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Best Time for the Taiwan's Round-Island Rail

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

Typhoons done, humidity down — the east-coast line between cliffs and Pacific is the ride of the trip.
Typhoon season: itineraries need slack, but night markets don't cancel for weather.
MonthTempRainDaylight
January8.6–26.6°C56 mm10.7 h
February11.2–27.9°C49 mm11.2 h
March10.6–28.9°C74 mm11.8 h
April15.6–31.3°C92 mm12.5 h
May18.8–32.4°C214 mm13.2 h
June22.1–33.2°C283 mm13.5 h
July24.2–33.9°C228 mm13.3 h
August24.0–33.3°C343 mm12.8 h
September22.3–32.1°C229 mm12.1 h
October18.8–31.7°C82 mm11.5 h
November14.9–29.4°C69 mm10.8 h
December11.0–27.5°C52 mm10.6 h

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