What to Wear in Taipei in November
Taipei in November: 25°C / 77°F afternoons, 20°C / 68°F nights, and the year's smallest rainfall spread thin across about 12 drizzly days.
- Cream cotton cardigan — the average night drops to 19.7°C, the first under 20°C this autumn
- Navy linen button-down — afternoons still reach 25°C / 77°F at 75.1% humidity
- Charcoal wide-leg trousers — drizzle splash disappears on charcoal, and the leg moves air
- Black leather low-tops — smooth leather wipes dry after drizzle, where suede darkens
- Olive folding umbrella — CWA puts northern rain at 2 to 4mm a day, which is umbrella rain
- Oat linen midi dress — a Golden Horse screening night, 6 to 22 November
- A heavy rain shell — 83.2mm is the year's smallest total, and it falls as drizzle
- A wool coat — 24.8°C afternoons, and CWA averages no November days with a low of 10°C or below
- Suede shoes — about 12 wet days and only 95.8 hours of sun in the month to dry them
- A gown for Golden Horse weekend — the festival's one published dress rule covers the press
Pack for drizzle, not for storms. The Central Weather Administration (CWA) calls November northern Taiwan's lowest-rainfall month, and its Taipei figures agree: 83.2mm, the smallest total of the year, still spread across 12.3 wet days. CWA's autumn summary puts northern rain at 2 to 4mm a day in October and November, under skies it describes as often grey and drizzly. That is umbrella rain, and a folding one covers every wet day. The other change comes after dark. The average low slips to 19.7°C, the first reading under 20°C this autumn, while afternoons hold at 24.8°C / 77°F, which asks for a cardigan rather than a coat. The month's night out is the Golden Horse Awards on Sunday 22 November at Taipei Music Center in Nangang.
November gives Taipei the least rain of its year and almost as many wet days as October. It does not stop raining. It stops raining hard.
The capsule
01Light cream cotton cardigan, crew neck, button frontPack the knit that our October guide left at home. A light cream cotton cardigan, crew neck and button front, closes over the tee when the average night drops to 19.7°C and hangs open in an air-conditioned MRT carriage. Cotton rather than wool, because afternoons climb back to 24.8°C and at 75.1% humidity a wool knit stays damp from one wearing to the next.
02Navy linen button-down shirtAfternoons still reach 25°C / 77°F at 75.1% humidity, and linen is the shirting that stays wearable in both. A navy linen button-down covers a 1pm walk through Dadaocheng with the sleeves rolled, then tucks into the charcoal trousers for a 7pm dinner in Zhongshan. Navy keeps drizzle spots out of sight where white shows them, and it sits under the cream cardigan without a clash.
03Cream relaxed short-sleeve tee, gathered hemBring two, because on about 12 wet days one is always drying on the hotel rail. A cream relaxed tee with a gathered hem is the whole top at 24.8°C by day and the base under the cardigan at night. Cream rather than bright white hides the first splash in a Ningxia night-market queue, and the gathered hem lies flat under a wide trouser waistband.
04Charcoal pleated wide-leg trousersOne pair of trousers for the whole trip. Pleats and a wide leg move air on a 25°C / 77°F afternoon, and charcoal hides the drizzle splash off a Zhongshan pavement that shows on stone by lunch. Wear them to Longshan Temple in the morning with the tee and to dinner with the navy shirt, and the full length suits a temple visit.
05Oat linen midi dress, cap sleeves, tie waistWear this to a Golden Horse screening; the festival runs from 6 to 22 November. An oat linen midi with cap sleeves and a tie waist handles a 24.8°C evening in the queue and takes the cream cardigan over the shoulders once the night cools toward 19.7°C. Oat rather than black keeps it a screening dress, not an awards-night gown.
06Black leather low-top sneakersNovember is when leather comes back into a Taipei bag. The smallest rain total of the year falls as drizzle, and smooth black leather wipes dry with a napkin where suede and canvas stay dark for the day. A flat low-top handles the Xiangshan steps before sunset, just after five, and a wet night-market aisle after that.
07Small black leather camera crossbody, front zip pocketWorn across the body and small enough to sit under the open cardigan. A black leather camera crossbody with a front zip pocket keeps an EasyCard in reach at the MRT gate and leaves both hands free for the umbrella and a night-market snack. Black matches the sneakers, so the capsule carries one leather colour instead of two.
08Olive compact folding umbrella, wrist strapAbout 12 wet days at 2 to 4mm a day, on CWA's autumn summary: that is umbrella rain, not rain-shell rain. An olive compact folding umbrella hangs from its wrist strap while you pay at a Ningxia stall and folds away on a rush-hour Bannan line carriage. Olive sits between the charcoal and the cream and leaves the navy shirt alone.
