Climate
Chiayi has a warm, monsoon-influenced humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cwa). Northeasterly winds during fall and winter mean that rainfall is depressed during that time, while southwesterly winds during summer and the later portion of spring bring most of the year's rainfall, with more than 60% falling from June to August. Humidity is high year-round, even during winter.
| Climate data for Chiayi (1971-2000) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Average high °C (°F) | 21.8 (71.2) |
22.0 (71.6) |
24.7 (76.5) |
27.9 (82.2) |
30.3 (86.5) |
32.2 (90.0) |
32.9 (91.2) |
32.2 (90.0) |
31.6 (88.9) |
29.8 (85.6) |
26.9 (80.4) |
23.7 (74.7) |
28.0 (82.4) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 16.1 (61.0) |
16.8 (62.2) |
19.4 (66.9) |
22.9 (73.2) |
25.5 (77.9) |
27.6 (81.7) |
28.4 (83.1) |
27.8 (82.0) |
26.7 (80.1) |
24.3 (75.7) |
20.9 (69.6) |
17.4 (63.3) |
22.8 (73.0) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 12.1 (53.8) |
13.3 (55.9) |
15.5 (59.9) |
18.9 (66.0) |
21.8 (71.2) |
24.0 (75.2) |
24.9 (76.8) |
24.6 (76.3) |
23.2 (73.8) |
20.6 (69.1) |
16.8 (62.2) |
13.0 (55.4) |
19.1 (66.4) |
| Rainfall mm (inches) | 27.6 (1.087) |
57.7 (2.272) |
62.2 (2.449) |
107.6 (4.236) |
189.2 (7.449) |
350.7 (13.807) |
304.3 (11.98) |
422.1 (16.618) |
148.9 (5.862) |
22.7 (0.894) |
12.2 (0.48) |
20.9 (0.823) |
1,726.1 (67.957) |
| % humidity | 81.8 | 83.1 | 83.7 | 84.1 | 84.5 | 82.0 | 80.4 | 83.6 | 84.7 | 84.1 | 81.4 | 80.3 | 82.8 |
| Avg. rainy days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 5.4 | 7.0 | 7.4 | 8.4 | 11.1 | 14.4 | 14.9 | 18.1 | 9.8 | 3.6 | 3.0 | 3.7 | 106.8 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 153.2 | 121.8 | 143.0 | 150.3 | 156.8 | 176.9 | 208.6 | 184.1 | 186.9 | 174.0 | 151.7 | 158.7 | 1,966.0 |
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