Taoyuan
City in Taiwan: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Taoyuan District montage: User:Foxy1219, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Taoyuan is a city in Taiwan, in Taiwan. About 475,798 people live in the city proper, making it the 7th largest city of Taiwan in our atlas.
It lies at 24.99° N, 121.30° E, about 103 m (338 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Asia/Taipei time zone.
Location
Red dot: Taoyuan. Green dots: other major cities of Taiwan. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Taoyuan 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 · 17 km
- New Taipei City · 18 km
- Taipei · 24 km
- Hsinchu · 39 km
- Keelung · 47 km
- Taichung · 112 km
- Tainan · 248 km
- Kaohsiung · 282 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 6696918 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q715975 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Taoyuan District montage: User:Foxy1219, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- 桃園縣立體育場 Taoyuan County Stadium - panoramio (1): Foxy Who \(^∀^)/, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- The Taoyuan Arena 2017-4: Padai, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Chungyuet World Center 2017: Foxy1219, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- 桃園市 虎頭山公園 - panoramio: Foxy Who \(^∀^)/, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- 中悅環球企業總部: Foxy1219, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
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