Climate · Taipei

Taipei in August

Hot and wet, as the days shorten.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

August in Taipei is hot: highs near 91°F, lows near 78°F. Rain falls on about five days a week, and the days shorten by 37 minutes from the first week to the last.August in Taipei is hot: highs near 33°C, lows near 26°C. Rain falls on about five days a week, and the days shorten by 37 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
91°F33°Caverage
Low
78°F26°Caverage
Wet days
5a week · 71% of days
Daylight
12h 58mon average

Is August a good time to visit Taipei?


August sits outside Taipei's best months, which run in two parts: March to April, or November to December. Expect hot days and rain on about five days a week.

How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 70°F to 80°F, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 21°C to 27°C, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.

How August sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 91°F in August, against 68°F to 92°F through the year.Highs near 33°C in August, against 20°C to 33°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

71% of days in August, against 56% to 73% through the year.

Cloud cover

72% cover in August, against 52% to 81% through the year.

Daylight

12h 58m in August, against 10h 36m to 13h 40m through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with August shaded. The olive line marks the best months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

Either side


  1. July92°33°low 78°low 26°5 wet days a weekRain on about five days a week.
  2. August91°33°low 78°low 26°5 wet days a weekRain on about five days a week.
  3. September88°31°low 75°low 24°5 wet days a weekRain on about five days a week.

Where Taipei sits, in August

Asia/Taipei

this place
typical high in August 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-August
5:27 AMsets 6:30 PM
Above the sea
10 mlow-lying
Latitude
25.0°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
our one place here

The land around Taipei, shaded by its typical high in August, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. Taipei is our one place in Taiwan so far. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Taipei. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (10 m) against the climate model's (207 m).Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (10 m) against the climate model's (207 m). Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not. Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.

Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not.

Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.