Yearly weather

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

Weather 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.

Perfect for sun worshippers, beach lovers, and those seeking warm, dry climates for outdoor activities and relaxation.

Formula optimized for hot weather enthusiasts who prefer temperatures above 25°C (77°F) with maximum sun exposure and minimal precipitation.

Key factors in the calculation:

High temperatures: Favors locations with warm to hot daily highs
Abundant sunshine: Rewards areas with maximum daylight hours
Low precipitation: Penalizes frequent rain and wet conditions
Warm nights: Considers comfortable evening temperatures

Temperatures #

Across all cities, July and August are the warmest months, with temperatures often exceeding 30°C
Taipei and Taoyuan District experience the highest maximum temperatures, sometimes exceeding 32°C, potentially causing discomfort
Keelung generally has the mildest temperatures, rarely exceeding 30°C
In January, Taipei experiences the lowest minimum temperature.

Maximum Temperatures

Period	Taichung	Kaohsiung	Taipei	Tainan	Zhongli	Hsinchu	Taoyuan District	Keelung	Chiayi
Jan	20.7°C	22.7°C	17.5°C	22.7°C	18.0°C	19.0°C	17.8°C	17.7°C	21.4°C
Feb	21.7°C	23.8°C	18.8°C	23.9°C	18.8°C	19.4°C	18.9°C	18.5°C	22.6°C
Mar	24.2°C	26.0°C	22.5°C	26.3°C	22.0°C	22.1°C	22.5°C	20.8°C	25.4°C
Apr	26.8°C	28.0°C	25.4°C	28.3°C	24.9°C	25.1°C	25.3°C	23.2°C	27.6°C
May	28.8°C	29.7°C	28.4°C	30.0°C	27.6°C	27.7°C	28.2°C	25.9°C	29.3°C
Jun	30.1°C	30.7°C	31.1°C	31.3°C	29.9°C	29.8°C	30.7°C	28.7°C	30.9°C
Jul	31.3°C	31.5°C	33.2°C	32.0°C	32.1°C	31.5°C	32.8°C	30.5°C	31.8°C
Aug	30.8°C	30.5°C	32.4°C	31.3°C	31.4°C	30.9°C	32.1°C	30.2°C	31.4°C
Sep	30.6°C	30.7°C	30.4°C	31.4°C	30.0°C	30.2°C	30.3°C	28.5°C	31.3°C
Oct	28.6°C	29.0°C	25.6°C	29.9°C	26.1°C	27.2°C	25.7°C	25.0°C	29.2°C
Nov	26.2°C	27.2°C	22.9°C	27.7°C	23.5°C	24.6°C	23.2°C	22.7°C	26.8°C
Dec	22.1°C	24.1°C	18.4°C	23.9°C	19.0°C	20.4°C	18.6°C	19.2°C	22.6°C
Average	27.5°C	25.7°C	27.8°C	24.2°C	26.8°C	28.2°C	25.5°C	25.5°C	25.3°C

Minimum Temperatures

Period	Taichung	Kaohsiung	Taipei	Tainan	Zhongli	Hsinchu	Taoyuan District	Keelung	Chiayi
Jan	14.5°C	17.8°C	12.5°C	17.0°C	13.3°C	14.9°C	12.7°C	14.9°C	15.9°C
Feb	15.2°C	18.7°C	13.4°C	17.7°C	14.0°C	15.3°C	13.6°C	15.6°C	16.6°C
Mar	17.5°C	21.1°C	15.8°C	20.3°C	16.1°C	17.3°C	15.6°C	17.2°C	19.1°C
Apr	20.5°C	23.2°C	18.7°C	22.9°C	19.2°C	20.5°C	18.4°C	19.9°C	21.7°C
May	23.2°C	25.4°C	22.2°C	25.3°C	22.4°C	23.6°C	21.6°C	22.8°C	24.2°C
Jun	24.9°C	26.7°C	24.9°C	26.9°C	25.0°C	26.0°C	24.1°C	25.5°C	26.2°C
Jul	25.8°C	27.1°C	26.3°C	27.3°C	26.6°C	27.5°C	25.6°C	27.1°C	26.9°C
Aug	25.8°C	26.7°C	25.9°C	27.0°C	26.2°C	27.1°C	25.3°C	26.9°C	26.8°C
Sep	25.1°C	26.6°C	24.3°C	26.9°C	24.8°C	26.0°C	23.8°C	25.6°C	26.4°C
Oct	23.0°C	25.0°C	21.1°C	25.2°C	21.7°C	23.3°C	21.0°C	23.0°C	24.4°C
Nov	20.3°C	22.9°C	18.5°C	22.7°C	19.2°C	20.7°C	18.5°C	20.5°C	21.7°C
Dec	16.3°C	19.5°C	14.2°C	18.7°C	15.1°C	16.6°C	14.3°C	16.7°C	17.9°C
Average	22.3°C	21.6°C	23.4°C	21.3°C	21.0°C	23.2°C	19.8°C	19.5°C	20.3°C

