Best time to visit Taiwan

5 destinations in Taiwan, each scored month by month, side by side.

Taipei — i

Photo by CEphoto, Uwe Aranas, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

January, February, March, April and November are the best months: each a sweet spot at 3 of these 5 places.

The destinations

Season by season

Month by month

Place	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Kaohsiung	23°	24°	26°	28°	30°	31°	31°	30°	31°	29°	27°	25°
Kinmen	17°	16°	19°	22°	26°	28°	30°	30°	30°	27°	23°	19°
Taichung	22°	23°	25°	28°	30°	30°	31°	31°	31°	30°	28°	23°
Tainan	23°	24°	26°	29°	30°	31°	31°	30°	31°	30°	28°	25°
Taipei	19°	20°	23°	26°	29°	31°	33°	33°	31°	27°	24°	20°
Sweet spots	3	3	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0

Place

Sweet spots

Sweet spot
Good
OK
Avoid
Busy

Each cell is that destination's own verdict for the month — sweet spot, ok or avoid — with its typical daily high, from the same ten years of climate readings its page is built from. A dot marks a busy month. The last row counts the sweet spots, and the best months are marked.

Routes through Taiwan

East Asian cities 4 stops

Before you go

Currency	New taiwan dollar
Languages	Standard Taiwanese Mandarin, Taiwanese Hakka, Taiwanese Hokkien, Amis
Plugs	Type A and B, 110 V
Driving	On the right
Calling code	+886
Travel advice	No advice against travel — UK Foreign Office, updated 2026-08-28
Health	UK Foreign Office health advice

Facts from Wikidata (CC0), the UK Foreign Office (Open Government Licence) and the World Bank, refreshed 2026-10-07. The advisory is written for British travellers; entry rules depend on your passport.

On arrival

Apps — Rides: 55688 Taiwan Taxi, Bolt, LINE GO, Uber. Maps: Google Maps, Apple Maps. Messages: LINE.
Paying — Carry cash: many restaurants and most small shops take no cards, and some convenience stores refuse foreign cards. EasyCard also pays in convenience stores; local QR wallets mostly need residency.
UPI, for visitors from India — Not accepted for paying here; bring a card that works abroad.
Getting around Taipei — EasyCard (or iPASS) on the MRT, buses and YouBike; buy and top up at MRT stations or convenience stores. A tapped bank card or phone also opens MRT gates, without transfer discounts.
Tipping — Not expected, and taxi drivers return exact change; full-service restaurants usually add a 10% service charge.
Emergency — police 110 · ambulance and fire 119.
TravelCharika is not an emergency service: we cannot call for help or send anyone. Numbers can change; if one fails, ask someone local or your hotel.

Put together by hand from the sources listed, checked 3 October 2026. Apps, cards and rules change, so check before you rely on one.

Sources (15)

Every verdict here is the destination's own: ten years of climate readings, the public holidays that crowd it, and what the flight costs. Nothing is said about Taiwan as a whole that was not first measured at each place in it.