Climate
Taichung logs 60 hot days a year to Taitung's 23 — Taitung wins by 37. Taichung also leads on outdoor-dinner months by 3.
Taichung
Feels-like °C
Dinner outside
Taitung
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Dinner outside
Air Quality
Taichung averages 20.3 µg/m³ (sensitive-groups) PM2.5 annually versus Taitung's 11.6 µg/m³ (moderate) — Taitung breathes ~43% cleaner air (8.7 µg/m³ lower).
Taichung
Taitung
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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 Taitung (68K) are 34x in population — Taichung is the larger metro, Taitung the smaller; on land area Taichung spans roughly 21x more ground.
Taichung is roughly 27x the scale of Taitung
Combined population & area comparison
TaichungTaitungCity Scale Rankings
Taichung2.3M34xTaitung68K1xTaichung313 km²21xTaitung15 km²1xTaichung
Taitung
Who Thrives Here
Taichung favours the sunshine lover, while Taitung suits the clean air seeker. Both cities work well for the winter escapist.
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