Weekly note

Taiwan in January

5 of the 5 destinations in Taiwan are in season in January: 3 a sweet spot, 1 good, 1 ok.

January is a sweet spot at 3 of these 5 places: Kaohsiung, Tainan and Taichung.

Ranked for January

#PlaceVerdict High Rain Why
1 Kaohsiung sweet spot 23° 2d 23C max, 2 rainy days
2 Tainan sweet spot 23° 2d 23C max, 2 rainy days
3 Taichung sweet spot 22° 5d 22C max, 5 rainy days
4 Kinmen goodbusy 17° cool 4d busier than usual
5 Taipei okbusy 19° 8d busier than usual

Other months for Taiwan

January elsewhere

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.