Climate
Kaohsiung logs 117 hot days a year to Tainan's 151 — Kaohsiung wins by 34. Kaohsiung also leads on outdoor-dinner months by 1.
Kaohsiung
Feels-like °C
Dinner outside
Tainan
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Dinner outside
Air Quality
Kaohsiung averages 23.0 µg/m³ (sensitive-groups) PM2.5 annually versus Tainan's 22.0 µg/m³ (sensitive-groups) — Tainan breathes ~5% cleaner air (1.1 µg/m³ lower).
Kaohsiung
Tainan
PM2.5 annual average
WHO classification
City Scale
Both maps at the same real-world scale — 1 cm on either map is the same distance.
Kaohsiung (2.3M) and Tainan (1.0M) are 2.3x in population — Kaohsiung is the larger metro, Tainan the smaller; on land area Kaohsiung spans roughly 1.8x more ground.
Kaohsiung is roughly 2.0x the scale of Tainan
Combined population & area comparison
KaohsiungTainanCity Scale Rankings
Kaohsiung2.3M2.3xTainan1.0M1xKaohsiung372 km²1.8xTainan202 km²1xKaohsiung
Tainan
Who Thrives Here
Both cities work well for the winter escapist.
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