Day to night
Cream tee · cream cardigan open · charcoal wide-leg trousers · black leather sneakers · black camera crossbody · olive umbrella open. Coffee in Da'an at eight in light drizzle, Longshan Temple by nine, Dadaocheng's shophouses before noon.
Oat linen midi · cream cardigan over the shoulders · black leather sneakers · crossbody · umbrella folded. A Golden Horse screening at seven, then Ningxia night market at ten as the air cools toward 19.7°C.
A suggested look — cream cotton cardigan, cream tee, charcoal pleated wide-leg trousers, black leather sneakers.
What to avoid
- A heavy rain shell — 83.2mm, the year's smallest total, arrives as drizzle
- A wool coat — a 19.7°C average low, and no days at 10°C or below
- Suede — about 12 drizzly days and 95.8 hours of sun to dry it
- Outdoor plans after five — sunset reaches about 5pm by 30 November
- A gown for Golden Horse weekend — the published dress rule covers the press area
Frequently asked questions
Per the Central Weather Administration (CWA) monthly means for the Taipei station, November's average daily maximum is 24.8°C / 77°F, the average minimum 19.7°C and the monthly mean 21.9°C. Rain totals 83.2mm, the lowest of any month, yet it falls on 12.3 days, because CWA counts any day with 0.1mm or more. Relative humidity averages 75.1%, and sunshine totals 95.8 hours, about 3.2 a day. CWA's autumn summary calls November northern Taiwan's lowest-rainfall month and describes the north as often grey and drizzly from October on. Daylight shrinks from about 11h 15m to 10h 45m.
A light cream cotton cardigan, a navy linen button-down, a cream relaxed tee (two if you can), charcoal pleated wide-leg trousers, an oat linen midi dress, black leather low-top sneakers, a small black leather camera crossbody and an olive compact umbrella. That covers a 24.8°C / 77°F afternoon in Dadaocheng, a 19.7°C night at a night market and about 12 drizzly days. Leave the wool coat, the heavy rain shell and the suede at home. The one change from October's list is the cardigan, which now gets worn rather than carried.
Often, but not much. CWA gives Taipei 83.2mm in November, the smallest monthly total of the year, against 150.2mm in October and 88.7mm in December. The wet-day count barely moves, though: 12.3 days in November against 12.7 in October. CWA's autumn page says it outright, "11月為北部一年之中降雨最少的月份" (November is the north's lowest-rainfall month of the year), and puts northern rain at 2 to 4mm a day in October and November. That is drizzle, and a compact umbrella handles it. Remember that CWA counts a wet day from 0.1mm.
Late November, if you want the calendar. The Golden Horse Film Festival runs from 6 to 22 November and closes with the 63rd Golden Horse Awards at Taipei Music Center in Nangang on Sunday 22 November, red carpet from 5pm. Christmasland in New Taipei City opens across three Banqiao sites on Friday 13 November. Early November keeps more light, about 11h 15m on the 1st against 10h 45m on the 30th. And 12 November, Sun Yat-sen's birthday, is a commemoration day but not a day off, so plan it as a normal working day.
November keeps October's wet days and loses almost half its rain. CWA puts October at 27.6°C by day and 22.4°C at night with 150.2mm across 12.7 days; November drops to 24.8°C and 19.7°C with 83.2mm across 12.3 days. Humidity edges up from 74.3% to 75.1%, and sunshine falls from 117.6 to 95.8 hours. What changes the suitcase is the night, under 20°C on average for the first time this autumn. That puts a cotton cardigan into the bag and takes October's rain shell out; an umbrella covers the drizzle.
October's summer clothes, with a knit on top. In Da'an on a November evening the tees and wide trousers are still out, now under a cardigan, with closed shoes for the drizzle. For a night out, the local reference is Shiatzy Chen, established in 1978 with Wang Chen Tsai-Hsia, born in Changhua in 1951, as chief designer; its embroidered, mandarin-inflected clothes join Chinese craft to Western cutting, and its Taipei flagship opened in 2003. To take something home, Sanxia's indigo dyeing goes back to the Lin Mao-hsing dye house of 1830, and the town's dye workshop runs one- to two-hour indigo classes Tuesday to Sunday.
Sources
- Central Weather Administration (CWA) — 1991–2020 climate normals, Taipei (CWA station 466920) stationRead from CWA's Monthly Mean climate statistics page (30-year averages, 1991–2020) on 26 September 2026. CWA counts a precipitation day at ≥0.1 mm, a lower threshold than the ≥1 mm used by JMA, so Taipei's wet-day counts run higher than Japan's for the same rain.
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- Taipei Golden Horse — 2026 festival 6–22 Nov; 63rd Awards 22 Nov 2026, Taipei Music Center — accessed 2026-09-26
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