Taiwan Weather Today
Taiwan’s climate is subtropical. Though often damp, winters can be pleasant enough, especially in the south. Up north, it tends to get chilly and damp, and many Taipei residents find themselves pining for some sunshine come mid-February. Typhoon season hits in late summer to mid-autumn, and tends to strike the east coast particularly hard. Summers are hot and humid: walking out of an air-conditioned mall in August feels like being wrapped in a steaming towel. Perfect Taiwan weather? In our opinion, autumn and spring are best. Summer’s fun, but prepare to sweat, and as for winter, down south it’s still nice most of the time, but up north, well,Taipei has plenty of indoor malls!
Taiwan is also prone to earthquakes, sitting as it does on the colliding Eurasian and Philippine plates. Before you curse the forces of geology, consider that these grinding plates are also responsible for the beautiful mountains and amazing hot springs that make a trip to Taiwan truly worthwhile. Most of these quakes are small earth tremors. Some are far more devastating, particularly the one that occurred on 21 September 1999, which measured 7.3 on the Richter scale and killed thousands. A more recent quake off the southern coast in late 2006 caused only a few casualties, but severed several underground cables, disrupting telephone and internet service across Asia.
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