Tainan
City in Taiwan: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Downtown Tainan(2012): Mersh, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
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Overview
Tainan is a city in Taiwan, in Taiwan. About 1.9 million people live in the city proper, making it the 5th largest city of Taiwan in our atlas.
It lies at 22.99° N, 120.21° E, about 26 m (85 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Asia/Taipei time zone. It sits inside the tropics.
Location
Red dot: Tainan. Green dots: other major cities of Taiwan. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Tainan has a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen Am). The warmest month is usually Jul, with average highs near 30°C (86°F); the coolest nights come in Jan at about 18°C (64°F). Around 1,890 mm (74 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, most of it in Aug.
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
- Kaohsiung · 43 km
- Taichung · 137 km
- Hsinchu · 216 km
- Taoyuan · 248 km
- Banqiao · 259 km
- New Taipei City · 263 km
- Taipei · 265 km
- Keelung · 284 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 1668355 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q140631 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Downtown Tainan(2012): Mersh, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Chimei museum1: E21201, Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)
- Building 1 of Tainan Art Museum: Taiwania Justo, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- 原日本勸業銀行臺南支店: Pbdragonwang, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- 臺南運河博物館: Pbdragonwang, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- 英商德記洋行: 王彥翔, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- 安平海山館: Pbdragonwang, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
