Taipei in April: what to plant
Over the last 5 years, April in Taipei has run 19.1–26.9°C with about 155 mm of rain across the month. Here is what weather like that will carry to harvest.
Everything above is a five-year average. In the game it is this — the weather Taipei is actually having, today.
Grow one in Taipei's weather right now →❄️ No sub-zero nights in April in the last 5 years — frost is not the limiting factor here.
🗓️ No night at or below 0°C in the last 5 years — frost is not a limiting factor here, and tender crops can stay out year-round.
☀️ About 7.6 h of sunshine a day this month. Within the month it warms by about 2.7°C from the first ten days to the last.
Sow this month — when would you harvest?
Assuming you sow in mid-April, then adding up the warmth Taipei usually gets, one day at a time — which is why some of these run past the end of the month.
| Crop | Days | Harvest around |
|---|---|---|
| 🧄 Garlic | 43 | May 27 |
| 🥬 Bok Choy | 24 | May 8 |
| 🥬 Swiss chard | 35 | May 19 |
| 🍓 Strawberry | 38 | May 22 |
| 🌿 Garlic chives | 44 | May 28 |
| 🥕 Carrot | 47 | May 31 |
| 🧅 Onion | 54 | Jun 7 |
| 🍅 Tomato | 81 | Jul 4 |
| 🌶️ Okra | 71 | Jun 24 |
| 🥢 Green Beans | 42 | May 26 |
| 🏵️ Marigold | 36 | May 20 |
| 🌻 Sunflower | 59 | Jun 12 |
Best crops to sow now
They are all ideal for this month — the only real difference is how long each one takes, so pick whatever you want to eat.
- 🧄 Garlic about 46 days to harvest Recent mean 23.0°C — right in the sweet spot
- 🥬 Bok Choy about 26 days to harvest Recent mean 23.0°C — right in the sweet spot
- 🥬 Swiss chard about 36 days to harvest Recent mean 23.0°C — right in the sweet spot
- 🍓 Strawberry about 40 days to harvest Recent mean 23.0°C — right in the sweet spot
- 🌿 Garlic chives about 48 days to harvest Recent mean 23.0°C — right in the sweet spot
- 🥕 Carrot about 51 days to harvest Recent mean 23.0°C — right in the sweet spot
- 🧅 Onion about 59 days to harvest Recent mean 23.0°C — right in the sweet spot
- 🍅 Tomato about 101 days to harvest Recent mean 23.0°C — right in the sweet spot
- 🌶️ Okra about 95 days to harvest Recent mean 23.0°C — right in the sweet spot
- 🥢 Green Beans about 47 days to harvest Recent mean 23.0°C — right in the sweet spot
- 🏵️ Marigold about 38 days to harvest Recent mean 23.0°C — right in the sweet spot
- 🌻 Sunflower about 67 days to harvest Recent mean 23.0°C — right in the sweet spot
Leave these for another month
- 🌿 Rocket — Recent mean 23.0°C is too hot (ideal 6–22°C)
- 🌿 Spinach — Recent mean 23.0°C is too hot (ideal 5–22°C)
- 🫛 Peas — Recent mean 23.0°C is too hot (ideal 7–21°C)
Other months in Taipei
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Temperature and rainfall come from Open-Meteo's historical observations for Taipei, averaged day by day over the last 5 years. Whether a crop finishes in time is worked out from its own starting temperature and heat requirement — those numbers are listed on each crop page if you want to check them.