Banqiao
City in Taiwan: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Xinban Special District 20241203 (54182542495): xiangyang17, CC BY 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
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Overview
Banqiao is a city in Taiwan, in Taipei. About 551,221 people live in the city proper, making it the 6th largest city of Taiwan in our atlas.
It lies at 25.01° N, 121.47° E, about 12 m (39 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Asia/Taipei time zone.
Location
Red dot: Banqiao. Green dots: other major cities of Taiwan. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Banqiao has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). The warmest month is usually Jul, with average highs near 30°C (87°F); the coolest nights come in Jan at about 12°C (53°F). Around 1,914 mm (75 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, most of it in Jun.
Bars: average daily high and low (°C) for each month; blue columns and figures: average precipitation (mm). Gridded 2001-2025 averages from NASA POWER, so mountain and coastal spots can differ from local station records.
Landmarks and places to see
Popular sights within a few kilometres of the city centre, ranked by how widely they are documented on Wikipedia.
What to eat in TaiwanNational dishes, street food, desserts and drinks on Intercontinental Chef.Nearby major cities
- New Taipei City · 5 km
- Taipei · 7 km
- Taoyuan · 17 km
- Keelung · 30 km
- Hsinchu · 55 km
- Taichung · 124 km
- Tainan · 258 km
- Kaohsiung · 290 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 1670029 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q570090 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Xinban Special District 20241203 (54182542495): xiangyang17, CC BY 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
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- 臺北市政府舊址（原建成小學校）: 寺人孟子, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Ama Museum 20160723: Solomon203, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Daan Park Ecological Pool West Zone: 玄史生, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Taipei Botanical Garden Greenhouse: Meiguoren, CC0 (Wikimedia Commons)
