Sun Moon Lake in January
sweet spot · one of the best months to go · the coolest month of the year
The year in Sun Moon Lake
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- JanJSun Moon Lake in January: sweet spot
- FebFSun Moon Lake in February: sweet spot
- MarMSun Moon Lake in March: avoid
- AprASun Moon Lake in April: avoid
- MayMSun Moon Lake in May: avoid
- JunJSun Moon Lake in June: avoid
- JulJSun Moon Lake in July: avoid
- AugASun Moon Lake in August: avoid
- SepSSun Moon Lake in September: avoid
- OctOSun Moon Lake in October: ok, busy
- NovNSun Moon Lake in November: sweet spot, busy
- DecDSun Moon Lake in December: ok, busy
- Sweet spot
- Good
- OK
- Avoid
- Busy
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The numbers
| Daily high | 19°C |
|---|---|
| Nightly low | 10°C |
| Feels like, afternoon | 19°C |
| Rainy days, 1 mm or more | 11 · 96 mm |
| Humidity | 81% |
| Sunshine | 9.0 h/day |
| Daylight | 10.8 h/day |
| Crowds | 80 / 100, higher is quieter |
Ten-year averages for this calendar month. A rainy day is one with at least 1 mm of rain, as a weather station counts it. The model these figures come from drizzles more than a rain gauge, the more so the warmer the month, so its days count from 2 mm, rising to 5 mm in the hottest.
Weather read at Shuishe village, on the lake: ten years of ERA5 and ERA5-Land reanalysis, through Open-Meteo's open data.
How busy it gets
Public holidays in January
- Founding Day of the Republic of China 1 Jan 2027
- Chinese New Year's Eve 24 Jan 2028
- Chinese New Year 26 Jan 2028
Holidays crowd a place out; they count toward the crowd score above.
Sun Moon Lake in pictures
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CEphoto, Uwe Aranas, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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CEphoto, Uwe Aranas, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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LowensteinYang, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
What to pack
- Warm layers for the evenings, which drop to about 10°C.
- A packable rain jacket for the 11 or so rainy days.
- Sun protection: about 9 hours of sunshine a day.
- Humidity averages 81%; breathable fabrics dry faster.
Each line is a threshold over the ten-year figures above, not advice from anywhere else.
Before you go
Type A and B plugs at 110 V. Drives on the right. The currency is the New taiwan dollar. No UK Foreign Office advice against travel. Global Affairs Canada: Exercise normal security precautions. US State Department: Level 1: Exercise Normal Precautions. Everything for Taiwan: cost of living, languages, emergency numbers and health.
On arrival in Sun Moon Lake: the apps, paying, getting around, tipping and the emergency numbers.
January elsewhere
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The other months at Sun Moon Lake
- January
- February sweet spot
- March avoid
- April avoid
- May avoid
- June avoid
- July avoid
- August avoid
- September avoid
- October ok
- November sweet spot
- December ok
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