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

Conditions #

Cities like Taichung, Kaohsiung, Tainan, and Chiayi generally experience higher sunshine hours, especially during the winter months (October to March). Keelung consistently has the lowest sunshine hours throughout the year.
The precipitation patterns show a trend of increased rainfall during the months of May to September across most cities, with August often being the wettest month, especially in Kaohsiung and Tainan. Cities like Kaohsiung, Tainan, Taichung and Chiayi have lower precipitation during the rest of the year.
Northern cities such as Keelung and Taipei, in contrast to the South, tend to have more evenly distributed rainfall throughout the year, without the marked dry winters seen in the South.

Sunny Weather

Period	Taichung	Kaohsiung	Taipei	Tainan	Zhongli	Hsinchu	Taoyuan District	Keelung	Chiayi
Jan	7.2 hours/day	6.4 hours/day	2.6 hours/day	6.8 hours/day	3.7 hours/day	4.9 hours/day	3.3 hours/day	1.6 hours/day	6.8 hours/day
Feb	6.9 hours/day	6.8 hours/day	2.5 hours/day	7.0 hours/day	3.5 hours/day	4.8 hours/day	3.1 hours/day	1.8 hours/day	6.8 hours/day
Mar	7.2 hours/day	7.6 hours/day	3.9 hours/day	7.9 hours/day	4.9 hours/day	5.8 hours/day	4.7 hours/day	3.6 hours/day	7.6 hours/day
Apr	6.1 hours/day	6.5 hours/day	3.8 hours/day	6.4 hours/day	4.8 hours/day	5.6 hours/day	4.3 hours/day	3.8 hours/day	6.0 hours/day
May	4.1 hours/day	4.3 hours/day	2.5 hours/day	4.3 hours/day	3.4 hours/day	4.2 hours/day	2.9 hours/day	2.4 hours/day	4.0 hours/day
Jun	2.9 hours/day	3.3 hours/day	2.5 hours/day	3.4 hours/day	3.4 hours/day	4.4 hours/day	2.8 hours/day	3.1 hours/day	2.9 hours/day
Jul	4.6 hours/day	4.0 hours/day	4.3 hours/day	3.9 hours/day	4.9 hours/day	5.7 hours/day	4.4 hours/day	5.5 hours/day	3.8 hours/day
Aug	3.5 hours/day	2.6 hours/day	3.9 hours/day	3.0 hours/day	4.1 hours/day	5.0 hours/day	3.9 hours/day	4.7 hours/day	2.8 hours/day
Sep	6.0 hours/day	4.2 hours/day	4.4 hours/day	3.9 hours/day	5.4 hours/day	5.8 hours/day	4.8 hours/day	4.0 hours/day	4.7 hours/day
Oct	7.4 hours/day	4.7 hours/day	2.2 hours/day	4.9 hours/day	3.8 hours/day	5.5 hours/day	2.8 hours/day	1.5 hours/day	5.7 hours/day
Nov	7.2 hours/day	6.0 hours/day	2.2 hours/day	6.4 hours/day	3.6 hours/day	5.4 hours/day	2.9 hours/day	1.4 hours/day	6.6 hours/day
Dec	6.7 hours/day	5.8 hours/day	1.8 hours/day	6.2 hours/day	2.8 hours/day	4.1 hours/day	2.4 hours/day	1.2 hours/day	6.2 hours/day
Average	5.3 hours/day	5.1 hours/day	5.2 hours/day	2.9 hours/day	5.8 hours/day	5.3 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	1.8mm	1.1mm	2.3mm	1.1mm	1.9mm	1.8mm	1.9mm	2.5mm	1.6mm
Feb	2.9mm	0.9mm	3.4mm	1.4mm	2.8mm	2.6mm	2.8mm	4.0mm	2.2mm
Mar	3.9mm	1.1mm	3.7mm	1.4mm	3.6mm	3.5mm	3.5mm	4.2mm	2.9mm
Apr	5.7mm	3.3mm	3.6mm	3.4mm	3.6mm	3.7mm	3.5mm	3.8mm	4.5mm
May	10.3mm	8.6mm	6.5mm	8.9mm	5.8mm	5.9mm	5.9mm	6.5mm	12.2mm
Jun	12.2mm	12.1mm	7.3mm	13.2mm	6.5mm	6.6mm	6.9mm	6.7mm	14.8mm
Jul	7.3mm	11.4mm	5.2mm	11.2mm	5.1mm	5.3mm	5.4mm	4.3mm	11.8mm
Aug	10.1mm	18.6mm	5.8mm	18.0mm	6.4mm	6.6mm	6.7mm	5.6mm	16.3mm
Sep	3.3mm	5.4mm	5.9mm	5.6mm	5.6mm	5.2mm	6.0mm	7.1mm	4.8mm
Oct	1.7mm	4.2mm	5.3mm	2.6mm	3.4mm	2.7mm	4.0mm	6.1mm	2.6mm
Nov	1.1mm	1.7mm	3.2mm	1.2mm	1.8mm	1.6mm	2.1mm	3.9mm	1.5mm
Dec	1.9mm	0.9mm	3.7mm	1.0mm	2.5mm	2.3mm	2.7mm	4.4mm	1.7mm
Average	6.4mm	4.0mm	5.8mm	4.9mm	5.2mm	5.7mm	4.7mm	4.3mm	4.1mm

