1940

+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.76 · 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

36.2 °C

24 July 2020

Coldest day

0.8 °C

24 January 2016

Wettest day

285 mm

15 August 1942

Windiest day

71.7 km/h

8 August 2015

Strongest gust

218.5 km/h

8 August 2015

Hottest feels-like

43.9 °C

6 September 2017

Coldest feels-like

-4.2 °C

24 January 2016

Snowiest day

2.9 cm

24 January 2016

Sunniest day

13.6 h

27 June 1941

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	34.7 °C4 October 2025	5.0 °C28 January 2025	21.9 °C	2,331 mm	129
2024	35.1 °C2 September 2024	4.7 °C23 January 2024	22.1 °C	2,446 mm	114
2023	36.2 °C7 July 2023	5.1 °C25 January 2023	21.8 °C	1,666 mm	108
2022	35.5 °C24 July 2022	5.7 °C18 December 2022	21.4 °C	2,507 mm	91
2021	35.3 °C18 June 2021	3.2 °C13 January 2021	22.0 °C	2,089 mm	131
2020	36.2 °C24 July 2020	4.7 °C31 January 2020	22.0 °C	1,509 mm	113
2019	35.9 °C10 August 2019	8.9 °C28 January 2019	21.9 °C	1,993 mm	96
2018	33.9 °C10 August 2018	5.3 °C5 February 2018	21.7 °C	1,911 mm	102
2017	35.0 °C6 September 2017	6.3 °C10 February 2017	21.6 °C	2,050 mm	107
2016	35.4 °C1 June 2016	0.8 °C24 January 2016	21.7 °C	2,241 mm	106
2015	34.9 °C30 June 2015	5.9 °C23 January 2015	21.6 °C	2,177 mm	99
2014	35.6 °C9 July 2014	5.7 °C11 February 2014	21.3 °C	1,895 mm	92
2013	34.9 °C27 June 2013	6.8 °C28 December 2013	21.4 °C	2,428 mm	89
2012	34.1 °C8 August 2012	5.2 °C31 December 2012	21.2 °C	2,448 mm	80
2011	34.2 °C8 July 2011	5.6 °C16 January 2011	20.9 °C	1,984 mm	93
2010	36.1 °C3 July 2010	3.5 °C13 January 2010	21.4 °C	1,714 mm	95
2009	34.2 °C22 July 2009	4.5 °C14 January 2009	21.5 °C	2,000 mm	99
2008	34.1 °C24 July 2008	6.4 °C13 February 2008	21.4 °C	2,538 mm	100
2007	35.4 °C20 July 2007	4.9 °C28 January 2007	21.6 °C	2,743 mm	86
2006	34.3 °C16 August 2006	6.1 °C7 January 2006	21.7 °C	2,122 mm	82
2005	33.7 °C15 July 2005	3.8 °C1 January 2005	21.2 °C	2,588 mm	84
2004	33.9 °C6 August 2004	2.7 °C24 January 2004	21.1 °C	2,509 mm	85
2003	35.9 °C15 July 2003	5.0 °C28 January 2003	21.3 °C	1,220 mm	85
2002	35.4 °C24 June 2002	6.0 °C4 January 2002	21.6 °C	1,699 mm	78
2001	33.4 °C2 July 2001	6.0 °C24 December 2001	21.1 °C	2,178 mm	75
2000	33.9 °C26 July 2000	6.1 °C26 January 2000	21.2 °C	2,822 mm	68
1999	34.1 °C18 July 1999	3.7 °C22 December 1999	21.1 °C	1,656 mm	76
1998	35.0 °C19 July 1998	6.6 °C25 January 1998	21.8 °C	2,471 mm	76
1997	32.0 °C8 June 1997	5.5 °C12 January 1997	20.8 °C	2,298 mm	53
1996	34.2 °C23 July 1996	6.0 °C10 February 1996	20.6 °C	2,159 mm	80
1995	34.4 °C22 June 1995	3.8 °C6 January 1995	20.4 °C	1,809 mm	76
1994	33.9 °C8 July 1994	5.9 °C21 January 1994	21.4 °C	2,308 mm	85
1993	35.2 °C27 June 1993	5.3 °C31 January 1993	21.1 °C	1,569 mm	92
1992	34.0 °C21 July 1992	4.6 °C25 February 1992	20.5 °C	2,101 mm	62
1991	33.6 °C28 July 1991	2.7 °C29 December 1991	21.0 °C	1,965 mm	97
1990	34.7 °C9 August 1990	7.1 °C1 February 1990	21.1 °C	2,545 mm	66
1989	33.5 °C15 July 1989	5.1 °C9 March 1989	20.7 °C	2,002 mm	78
1988	35.4 °C26 July 1988	6.7 °C28 November 1988	20.7 °C	2,155 mm	88
1987	33.8 °C30 August 1987	4.0 °C4 February 1987	20.9 °C	2,024 mm	67
