January 20° · ☂ 15 ★ February21° · ☂ 13 ★ March23° · ☂ 13 April 26° · ☂ 16 May 30° · ☂ 20 June 32° · ☂ 22 July 34° · ☂ 19 August 34° · ☂ 21 September 32° · ☂ 17 October 28° · ☂ 18 ★ November25° · ☂ 17 December 21° · ☂ 17 Taipei in May:hot Taipei, Taiwan · Records from 2006 to 2025. Not a forecast. Rain not yet station-calibrated Temperature not station-corrected
Mean high 30° Hottest day 37.2° (2021)
Mean low 23° Coldest night 15.5° (2022)
Rain days 20 days 12-28 by year
Rainfall 197mm Daylight 13.1 → 13.6 h
Taipei's 12 months i Best: February, March and November (rain uncalibrated)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Trip types Sightseeing on foot Poorfrequent rain and muggy
Humidity 82% 26 muggy days
Clear days 2 days 17 overcast days
Mean wind 7 km/h Rarely windy
Sunrise / sunset (15th) 05:09 / 18:30 Daylight 13.1 → 13.6 h
Taipei in May The plum rain season begins. Grey, humid days follow one another and heavy rain can fall suddenly. Laundry dries poorly, so check whether your room has a dehumidifier or dryer.
Highs averaged 30°C and lows stayed at 23°C, so the heat hung on long after sunset. Rain fell on more than half the days: 20 on average. Year to year it swung widely, from 12 rain days in 2018 to 28 in 2022.
Highs topped 30°C on 16 days of the month on average. Mixing in indoor stops at midday made sense. The warmest year was 2021, with highs averaging 32.5°C, 2.9°C above normal.
Typhoons i 1 of the last 20 years had a tropical storm pass within 300 km this month.
Noul (2015), 275 km away typhoon strength 1 2 3 4 1 5 6 6 10 7 12 8 11 9 3 10 1 11 12
Date by date i Sun
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May 1 Saturday 1 rain in 11 of 20 yrs 11/20 28° 21° May 1 rain on 55% of days 28° 21°
May 2 Sunday 2 rain in 10 of 20 yrs 10/20 28° 21° May 3 Monday 3 rain in 11 of 20 yrs 11/20 29° 21° May 4 Tuesday 4 rain in 17 of 20 yrs 17/20 29° 22° May 5 Wednesday 5 rain in 14 of 20 yrs 14/20 29° 22° May 6 Thursday 6 rain in 13 of 20 yrs 13/20 29° 22° May 7 Friday 7 rain in 11 of 20 yrs 11/20 29° 22° May 8 Saturday 8 rain in 11 of 20 yrs 11/20 30° 22° 2-8 rain on 62% of days 29° 22°
May 9 Sunday 9 rain in 14 of 20 yrs 14/20 30° 23° May 10 Monday 10 rain in 14 of 20 yrs 14/20 30° 22° May 11 Tuesday 11 rain in 8 of 20 yrs 8/20 29° 22° May 12 Wednesday 12 rain in 10 of 20 yrs 10/20 30° 22° May 13 Thursday 13 rain in 12 of 20 yrs 12/20 29° 22° May 14 Friday 14 rain in 6 of 20 yrs 6/20 29° 23° May 15 Saturday 15 rain in 13 of 20 yrs 13/20 30° 23° 9-15 rain on 55% of days 30° 22°
May 16 Sunday 16 rain in 10 of 20 yrs 10/20 29° 23° May 17 Monday 17 rain in 13 of 20 yrs 13/20 30° 23° May 18 Tuesday 18 rain in 12 of 20 yrs 12/20 31° 24° May 19 Wednesday 19 rain in 17 of 20 yrs 17/20 29° 24° May 20 Thursday 20 rain in 13 of 20 yrs 13/20 30° 23° May 21 Friday 21 rain in 13 of 20 yrs 13/20 29° 23° May 22 Saturday 22 rain in 15 of 20 yrs 15/20 31° 24° 16-22 rain on 66% of days 30° 23°
May 23 Sunday 23 rain in 18 of 20 yrs 18/20 30° 24° May 24 Monday 24 rain in 16 of 20 yrs 16/20 30° 24° May 25 Tuesday 25 rain in 13 of 20 yrs 13/20 30° 24° May 26 Wednesday 26 rain in 15 of 20 yrs 15/20 31° 24° May 27 Thursday 27 rain in 16 of 20 yrs 16/20 30° 24° May 28 Friday 28 rain in 12 of 20 yrs 12/20 30° 24° May 29 Saturday 29 rain in 10 of 20 yrs 10/20 30° 24° 23-29 rain on 71% of days 30° 24°
May 30 Sunday 30 rain in 14 of 20 yrs 14/20 31° 24° May 31 Monday 31 rain in 16 of 20 yrs 16/20 31° 24°
30-31 rain on 75% of days 31° 24°
May 1 rain on 55% of days 28° 21° 2-8 rain on 62% of days 29° 22° 9-15 rain on 55% of days 30° 22° 16-22 rain on 66% of days 30° 23° 23-29 rain on 71% of days 30° 24° 30-31 rain on 75% of days 31° 24°
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May 1 Monday 1 rain in 11 of 20 yrs 11/20 28° 21° May 2 Tuesday 2 rain in 10 of 20 yrs 10/20 28° 21° May 3 Wednesday 3 rain in 11 of 20 yrs 11/20 29° 21° May 4 Thursday 4 rain in 17 of 20 yrs 17/20 29° 22° May 5 Friday 5 rain in 14 of 20 yrs 14/20 29° 22° May 6 Saturday 6 rain in 13 of 20 yrs 13/20 29° 22° 1-6 rain on 63% of days 29° 21°
