| ⭐️ Total score |
2.59/5 (Rank #613)
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| ❤️ Liked by members |
👍1 liked it 👎2 disliked it
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| 👍 Quality of life score |
Good |
| 👶 Family score |
Okay |
| 🎒 Community score |
Okay |
| 🤯 Overcrowding score |
0% is nomad here
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| 💵 Cost |
🙂 Okay: $2,693 / mo
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| 📡 Internet |
😡 Slow: 24 Mbps (avg)
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| 😝 Fun |
Bad |
| ⛅️ Temperature (now) |
🌞 Perfect: 22°C71°F (feels 22°C72°F)
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| 💦 Humidity (now) |
😊 Comfy: 58%
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| ❄️ % of buildings with AC |
😍 Very high: 94%
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| 💨 Air quality (now) |
😷 Unhealthy for some: 104 US AQI
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| 💨 Air quality (annual) |
😷 Unhealthy for some: 121 US AQI
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| 👌 Safety |
Great
|
| 👩 Safe for women |
Good |
| 🌈 Safe for LGBTQ+ |
Great |
| 🤮 Food safety* |
Good
|
| 👮♀️ Lack of crime* |
Great
|
| 🤝 Lack of racism* |
Okay |
| 🎓 Education level* |
High |
| ⚡️ Power grid |
Great
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| 🌊 Vulnerability to climate change |
Okay
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| 💰 Income level* |
High:
$2,048 / mo
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| 🙊 English speaking* |
Bad |
| 😤 People density |
🧘♀️ Low density: 4k ppl/km² (1 per 16x16m)
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| 🚶 Walkability |
Great |
| 🚦 Traffic safety* |
Okay |
| ✈️ Airline scores* |
Good |
| 🧳 Lost luggage* |
Great |
| 🏥 Hospitals |
Great |
| 😄 Happiness* |
Good |
| 🍸 Nightlife |
Bad |
| 📶 Free WiFi in city |
Great |
| 🖥 Places to work from |
Great |
| ❄️ A/C or heating |
Good |
| 😁 Friendly to foreigners |
Okay |
| 🗯 Freedom of speech* |
Good |
| 🎅 Startup Score |
Bad |
| 🌍 Continent | Asia |
| 🚩 Country | Taiwan |
| 🗓️ Average trip length | 9 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 24 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
☀️ 22°C 71°F + 😊 Comfy (58%) = feels 22°C 72°F
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| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👎😷 104 US AQI = 🚬 / day |
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👎☠️ 121 US AQI = 🚬 🚬 / day |
| 🔌 Power | 115V 60Hz |
| 🚕 Best taxi app* |
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| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |
Safetywing
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| 💸 100 TWD in USD | USD 3.18 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | TWD 10,000 = USD 318 |
| 💸 Tipping | No |
| 💳 Cashless | 💵 No, cash only (esp. for foreigners) |
| 💻 Best coworking space | Happen |
| 💻 Best alt. coworking space | CreatiVasia Space |
| ☕️ Best coffee place | Nunchuk Cafe |
| 🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
| ♻️ Return rate | 7% of visitors return |
| 📸 Visitors per year | 2,175,000 visitors |
| 📸 Tourists now | 41,684 tourists |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 2,800,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $24,577 / year |
| 😤 Population density | 🧘♀️ not busy: 16x16m (256m²) per person |
| 👫 Gender ratio (nomads) |
👨 80% 👱♀️ 20% |
| 🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
| 💻 Online electronics shop | PCHome |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | Airbnb |
| ✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | EVA |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Air Asia |
| 🏥 Best hospital | Changua Christian Hospital |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $2,693 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $1,782 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $2,148 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $614 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $1,675 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $4,635 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $1,324 / month |
| 🏠 Median home price | $406,582 |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $78 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $152 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $209 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $4 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $2 |
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | $3 |
| 👩🏫 International school | $9,134 / year |
| 📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $20 / month |
| 🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $3 / trip |
✅ Very safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Perfect humidity now
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Very easy to make friends
✅ Very easy to do business
✅ High quality of education
✅ Great hospitals
✅ Roads are very safe
✅ Great freedom of speech
✅ Democratic
✅ Very safe for women
✅ Very friendly to LGBTQ+
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
✅ Not a lot of alcohol abuse
❌ Expensive
❌ Not much to do
❌ Nomads.com members really didn't like going here
❌ Not many Nomads.com members go here
❌ People don't speak English well
❌ Not family friendly
❌ Marijuana is illegal
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| Feels (median) | 18°C / 64°F cool | 21°C / 70°F mild | 22°C / 72°F mild | 28°C / 82°F warm | 33°C / 91°F hot | 33°C / 91°F hot | 35°C / 95°F hot | 36°C / 97°F hot | 35°C / 95°F hot | 25°C / 77°F warm | 23°C / 73°F mild | 20°C / 68°F mild |
| Real (median) |
17°C / 63°F
cool |
20°C / 68°F
mild |
22°C / 72°F
mild |
26°C / 78°F
warm |
29°C / 84°F
very warm |
28°C / 82°F
very warm |
29°C / 84°F
very warm |
29°C / 84°F
very warm |
29°C / 84°F
very warm |
25°C / 77°F
warm |
23°C / 73°F
mild |
19°C / 66°F
mild |
| Humidity |
damp 72% |
nice 69% |
nice 74% |
nice 76% |
sweaty 73% |
sweaty 85% |
sweaty 82% |
sweaty 87% |
sweaty 82% |
nice 74% |
nice 77% |
nice 72% |
| Most common | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear |
| Rain |
dry 7mm |
dry 38mm |
dry 40mm |
rainy 54mm |
rainy 151mm |
rainy 320mm |
rainy 226mm |
rainy 426mm |
rainy 149mm |
dry 46mm |
dry 23mm |
dry 26mm |
| Cloud |
pockets 19% |
pockets 22% |
pockets 18% |
pockets 30% |
pockets 47% |
cloudy 57% |
cloudy 51% |
cloudy 54% |
pockets 31% |
pockets 33% |
pockets 37% |
pockets 21% |
| Air quality |
okay 94 US AQI |
bad 121 US AQI |
bad 121 US AQI |
bad 121 US AQI |
bad 121 US AQI |
bad 121 US AQI |
bad 121 US AQI |
bad 121 US AQI |
bad 121 US AQI |
bad 121* US AQI |
bad 121* US AQI |
okay 89 US AQI |
| Sun |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 9 UVI |
avoid sun 9 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
| Remote workers | 367 people | 350 people | 571 people | 325 people | 343 people | 400 people | 289 people | 257 people | 543 people | 560 people | 375 people | 375 people |
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