New Taipei City
City in Taiwan: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Overview
New Taipei City is a city in Taiwan, in Taipei. About 4.0 million people live in the city proper, making it the 2nd largest city of Taiwan in our atlas.
It lies at 25.06° N, 121.46° E, about 4 m (13 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Asia/Taipei time zone.
Location
Red dot: New Taipei City. Green dots: other major cities of Taiwan. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
New Taipei City 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
- Banqiao · 5 km
- Taipei · 7 km
- Taoyuan · 18 km
- Keelung · 30 km
- Hsinchu · 57 km
- Taichung · 128 km
- Tainan · 262 km
- Kaohsiung · 295 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 12908892 (CC BY 4.0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
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