Taiwan
Taipei
Weather in Dec
🗓 Season: Cool winter drizzle
A comfortable in-between month: decent weather, thinner crowds, better prices.
🟡 Shoulder season
What to wear & pack 🎒
Expect warm, very rainy conditions — days around 22°C, nights near 16°C, ~13 rainy days.
Best time to go
December is one of the best months to visit Taipei.
Best months: October, November, December, March, April — comfortable temps and lower rain outside the sweltering typhoon summer
Visas & entry 🛂
ℹ️ Entry rules for Taiwan
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• Philippines/Thailand/Brunei 14-day visa-free entry is a trial program, currently extended to 31 Jul 2027 — reconfirm before booking.
• Everyone must submit the online Taiwan Arrival Card (TWAC) before landing.
Bureau of Consular Affairs (visas) ↗ · Taiwan Arrival Card (required for ALL visitors) ↗
Guidance checked July 2026. Rules change — always confirm on the official government site before booking. Not legal advice.
Top places to visit
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📍 Taipei 101 & Xinyi districtthe icon plus the city’s glossiest food courts
📍 National Palace Museumthe world’s great Chinese-art collection
📍 Shilin or Raohe Night Marketpepper buns, stinky tofu, neon appetite
📍 Beitou hot springssteaming public baths on the MRT line
📍 Elephant Mountain sunsetthe postcard 101 photo after a 20-minute climb
Adventures nearby 🥾
Hikes, mountains and outdoor days within reach — tap for details.
⛰️ Yangmingshan — Qixing main peakvolcanic fumaroles and silvergrass on Taipei’s rooftop
⛰️ Teapot Mountain ridgeshort scramble to the coast’s best gold-country panorama
⛰️ Pingxi Crags (Xiaozi/Cimu)ladder-and-chain mini-summits above the sky-lantern valley
Hidden gems 💎
💎 Dihua StreetQing-era apothecaries turned indie tea and fabric shops
💎 Treasure Hill Artist Villagehillside veterans’ settlement turned art warren
💎 Jinguashi & Jiufen early morninggold-rush mountain lanes before the tour buses
Weather numbers are live climate data; travel notes are curated by WanderWise; photos via Wikipedia/Wikimedia Commons. Verify dates locally — festival timing (especially lunar-calendar events) can shift year to year.