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Taichung in January

sweet spot · one of the best months to go · the coolest month of the year

The year in Taichung

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  1. Taichung in January: sweet spot
  2. Taichung in February: sweet spot
  3. Taichung in March: sweet spot
  4. Taichung in April: sweet spot
  5. Taichung in May: ok
  6. Taichung in June: avoid
  7. Taichung in July: avoid
  8. Taichung in August: avoid
  9. Taichung in September: ok
  10. Taichung in October: ok, busy
  11. Taichung in November: sweet spot, busy
  12. Taichung in December: ok, busy
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January at Taichung is 22°C by day and 12°C at night, with 5 rainy days and about 9 hours of sun a day. 22C max, 5 rainy days.

The numbers

Daily high22°C
Nightly low12°C
Feels like, afternoon22°C
Rainy days, 1 mm or more5 · 48 mm
Humidity75%
Sunshine9.0 h/day
Daylight10.8 h/day
Crowds80 / 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 the centre, 15 km from the airport (RMQ): ten years of ERA5 and ERA5-Land reanalysis, through Open-Meteo's open data.

How busy it gets

January: about usual. Busiest in November and December; quietest in June and July.

Public holidays in January

Holidays crowd a place out and push fares up around them; they count toward the crowd score above.

Taichung in pictures

What to pack

  • Sun protection: about 9 hours of sunshine a day.
  • Humidity averages 75%; 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. Everything for Taiwan: cost of living, languages, emergency numbers and health.

On arrival in Taichung: the apps, paying, getting around, tipping and the emergency numbers.

January elsewhere

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