Climate
Taichung logs 60 hot days a year to Tainan's 151 — Taichung wins by 91. Taichung also leads on outdoor-dinner months by 1.
Taichung
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Dinner outside
Tainan
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Dinner outside
Air Quality
Taichung averages 20.3 µg/m³ (sensitive-groups) PM2.5 annually versus Tainan's 22.0 µg/m³ (sensitive-groups) — Taichung breathes ~7% cleaner air (1.6 µg/m³ lower).
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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.
Taichung (2.3M) and Tainan (1.0M) are 2.3x in population — Taichung is the larger metro, Tainan the smaller; on land area Taichung spans roughly 1.5x more ground.
Taichung is roughly 1.9x the scale of Tainan
Combined population & area comparison
TaichungTainanCity Scale Rankings
Taichung2.3M2.3xTainan1.0M1xTaichung313 km²1.5xTainan202 km²1xTaichung
Tainan
Who Thrives Here
Both cities work well for the winter escapist.
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