Taiwan
Taichung in January
🧥 WinterPleasant and mostly dry.
Why January scores 9.1What goes into the score
How it works- Weather comfort9.8
- ✓Comfortable temperatures (22°C highs / 13°C lows)
- ✓Comfortable humidity (dew point 12.7°C)
- ✓Mostly dry (~37 mm rain)
- Air quality6.4
- !Elevated (PM2.5 ~30 µg/m³)
- Seasonal hazards10.0
- ·No notable seasonal hazards
- Safety baseline9.0
- ·Normal precautions
| Jan | Dec | |
|---|---|---|
| Score | 9.1 Excellent | 9.2 Excellent |
| Season | 🧥 Winter | 🧥 Winter |
| High / low | 22° / 13° | 24° / 15° |
| Rain | 37 mm | 31 mm |
| Humidity | dew pt 13° | dew pt 14° |
| PM2.5 | 30 µg/m³ | 25 µg/m³ |
Typical-month data: NASA POWER (MERRA-2 reanalysis) 2015–2024 (modelled, not a forecast). Temperatures: Taichung weather-station normals. Rainfall: Taichung weather-station normals (national met service).
Holidays & crowdsJanuary 2027
Long weekendThere's at least one long weekend. Domestic travel picks up and popular spots get busier over those days.
- Founding Day of the Republic of China 1–3 Jan · 3 days off in a row
National holidays only; regional holidays and school breaks aren't included. Source: holidays (open-source public-holiday calendar).
Explore TaichungEvents, sights, food & souvenirs
Check event dates locallyTaiwan's second-largest city by population, in the west-central part of the island, known for night markets, bubble tea history and nearby mountains.
Lunar New YearDate variesLunar calendar — late January to mid-February, date moves each year
Taiwan's main family holiday.
Why go: Many businesses close for several days and transport is very busy.
Where: Across the city
Coming up later
Lantern FestivalDate variesLunar calendar — 15th day of the first lunar month, usually February
The end of New Year celebrations, marked with lantern displays.
Why go: Display locations change each year, so check local listings.
Where: Lantern displays across the city
Dajia Mazu PilgrimageDate variesLunar calendar — usually March or April, date announced each year
A nine-day procession carrying the sea goddess Mazu on foot through central Taiwan.
Why go: It draws huge crowds and loud firecrackers; the start and return in Dajia are the busiest moments.
Where: Starting at Jenn Lann Temple, Dajia District
Feng Chia Night Market
One of Taiwan's largest night markets, around Feng Chia University.
💡 It is busiest on weekend evenings.
Rainbow Village
A former military dependants' village covered in colourful paintings.
National Taichung Theater
An opera house designed by Toyo Ito with a curved, cave-like structure.
National Museum of Natural Science
A large science museum with a botanical garden greenhouse.
Gaomei Wetlands
A coastal wetland with a boardwalk and wind turbines, popular at sunset.
💡 Check tide times, as the boardwalk is best at low tide.
Sun Moon Lake
A mountain lake in Nantou County, reachable by bus from Taichung for a day trip.
Bubble tea (pearl milk tea)
Taichung's Chun Shui Tang teahouse is widely credited with popularising pearl milk tea in the 1980s.
💡 Tea shops across the city
Suncake (taiyang bing)
A flaky pastry filled with maltose, a Taichung specialty.
💡 Bakeries on Ziyou Road
Night market snacks
Grilled squid, stinky tofu, sausages and other street snacks.
💡 Feng Chia and Yizhong Street night markets
Beef noodle soup
Taiwan's staple braised beef noodle soup.
💡 Noodle shops
Suncakes
Boxed suncakes, the classic Taichung souvenir.
💡 Ziyou Road bakeries
Taiwanese oolong tea
High-mountain oolong grown in central Taiwan.
💡 Tea shops
Pineapple cakes
Shortbread pastries with pineapple filling, a Taiwanese gift staple.
💡 Bakeries and souvenir shops