Climate guideThirty-year normals for Pingtung
Pingtung climate by month
Tropical monsoon · AmBest Jan–Feb · Dec
Annual mean24°day and night
Seasonal swing9°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation2,236 mm165 wet days a year
22.67° N, 120.49° EElevation 32 mUTC+8 · Taiwan Standard Time
When to goPingtung · weather score
Best timeJan–Feb · Dec
October: high / low28° / 22°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Pingtung has a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen Am): .
The warmest month is July, when afternoons average 31° and nights 25°. January is the coolest month, with highs of 23° and lows of 15°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 9°, a small seasonal swing typical of places tempered by the sea.
About 2,236 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. August is the wettest month (521 mm, 25 wet days) and February the driest (28 mm, 6 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 27% in January to 57% in June.
Compared with Taipei, the capital, Pingtung is 0.6° cooler on a July afternoon and receives less precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 31° · July
- Coldest nights
- 15° · January
- Wettest month
- August
- Driest month
- February
- Clearest skies
- January · 27% cloud
- Longest day
- 13 h 31 min
- Shortest day
- 10 h 45 min
iiCharts
Twelve months at a glance
Temperature and precipitation
Daily high/low range bars, monthly precipitation columnsTemperature curve
Average high, lowDaylight
Hours between sunrise and sunset on the 15th of each monthiiiData table
Climate normals month by month
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average high | 23° | 24° | 26° | 29° | 30° | 30° | 31° | 30° | 30° | 28° | 26° | 23° |
| Average low | 15° | 16° | 18° | 22° | 24° | 25° | 25° | 25° | 24° | 22° | 20° | 16° |
| Precipitation | 19 mm | 28 mm | 43 mm | 74 mm | 206 mm | 436 mm | 450 mm | 521 mm | 332 mm | 75 mm | 32 mm | 20 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 6.7 | 6.3 | 8.5 | 10.2 | 17.8 | 22.5 | 20.8 | 24.7 | 19.8 | 12.7 | 8.5 | 6.7 |
| Cloud cover | 27% | 31% | 30% | 32% | 45% | 57% | 50% | 51% | 44% | 33% | 30% | 28% |
| Daylight | 10h 53 | 11h 24 | 11h 59 | 12h 40 | 13h 13 | 13h 31 | 13h 24 | 12h 56 | 12h 18 | 11h 39 | 11h 04 | 10h 45 |
| Month score | 84 | 85 | 75 | 60 | 41 | 36 | 36 | 38 | 42 | 55 | 75 | 84 |
ivMonth by month
Pingtung in every month
January84
23° / 15°
19 mm · 6.7 wet days
February85
24° / 16°
28 mm · 6.3 wet days
March75
26° / 18°
43 mm · 8.5 wet days
April60
29° / 22°
74 mm · 10.2 wet days
May41
30° / 24°
206 mm · 17.8 wet days
June36
30° / 25°
436 mm · 22.5 wet days
July36
31° / 25°
450 mm · 20.8 wet days
August38
30° / 25°
521 mm · 24.7 wet days
September42
30° / 24°
332 mm · 19.8 wet days
October55
28° / 22°
75 mm · 12.7 wet days
November75
26° / 20°
32 mm · 8.5 wet days
December84
23° / 16°
20 mm · 6.7 wet days