Climate
Chiayi City logs 74 hot days a year to Taichung's 60 — Taichung wins by 14. Taichung also leads on sunny days by 8.
Chiayi City
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Taichung
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Air Quality
Chiayi City averages 23.2 µg/m³ (sensitive-groups) PM2.5 annually versus Taichung's 20.3 µg/m³ (sensitive-groups) — Taichung breathes ~12% cleaner air (2.9 µg/m³ lower).
Chiayi City
Taichung
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City Scale
Both maps at the same real-world scale — 1 cm on either map is the same distance.
Chiayi City (461K) and Taichung (2.3M) are 5.0x in population — Taichung is the larger metro, Chiayi City the smaller; on land area Taichung spans roughly 4.1x more ground.
Taichung is roughly 4.5x the scale of Chiayi City
Combined population & area comparison
TaichungChiayi CityCity Scale Rankings
Taichung2.3M5.0xChiayi City461K1xTaichung313 km²4.1xChiayi City77 km²1xChiayi City
Taichung
Who Thrives Here
Both cities work well for the winter escapist.
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