Weekly note
Kaohsiung: a bridge that has a tower in the middle of it

The numbers

Daily high30°C
Nightly low26°C
Feels like, afternoon37°C
Rainy days, 1 mm or more17 · 539 mm
Humidity85%
Sunshine8.8 h/day
Daylight12.9 h/day
Crowds100 / 100, higher is quieter

Ten-year averages for this calendar month. A rainy day is one with at least 1 mm of rain, as a weather station counts it. The model these figures come from drizzles more than a rain gauge, the more so the warmer the month, so its days count from 2 mm, rising to 5 mm in the hottest.

Weather read at the centre (Love River), 7 km from the airport (KHH): ten years of ERA5 and ERA5-Land reanalysis, through Open-Meteo's open data.

How busy it gets

August: about usual. Busiest in November; quietest in April and May.

Kaohsiung in pictures

What to pack

  • Summer clothes by day, highs around 30°C.
  • Rain gear you will actually use: about 17 rainy days and 539 mm.
  • Sun protection: about 9 hours of sunshine a day.
  • Humidity averages 85%; breathable fabrics dry faster.

Each line is a threshold over the ten-year figures above, not advice from anywhere else.

Before you go

Type A and B plugs at 110 V. Drives on the right. The currency is the New taiwan dollar. No UK Foreign Office advice against travel. Everything for Taiwan: cost of living, languages, emergency numbers and health.

On arrival in Kaohsiung: the apps, paying, getting around, tipping and the emergency numbers.

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