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Taipei in January

Mild and wet, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

January in Taipei is mild: highs near 68°F, lows near 56°F. Rain falls on about four days a week, more often as the month goes on, and the days lengthen by 15 minutes from the first week to the last.January in Taipei is mild: highs near 20°C, lows near 13°C. Rain falls on about four days a week, more often as the month goes on, and the days lengthen by 15 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
68°F20°Caverage
Low
56°F13°Caverage
Wet days
4a week · 61% of days
Daylight
10h 46mon average

Is January a good time to visit Taipei?

A good month, just outside Taipei's best months, which run in two parts: March to April, or November to December.

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 January sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

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

Chance of a wet day

61% of days in January, against 56% to 73% through the year.

Cloud cover

58% cover in January, against 52% to 81% through the year.

Daylight

10h 46m in January, against 10h 36m to 13h 40m through the year.

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

Either side

  1. December70°21°low 59°low 15°5 wet days a weekRain on about five days a week.
  2. January68°20°low 56°low 13°4 wet days a weekRain on about four days a week.
  3. February68°20°low 56°low 13°4 wet days a weekRain on about four days a week.

Where Taipei sits, in January

Asia/Taipei
this place
typical high in January 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-January
6:40 AMsets 5:24 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 January, 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.

See January on the planning mapThe whole year in Taipei

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.