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The weather6
The Sauna You Can’t LeaveThe Bedroom That Never CoolsThe Umbrella EconomyRain, By The MetreSixteen Thousand DaysThe Year Without a Window
The hours it keeps6
The Cinderella ClauseThe Early Bedtime AwardThe Sunday Ghost TownThe Breakfast DesertThe Great Lunch VanishingThe Part-Time City
Getting out5
The Great Escape IndexHardest City to Leave (In a Hurry)The Domestic BubbleThe Hibernating AirportThe Perth Meridian
The ground and the sky4
The Wobbliest GroundThe Volcano PartyThe Volcano Next DoorThe 3 p.m. Sunset Club
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The Monoculture MenuThe Calendar of ExcusesA Gigabyte of Cats
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🇹🇼 Taiwan · metro 9.7M · 8,929 venues mapped

Taipei

Where Taipei places among 1,878 cities measured on the one thing that needs no editing — the hours the city keeps. Its strongest showing is shops open on sunday, where it ranks 18 of 1,704.

This city has a full profile Read Taipei in the atlas → Weather, rhythm, seasons, sourced claims and its vital absurdities.
Nearest city 🇹🇼 Hsinchu 63 km Nearest written profile 🇨🇳 Hangzhou 📖 598 km

Typical weather

1981–present
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coldcool warmhot
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Come for everything else Taipei does a lot well. The weather is not on the list.

City Rhythm

measured

Opening hours, by kind of place

median across mapped venues
Food & drink8,929 places mapped
11:00–21:00
0006121824
6%
open past midnight
87%
open on Sundays
63h
open per week
16%
take a midday break
Shops & errands3,061 places mapped
00:00–24:00
0006121824
0%
open past midnight
98%
open on Sundays
168h
open per week
61%
open 24/7

Vital absurdities

measured
182
muggy days a year
83
nights/yr the bedroom never cools
225
umbrella days a year
85 m
of rain since 1981
2,528
days over 30 °C, of 16,626
2
volcanoes within 100 km
14.1 km
to Tatun Volcanic Group
83.8
quakes felt per decade (M4.5+, 100 km)
17:10
winter sunset (solar approx.)
13.7 h
longest day of the year
14
public holidays, 2024
6,367
km adrift · the Remote Index

The ranks

floor: 200 mapped venues
MeasureTaipei RankNearest company
Kitchens open past midnight% of food & drink 6% 240 of 1,878 🇩🇪 Lippstadt 6%🇦🇺 Melbourne 6%🇺🇸 Peabody 6%🇮🇷 Tabriz 6%Taipei🇮🇹 Trento 6%🇺🇸 Williamsburg 6%🇯🇵 Aomori 5.9%🇮🇹 Aosta 5.9%
Hours open per weekmedian, food & drink 63 h 167 of 1,878 🇪🇸 San Fernando 63 h🇦🇹 Sankt Pölten 63 h🇨🇴 Santa Rosa de Cabal 63 h🇬🇧 Sunderland 63 hTaipei🇯🇵 Takaoka 63 h🇨🇦 Victoria 63 h🇬🇧 Worcester 63 h🇸🇻 Sonsonate 62.8 h
Open before 8 a.m.% of food & drink 18.9% 284 of 1,878 🇲🇽 Monterrey 18.9%🇷🇸 Subotica 18.9%🇬🇧 Sunderland 18.9%🇹🇼 Taichung 18.9%Taipei🇨🇴 Bogota 18.8%🇬🇧 Cannock 18.8%🇭🇰 Hong Kong 18.8%🇷🇺 Izhevsk 18.8%
Vanish at lunch% taking a midday break 16.3% 234 of 1,878 🇹🇼 Kaohsiung 16.3%🇨🇭 Locarno 16.3%🇩🇪 Minden 16.3%🇪🇸 Sant Boi de Llobregat 16.3%Taipei🇵🇹 Almada 16.2%🇯🇵 Hakodate 15.9%🇩🇪 Kleve 15.9%🇯🇵 Nagoya 15.8%
Never close at all% open 24/7 2.3% 208 of 1,878 🇫🇷 Périgueux 2.3%🇺🇸 Redding 2.3%🇧🇷 Sao Jose dos Campos 2.3%🇦🇺 Sydney 2.3%Taipei🇺🇸 Trenton 2.3%🇪🇸 Valdemoro 2.3%🇺🇸 Allen 2.2%🇵🇾 Asuncion 2.2%
Shops open on Sunday% of retail 98.1% 18 of 1,704 🇺🇸 Las Vegas 98.1%🇵🇭 Manila 98.1%🇺🇸 Miami 98.1%🇺🇸 Sacramento 98.1%Taipei🇺🇿 Yangiyul 98.1%🇺🇸 Alafaya 98%🇯🇵 Hanno 98%🇺🇸 Irving 98%

The same questions are asked of the 126 cities with a written profile, where each one gets its method and its full standings: kitchens open past midnight, hours open per week, open before 8 a.m., vanish at lunch, shops open on sunday.

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