Taiwan
About 23.5M people live in Taiwan, on 35,980 km² in 4 regions; the capital is Taipei. The highest summit is Yushan Main Peak (3,952 m).
Mean of its 13 most visited places. Best: Jan · Nov–Dec.
Taiwan at a glance
The atlas follows 15,301 places here month by month, with 1,899 mountains and 634 monuments; across the most visited of them, the best months are January, November and December.
Taiwan's population
Every five years from 1950; from 2030 the projection.
+204%7.6M in 1950 → 23.1M in 2025 → 19.4M in 2050When to go to Taiwan
The places with the best weather in each month, scored from their climate.
For the beach in August
Places and regions of Taiwan
The most visited places with their score this month, then every region with what the atlas follows there.
55OctoberKaohsiung
59OctoberTaipei
63OctoberZhubei
55OctoberPingtung
57OctoberTainan
58OctoberYilan
78OctoberMagong
56OctoberHualien City
4 regions
Taiwan from above
Every place scored for the month you pick: comfortable temperatures, dry days and clear skies.
Nature in Taiwan
Wildlife in October
The birds and mammals seen most this month, compared with the rest of their year.
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Outdoors in Taiwan
Hiking routes, ski areas and everything to do outdoors, counted.
Culture in Taiwan
634 monuments and 341 museums; the best known first.
The festival year
What's on in Taiwan
The ground and the sky in Taiwan
Earthquakes since 1950 and in the last month; eclipses, meteors and the moon as seen from the capital.
Getting to Taiwan
7 large airports, 300 railway stations, 84 ferry ports; the ones closest to the most visited places.
Practical information
Plugs, money, phone numbers and the side of the road: the things to know before you land.