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Best Time for Taipei to Taitung via the East Coast

Last updated: 2026-09-16

Sweet spot: January, February, December. Computed from NASA POWER climate normals across the route's overnight towns, balancing temperature, rainfall and daylight.

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This reviewed east-coast drive is offered in the cooler October–April window. It still requires live highway, earthquake-repair, rain and wind checks; Taroko is a separate conditional excursion, not a promised open gorge.
This baseline is withheld through the wetter plum-rain and peak typhoon period. A calm forecast does not establish road continuity or reopen closed Taroko sites.

Month	Low	High	Rain	Daylight
January	15.6°C	19.2°C	73 mm	10.7 h
February	16.3°C	20.3°C	65 mm	11.2 h
March	17.3°C	21.9°C	90 mm	11.8 h
April	20.0°C	24.5°C	100 mm	12.6 h
May	22.7°C	26.7°C	213 mm	13.2 h
June	24.7°C	28.0°C	251 mm	13.5 h
July	25.5°C	28.7°C	205 mm	13.3 h
August	25.5°C	28.3°C	301 mm	12.8 h
September	24.3°C	27.2°C	248 mm	12.1 h
October	22.1°C	25.1°C	99 mm	11.4 h
November	19.9°C	23.1°C	90 mm	10.8 h
December	16.9°C	20.2°C	66 mm	10.5 h	💨

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