Yingge weather in August

In August, Yingge sees average daytime highs of 31°C and overnight lows near 26°C, with 225 mm of rain across 16 wet days and about 12.9 hours of daylight. It is the 2nd-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 31°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 25% of the time in August, and the air most often feels miserable.

Daylight stretches from about 13 h 12 min at the start of August to 12 h 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Yingge's 7th-clearest and 12th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Yingge's year-round climate.

Daytime high
31°
2nd warmest
Overnight low
26°
11th coldest
Rainfall
225 mm
16 wet days
Daylight
12 h 54 min
5:32 AM – 6:25 PM
Cloud cover
65%
7th clearest
Wind
10 km/h
12th windiest
Solar energy
5.33 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.0
out of 10

Yingge is A district in New Taipei City, Taiwan.

Density
4,162/km²
people per km²

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in August

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 31°C through the month.

A typical August day in Yingge reaches about 31°C in the afternoon and slips back to 26°C overnight — a 5°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 29°C and 33°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs on par with July and about 2°C warmer than September.

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How August really feels in Yingge

Once humidity and wind are folded in, August averages 31 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C
31
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

The story in August is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Yingge weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 2nd-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan18° / 13°7011.710.65.5
Feb18° / 14°8510.411.15.7
Mar21° / 16°1021311.85.9
Apr24° / 19°10611.912.66.4
May27° / 22°1401313.25.8
Jun30° / 25°14312.513.54.5
Jul31° / 26°14112.613.44.0
Aug31° / 26°2251612.94.0
Sep29° / 25°18012.612.25.2
Oct26° / 22°1028.511.46.9
Nov23° / 19°679.310.86.9
Dec20° / 15°6610.310.56.2

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 25% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 17% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 58%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14357
24357
34258
44258
54258
64060
74060
84060
94060
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114060
124159
134258
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Yingge gets around 225 mm of rain over 16 wet days in August, the wettest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 51% and peaks near 52% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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3150

Humidity in August

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of August feels miserable — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, August lands in the miserable band about 51% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
1014455
2014455
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6004456
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10004654
11004654
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20004852
21004852
22014851
23014950
24014949
25015148
26025147
27025246
28135244
29135343
30145441
31145540

Wind in August

Winds average 10 km/h in August, the calmest month.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 10 km/h on the calmest days to 10 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
110calm
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Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 13 h 12 min at the start of August to 12 h 30 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 42 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 5:25 AM to 5:39 AM, and sunset from 6:36 PM to 6:11 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.25:256:36
213.25:266:35
313.15:266:35
413.15:276:34
513.15:276:33
613.15:286:33
713.15:286:32
813.05:296:31
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1013.05:306:30
1113.05:306:29
1213.05:316:28
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1712.95:336:24
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3112.55:396:11

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 5.33 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.33 kWh/m² to a high of 5.87 kWh/m² in July across the year — August's 5.33 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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315.1Bright
Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Yingge

In seasonPeak

In August, Yingge sits inside its pacific typhoon season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Yingge sits in the Pacific typhoon belt; the season peaks July–October.

Pacific typhoon
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Dec

Is August a good time to visit Yingge?

Our two travel scores rate August for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

4.0
Sightseeing
11th-best month of the year
5.8
Beach & pool
6th-best month of the year

August is a reasonable time to visit Yingge for sightseeing.

What to pack for Yingge in August

From August's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In August, Yingge sees daytime highs around 31°C and nights near 26°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 16 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

Sea temperature near Yingge in August

The nearest coast averages about 29°C in August — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 19 km away) is warmest in August at about 29°C and coldest in February near 18°C.

It's comfortable for a long swim from Mar 19 to Dec 24 — about 9.2 months when the water holds above 20°C.

15°20°25°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDeccoolrefreshingwarmtropicalcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan19Cool
Feb18Cool
Mar20Cool
Apr23Refreshing
May26Warm
Jun27Warm
Jul29Tropical
Aug29Tropical
Sep28Warm
Oct25Warm
Nov23Refreshing
Dec21Refreshing

UV index in Yingge in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 10 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Yingge peaks around June 15 at about 12 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 21 at about 5 (high).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecHighVery highExtremeVery highHighJun 15UV 12Dec 21UV 5
UV index (midday)Level
Jan6High
Feb8Very high
Mar9Very high
Apr8Very high
May10Extreme
Jun12Extreme
Jul10Very high
Aug10Very high
Sep10Very high
Oct8Very high
Nov6High
Dec5High

Air quality in Yingge in August

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where August falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Yingge is worst in April — around 52 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 2.1× the cleanest month (October, 25 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecPoorModerateApr 1052 µg/m³Oct 1626 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan38Poor
Feb43Poor
Mar51Poor
Apr52Poor
May44Poor
Jun41Poor
Jul32Moderate
Aug32Moderate
Sep30Moderate
Oct25Moderate
Nov32Moderate
Dec32Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Yingge?

Yingge sits at 25.0°N, 121.4°E, 61 m above sea level, in Taiwan. The nearest listed city is Sanxia, 3.0 km away.

Topography around Yingge

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Yingge.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Yingge has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 339 m around an average of 98 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,207 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,839 m.

The land around Yingge is covered by trees (55%) and artificial surfaces (40%) within 3 km, trees (59%) and artificial surfaces (32%) within 16 km, and trees (46%) and water (46%) within 80 km.

3 km
339 m
16 km
1,207 m
80 km
3,839 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
August weather nearby: Sanxia 3.0 km · Taoyuan 7.0 km · Bade 7.0 km · Shulin 8.0 km · Neili 9.0 km · Daxi 10 km · Banqiao 13 km · New Taipei City 16 km

Taiwan travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 1
Exercise Normal Precautions
Power plugs
Type A / B
110 / 220 V · 60 Hz
Happiness
6.7 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Religion
Buddhist 35%Taoist 33%none or unspecified 18%folk religion approximately 10%

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Yingge (24.9561°, 121.3507°, elevation 61 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. Tropical-cyclone seasons are the published climatological basin seasons (NOAA National Hurricane Center / regional warning centres). Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).