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	24.0km/h	16.2km/h	19.0km/h	20.8km/h	23.0km/h	28.9km/h	19.5km/h	27.2km/h	23.7km/h
Feb	23.0km/h	17.3km/h	18.1km/h	21.2km/h	22.3km/h	27.6km/h	18.7km/h	26.1km/h	23.2km/h
Mar	20.7km/h	17.1km/h	17.3km/h	19.9km/h	20.6km/h	25.0km/h	17.5km/h	23.4km/h	21.7km/h
Apr	19.3km/h	16.6km/h	16.7km/h	18.7km/h	19.8km/h	23.2km/h	17.1km/h	21.2km/h	20.0km/h
May	17.0km/h	15.5km/h	15.0km/h	16.5km/h	18.1km/h	21.6km/h	15.8km/h	18.5km/h	17.4km/h
Jun	17.2km/h	15.9km/h	14.5km/h	16.4km/h	19.4km/h	22.4km/h	16.2km/h	15.6km/h	18.1km/h
Jul	17.8km/h	18.0km/h	15.8km/h	17.9km/h	18.9km/h	21.4km/h	15.9km/h	19.7km/h	18.6km/h
Aug	16.1km/h	17.1km/h	14.8km/h	17.2km/h	17.4km/h	19.6km/h	14.7km/h	18.0km/h	17.9km/h
Sep	17.7km/h	16.3km/h	17.4km/h	17.6km/h	19.6km/h	22.3km/h	17.0km/h	22.3km/h	18.0km/h
Oct	25.1km/h	15.0km/h	21.7km/h	18.4km/h	26.4km/h	32.1km/h	22.6km/h	28.8km/h	22.1km/h
Nov	23.0km/h	14.4km/h	20.0km/h	18.8km/h	24.7km/h	30.0km/h	20.7km/h	27.7km/h	22.5km/h
Dec	26.9km/h	16.4km/h	20.2km/h	21.8km/h	25.8km/h	32.3km/h	21.4km/h	30.0km/h	25.3km/h
Average	20.7km/h	25.5km/h	16.3km/h	23.2km/h	20.7km/h	18.8km/h	17.5km/h	18.1km/h	21.3km/h

Humidity

Period	Taichung	Kaohsiung	Taipei	Tainan	Zhongli	Hsinchu	Taoyuan District	Keelung	Chiayi
Jan	66.8%	64.2%	76.4%	63.4%	74.1%	72.5%	75.7%	78.7%	65.9%
Feb	68.2%	64.6%	77.1%	63.3%	75.6%	74.5%	76.6%	81.0%	66.3%
Mar	66.8%	65.3%	71.8%	62.2%	71.8%	73.0%	72.0%	78.8%	64.2%
Apr	67.6%	67.5%	71.0%	63.6%	71.2%	72.6%	71.3%	79.2%	65.0%
May	73.0%	71.0%	73.0%	68.3%	74.1%	76.1%	73.9%	81.8%	70.7%
Jun	74.4%	71.2%	72.2%	68.8%	73.4%	76.5%	73.0%	81.9%	69.9%
Jul	72.1%	71.5%	66.9%	70.5%	68.5%	73.3%	67.9%	79.1%	69.3%
Aug	72.8%	73.6%	69.3%	71.6%	70.3%	74.2%	70.0%	78.6%	69.8%
Sep	70.7%	70.5%	71.6%	67.9%	71.1%	72.7%	71.7%	79.6%	67.5%
Oct	68.6%	68.4%	77.7%	66.0%	75.1%	73.3%	76.8%	79.8%	67.0%
Nov	68.6%	67.5%	79.0%	65.9%	76.1%	74.0%	77.9%	80.8%	68.1%
Dec	68.4%	64.6%	79.4%	65.5%	77.0%	74.3%	78.7%	79.8%	67.4%
Average	67.6%	73.9%	68.3%	79.9%	69.8%	66.4%	73.8%	73.8%	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	6:30	6:30	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	5:11	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	5:23	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	17:47	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	18:34
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	10:47 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	11:34 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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