May 7 Sunday 7 rain in 11 of 20 yrs 11/20 29° 22° May 8 Monday 8 rain in 11 of 20 yrs 11/20 30° 22° May 9 Tuesday 9 rain in 14 of 20 yrs 14/20 30° 23° May 10 Wednesday 10 rain in 14 of 20 yrs 14/20 30° 22° May 11 Thursday 11 rain in 8 of 20 yrs 8/20 29° 22° May 12 Friday 12 rain in 10 of 20 yrs 10/20 30° 22° May 13 Saturday 13 rain in 12 of 20 yrs 12/20 29° 22° 7-13 rain on 57% of days 29° 22°
May 14 Sunday 14 rain in 6 of 20 yrs 6/20 29° 23° May 15 Monday 15 rain in 13 of 20 yrs 13/20 30° 23° May 16 Tuesday 16 rain in 10 of 20 yrs 10/20 29° 23° May 17 Wednesday 17 rain in 13 of 20 yrs 13/20 30° 23° May 18 Thursday 18 rain in 12 of 20 yrs 12/20 31° 24° May 19 Friday 19 rain in 17 of 20 yrs 17/20 29° 24° May 20 Saturday 20 rain in 13 of 20 yrs 13/20 30° 23° 14-20 rain on 60% of days 30° 23°
May 21 Sunday 21 rain in 13 of 20 yrs 13/20 29° 23° May 22 Monday 22 rain in 15 of 20 yrs 15/20 31° 24° May 23 Tuesday 23 rain in 18 of 20 yrs 18/20 30° 24° May 24 Wednesday 24 rain in 16 of 20 yrs 16/20 30° 24° May 25 Thursday 25 rain in 13 of 20 yrs 13/20 30° 24° May 26 Friday 26 rain in 15 of 20 yrs 15/20 31° 24° May 27 Saturday 27 rain in 16 of 20 yrs 16/20 30° 24° 21-27 rain on 76% of days 30° 24°
May 28 Sunday 28 rain in 12 of 20 yrs 12/20 30° 24° May 29 Monday 29 rain in 10 of 20 yrs 10/20 30° 24° May 30 Tuesday 30 rain in 14 of 20 yrs 14/20 31° 24° May 31 Wednesday 31 rain in 16 of 20 yrs 16/20 31° 24°
28-31 rain on 65% of days 31° 24°
1-6 rain on 63% of days 29° 21° 7-13 rain on 57% of days 29° 22° 14-20 rain on 60% of days 30° 23° 21-27 rain on 76% of days 30° 24° 28-31 rain on 65% of days 31° 24°
Tap another date to change
2006 35mm
2007 7mm
2008 12mm
2009 12mm
2010 25mm
2011 25mm
2012 none
2013 4mm
2014 16mm
2015 15mm
2016 10mm
2017 8mm
2018 3mm
2019 4mm
2020 10mm
2021 5mm
2022 5mm
2023 5mm
2024 4mm
2025 none
Holidays in May (2027) April 30 to May 2 Labor Day long weekendMay 31 Memorial Day 1 Local public holiday or break (busier, pricier)1 US holidays (flights fill up)
Day by day temperature i 16° 24° 31° 39° 1 8 15 22 29 31
Your trip dates, the past 20 years Trip dates May 1 (Sat) 2 (Sun) 3 (Mon) 4 (Tue) 5 (Wed) 6 (Thu) 7 (Fri) 8 (Sat) 9 (Sun) 10 (Mon) 11 (Tue) 12 (Wed) 13 (Thu) 14 (Fri) 15 (Sat) 16 (Sun) 17 (Mon) 18 (Tue) 19 (Wed) 20 (Thu) 21 (Fri) 22 (Sat) 23 (Sun) 24 (Mon) 25 (Tue) 26 (Wed) 27 (Thu) 28 (Fri) 29 (Sat) 30 (Sun) 31 (Mon) ~ May 1 (Sat) 2 (Sun) 3 (Mon) 4 (Tue) 5 (Wed) 6 (Thu) 7 (Fri) 8 (Sat) 9 (Sun) 10 (Mon) 11 (Tue) 12 (Wed) 13 (Thu) 14 (Fri) 15 (Sat) 16 (Sun) 17 (Mon) 18 (Tue) 19 (Wed) 20 (Thu) 21 (Fri) 22 (Sat) 23 (Sun) 24 (Mon) 25 (Tue) 26 (Wed) 27 (Thu) 28 (Fri) 29 (Sat) 30 (Sun) 31 (Mon) 1-7 8-14 15-21 22-end Whole month
You can also click two dates on the axis. Hover a cell to see that day's rain. By year Driest trips first
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Trip rain days Month rain days Tap a date to start, tap another to end. Each cell is that date in one year. '06 '07 '08 '09 '10 '11 '12 '13 '14 '15 '16 '17 '18 '19 '20 '21 '22 '23 '24 '25
of 20 Dates outside your trip are dimmed.
One row per year, one cell per day. 2018 had 12 rain days, 2022 had 28.
Common questions Does it rain a lot in Taipei in May? Over the past 20 years May averaged 20 rain days (1 mm or more) out of 31. Individual years ran from 12 in the driest to 28 in the wettest. Rain for this month is not yet station-calibrated and may be overcounted.
What should I wear in Taipei in May? Days averaged 30°C and nights 23°C. Pack an umbrella, sandals that can get wet, T-shirts, sunscreen plus a hat, and insect repellent.
Is May a good time to visit Taipei? On warmth and rain days alone, Taipei's easiest months were February, March and November. May ranked 8 of 12.
Is Taipei humid in May? Mean relative humidity was 82%, with about 26 muggy days (dew point of 20°C or more) in the month.
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