According to Lifeguin’s travel calendar, the best time to visit Taiwan is March to May and September to November. Plan 7–14 days.
Best months for Taiwan
- Best months
- March to May and September to November
- How long to stay
- 7–14 days
- Continent
- Asia
What Taiwan is best for
Famous for bustling night markets, mountain railways in Alishan, historic temples in Tainan, and Taipei's urban energy.
Weather in Taiwan by month
Monthly averages around Taipei; the mountains and other regions can differ a lot.
| Month | Average temperature | Rain |
|---|---|---|
| January | about 14 °C | some rain (93 mm) |
| February | about 15 °C | some rain (93 mm) |
| March best | about 17 °C | a lot of rain (123 mm) |
| April best | about 21 °C | a lot of rain (123 mm) |
| May best | about 24 °C | a lot of rain (219 mm) |
| June | about 26 °C | a lot of rain (270 mm) |
| July | about 28 °C | a lot of rain (165 mm) |
| August | about 27 °C | a lot of rain (255 mm) |
| September best | about 26 °C | a lot of rain (243 mm) |
| October best | about 23 °C | a lot of rain (105 mm) |
| November best | about 20 °C | a lot of rain (108 mm) |
| December | about 16 °C | some rain (93 mm) |
Sources: what a place is best for — our own travel guides and, for places we have not written about yet, research done with the help of AI (Google Gemini); weather — NASA POWER climate averages; prices — World Bank price levels (CC BY 4.0).
Good to know about Taiwan
- Language
- Mandarin Chinese
- Currency
- New Taiwan Dollar (TWD)
- Time
- UTC+8
- Plugs
- Type A, B · 110 V
- Driving
- On the right
- Calling code
- +886
Sources: Wikidata, Unicode CLDR and the IANA time zone database.
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