1986	33.9 °C10 August 1986	1.0 °C3 March 1986	20.3 °C	2,526 mm	73
1985	32.9 °C21 June 1985	1.6 °C17 December 1985	20.4 °C	2,232 mm	51
1984	34.5 °C13 July 1984	3.0 °C9 January 1984	20.3 °C	1,876 mm	65
1983	35.1 °C2 July 1983	6.6 °C18 February 1983	20.8 °C	1,969 mm	96
1982	33.7 °C17 June 1982	6.1 °C19 January 1982	20.5 °C	1,963 mm	61
1981	33.9 °C2 July 1981	2.5 °C12 January 1981	20.6 °C	2,362 mm	69
1980	34.6 °C26 July 1980	3.7 °C31 January 1980	20.5 °C	1,706 mm	89
1979	34.3 °C4 July 1979	4.3 °C1 February 1979	20.5 °C	2,226 mm	72
1978	34.0 °C24 June 1978	2.6 °C18 February 1978	20.6 °C	2,399 mm	94
1977	34.2 °C3 September 1977	2.3 °C18 February 1977	20.9 °C	2,092 mm	70
1976	33.5 °C22 August 1976	4.0 °C9 December 1976	20.1 °C	1,915 mm	78
1975	33.2 °C28 July 1975	5.1 °C23 February 1975	20.6 °C	2,245 mm	84
1974	33.7 °C21 July 1974	2.6 °C27 February 1974	20.5 °C	2,546 mm	51
1973	34.2 °C26 June 1973	4.0 °C24 December 1973	20.7 °C	1,810 mm	74
1972	33.3 °C8 July 1972	0.9 °C2 March 1972	20.1 °C	2,701 mm	38
1971	34.1 °C11 July 1971	2.7 °C9 January 1971	20.2 °C	2,172 mm	91
1970	34.5 °C14 July 1970	1.9 °C1 February 1970	20.3 °C	2,197 mm	87
1969	33.0 °C18 July 1969	3.6 °C5 February 1969	20.2 °C	2,590 mm	74
1968	32.9 °C1 August 1968	4.1 °C16 January 1968	19.8 °C	1,998 mm	52
1967	33.5 °C29 June 1967	1.1 °C16 January 1967	20.0 °C	2,090 mm	84
1966	32.0 °C24 July 1966	7.2 °C6 February 1966	20.1 °C	2,189 mm	18
1965	30.8 °C27 July 1965	3.1 °C8 January 1965	19.6 °C	1,712 mm	7
1964	33.2 °C1 July 1964	6.2 °C19 January 1964	20.5 °C	1,584 mm	65
1963	32.8 °C3 June 1963	1.3 °C27 January 1963	19.8 °C	1,743 mm	28
1962	32.4 °C25 June 1962	3.0 °C27 January 1962	19.7 °C	1,849 mm	41
1961	32.7 °C2 August 1961	3.2 °C2 February 1961	20.4 °C	1,745 mm	59
1960	32.4 °C27 June 1960	2.9 °C30 December 1960	20.5 °C	2,248 mm	59
1959	33.1 °C18 June 1959	1.5 °C17 January 1959	20.8 °C	2,040 mm	78
1958	33.0 °C28 August 1958	1.4 °C13 February 1958	20.5 °C	1,757 mm	78
1957	32.9 °C27 July 1957	4.2 °C11 February 1957	20.3 °C	1,793 mm	69
1956	34.2 °C21 July 1956	3.3 °C9 January 1956	20.4 °C	1,927 mm	92
1955	32.0 °C10 July 1955	1.8 °C21 February 1955	20.0 °C	1,654 mm	72
1954	34.6 °C18 August 1954	7.0 °C5 February 1954	20.9 °C	1,226 mm	107
1953	34.2 °C14 August 1953	2.7 °C7 January 1953	20.7 °C	1,916 mm	83
1952	33.6 °C14 July 1952	3.4 °C20 January 1952	20.7 °C	1,540 mm	65
1951	33.3 °C3 September 1951	5.8 °C15 December 1951	20.3 °C	1,677 mm	56
1950	34.0 °C19 July 1950	4.3 °C9 December 1950	20.1 °C	1,824 mm	39
1949	32.5 °C16 September 1949	2.9 °C9 January 1949	20.5 °C	1,484 mm	54
1948	32.3 °C25 July 1948	3.0 °C17 January 1948	20.2 °C	1,426 mm	60
1947	32.5 °C12 August 1947	4.8 °C9 March 1947	19.5 °C	2,245 mm	45
1946	33.8 °C7 July 1946	4.6 °C9 February 1946	20.1 °C	1,271 mm	57
1945	31.2 °C1 August 1945	4.4 °C18 December 1945	19.1 °C	2,022 mm	15
1944	31.0 °C7 June 1944	5.4 °C6 January 1944	19.6 °C	1,662 mm	8
1943	32.2 °C27 May 1943	2.6 °C12 January 1943	19.5 °C	1,155 mm	17
1942	31.8 °C10 August 1942	3.5 °C7 December 1942	19.5 °C	2,167 mm	11
1941	30.9 °C14 July 1941	3.4 °C5 February 1941	19.5 °C	2,030 mm	8
1940	30.7 °C4 July 1940	1.8 °C25 January 1940	18.8 °C	1,639 mm	7

