Taipei Guide for Digital Nomads

Weather in Taipei by month

The warmest month is July, at about 85°F (30°C) in the afternoon, and the coolest is January, at about 65°F (18°C).

The most rain falls in August.

From NASA POWER's monthly climate averages for the point (a grid about 50 km across, so a coastal or mountain city can read a little off).

Internet in Taipei

In M-Lab's open speed tests within 25 km of Taipei, half came in above 78 Mbps download and 26 Mbps upload, and the fastest quarter of lines above 261 Mbps.

That's 748,604 download tests from September 2025 to September 2026.

The typical figure counts every line, cheap and mobile ones too; a fiber line in a good apartment or coworking space is closer to the fastest quarter.

Test yours when you get there with my internet speed test.

Air quality in Taipei

The air in Taipei carries about 13 µg/m³ of fine particles (PM2.5) over a year, 2.6 times the WHO's guideline of 5 µg/m³.

The cleanest month is September, at about 7 µg/m³, and the haziest is April.

From the 2 low-cost sensors nearest Taipei, within 4.8 km, through OpenAQ's open air quality data, each month's average since 2023: Taipei (MSP, CC BY 4.0, 4.7 km); Zhongshan North Road, Taipei (Zhongshan North Road, Taipei, CC BY 4.0, 4.8 km).

Low-cost sensors read less precisely than government monitors, so take the figures as a guide.

Is Taipei safe?

The US State Department rates Taiwan Level 1 ("Exercise normal precautions", updated 2025-11-24), the same level it gives Austria, Portugal, Japan and Australia.

Level 1 is normal travel.

Some advisories raise the level for parts of a country, so read the full advisory before you book.

Work and stay in Taipei

Where to work and live with other remote workers, from each finder:

See them all on a map, with hours, photos and directions, in the coworking space finder and free Wi-Fi spots.

Visas, taxes and residency in Taiwan

Before you plan a long stay, check what your passport allows and what staying does to your taxes:

• Can you stay? – see where your passport goes without a visa on the visa-free countries map, and whether Taiwan has a visa for remote workers in the digital nomad visa finder
• Tax – compare Taiwan's income tax with other countries in tax rates by country
• Tax breaks for new residents – Taiwan has a regime for people who move there; see it in tax breaks for new residents
• Foreign income – Taiwan taxes only income earned inside the country, not income from abroad; see the rule and its exceptions on the territorial tax map

Each tool reads the official rules, so the answer is for your own passport and income.

Money in Taipei

A card with no foreign fee and an account that holds several currencies make a stay much cheaper:

• Accounts – the best bank accounts for digital nomads, by where you live
• Cards – what a card costs you abroad in the card fees abroad calculator
• Sending money – the cheapest way to move money there in the money transfer comparison

The finders show only accounts and cards you can open from where you live.

Time zone

Taipei runs on Taipei time (Asia/Taipei).

See how many working hours you'd share with your clients or team in the time zone overlap calculator.