Climate
Tainan has a humid subtropical climate that borders on a tropical wet and dry climate. The city is characterized by year-round high relative humidity and temperatures (although temperatures do dip somewhat in the winter months), with a rainy season (April to September) and a dry season (October to March).
| Climate data for Tainan (1971–2000) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Average high °C (°F) | 23.0 (73.4) |
23.8 (74.8) |
26.5 (79.7) |
29.4 (84.9) |
31.3 (88.3) |
32.2 (90) |
32.9 (91.2) |
32.3 (90.1) |
32.2 (90) |
30.7 (87.3) |
27.7 (81.9) |
24.3 (75.7) |
28.9 (84) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 17.4 (63.3) |
18.2 (64.8) |
21.1 (70) |
24.5 (76.1) |
27.0 (80.6) |
28.4 (83.1) |
29.0 (84.2) |
28.5 (83.3) |
28.0 (82.4) |
25.9 (78.6) |
22.4 (72.3) |
18.8 (65.8) |
24.1 (75.4) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 13.6 (56.5) |
14.5 (58.1) |
17.1 (62.8) |
20.8 (69.4) |
23.8 (74.8) |
25.5 (77.9) |
26.1 (79) |
25.7 (78.3) |
24.9 (76.8) |
22.4 (72.3) |
18.8 (65.8) |
15.1 (59.2) |
20.7 (69.3) |
| Rainfall mm (inches) | 19.9 (0.783) |
28.8 (1.134) |
35.4 (1.394) |
84.9 (3.343) |
175.5 (6.909) |
370.6 (14.591) |
345.9 (13.618) |
417.5 (16.437) |
138.4 (5.449) |
29.6 (1.165) |
14.7 (0.579) |
11.3 (0.445) |
1,672.5 (65.846) |
| Avg. rainy days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 4.5 | 5.4 | 5.1 | 7.2 | 9.9 | 13.1 | 13.4 | 16.7 | 9.3 | 3.6 | 2.5 | 9.3 | 100 |
| % humidity | 78.3 | 78.7 | 77.4 | 77.3 | 78.0 | 80.1 | 78.8 | 81.2 | 78.6 | 77.4 | 77.0 | 77.5 | 78.4 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 182.4 | 158.7 | 187.3 | 188.7 | 192.0 | 190.6 | 221.5 | 195.7 | 200.5 | 197.7 | 174.9 | 173.7 | 2,263.7 |
| Source: 中央氣象局 | |||||||||||||
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