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

25.5 °C

+1.5 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

129 d/yr

+57

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

2332 mm

+309 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	16.7 °C	+0.2 °C	69 mm	-15 mm
Feb	17.4 °C	+0.1 °C	124 mm	+29 mm
Mar	21.2 °C	+1.0 °C	151 mm	+58 mm
Apr	24.7 °C	+0.9 °C	118 mm	+4 mm
May	27.3 °C	+0.6 °C	239 mm	+43 mm
Jun	31.2 °C	+2.1 °C	146 mm	-102 mm
Jul	30.8 °C	0.0 °C	334 mm	+118 mm
Aug	32.1 °C	+1.7 °C	134 mm	-136 mm
Sep	32.2 °C	+3.6 °C	79 mm	-169 mm
Oct	29.0 °C	+4.2 °C	549 mm	+333 mm
Nov	22.8 °C	+1.1 °C	251 mm	+108 mm
Dec	20.0 °C	+1.9 °C	138 mm	+37 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

34.7 °C

4 Oct 2025

Coldest day

5.0 °C

28 Jan 2025

Wettest day

140.8 mm

21 Oct 2025

Windiest day

39.0 km/h

13 Aug 2025

Strongest gust

108.4 km/h

13 Aug 2025

Hottest feels-like

41.9 °C

6 Sep 2025

Coldest feels-like

2.3 °C

28 Jan 2025

Sunniest day

13.4 h

2 Jul 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Taipei?

Taipei has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 20.7 °C and it receives 2,023 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Taipei?

The hottest day measured in Taipei between 1940 and 2025 was 24 July 2020, reaching 36.2 °C.

What is the coldest day in Taipei?

The coldest day measured in Taipei between 1940 and 2025 was 24 January 2016, at 0.8 °C.

Does it snow in Taipei?

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

Has the climate of Taipei warmed?

Yes: Taipei warmed by +2.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Taipei?

The wettest day measured in Taipei between 1940 and 2025 was 15 August 1942, with 285 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Taipei?

The windiest day measured in Taipei between 1940 and 2025 was 8 August 2015, with winds reaching 71.7 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Taipei?

The warmest month in Taipei is July (27.2 °C on average); the coldest is January (13.4 °C).

How much does it rain in Taipei?

Taipei receives on average 2,023 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 206 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Taipei?

Taipei gets on average 7.5 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,738 hours per year over 1940-2025.

What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Taipei?

The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Taipei between 1940 and 2025 was 24 January 2016, with 2.9 cm.

Are there tropical nights in Taipei?

Yes: Taipei has on average 156 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Taipei?

In Taipei, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 43.9 °C on 6 September 2017, and the lowest was -4.2 °C on 24 January 2016.

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