Climate · Taipei

Taipei in October

Warm and wet, as the days shorten.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

October in Taipei is warm: highs near 82°F, lows near 72°F. Rain falls on about five days a week, and the days shorten by 30 minutes from the first week to the last.October in Taipei is warm: highs near 28°C, lows near 22°C. Rain falls on about five days a week, and the days shorten by 30 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
82°F28°Caverage
Low
72°F22°Caverage
Wet days
5a week · 67% of days
Daylight
11h 30mon average

Is October 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 October sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 82°F in October, against 68°F to 92°F through the year.Highs near 28°C in October, against 20°C to 33°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

67% of days in October, against 56% to 73% through the year.

Cloud cover

53% cover in October, against 52% to 81% through the year.

Daylight

11h 30m in October, against 10h 36m to 13h 40m through the year.

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

Either side


  1. September88°31°low 75°low 24°5 wet days a weekRain on about five days a week.
  2. October82°28°low 72°low 22°5 wet days a weekRain on about five days a week.
  3. November77°25°low 66°low 19°5 wet days a weekRain on about five days a week.

Where Taipei sits, in October

Asia/Taipei

this place
typical high in October 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-October
5:51 AMsets 5:28 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 October, 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.