Is Taichung safe? Taiwan travel risk
Is Taichung safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Taichung scores 36/100 on our travel risk index (Moderate). The US State Department rates Taiwan Level 1 (Exercise Normal Precautions, updated 25 Nov 2025); the UK has no advice against travel; Canada says: exercise normal security precautions. No GDACS or USGS hazard events within 100 km in the last 14 days. No change in government advice in the last 7 days.
Taichung scores 36/100 (Moderate). The score combines security, crime and scams, health and medical access, natural hazards and current alerts measured for this location and Taiwan (how it is calculated). The sections below are specific to Taichung: nearest emergency and transport facilities, local climate normals, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: natural hazards (74/100) and health and medical access (49/100).
A score of 36 is higher than the scores of 44% of the 241 countries we cover.
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Local Geographic Profile
Geographically located in Taichung (24.1439° N, 120.6794° E), Taichung sits 133.6 km NE from Taipei at 91 m elevation.
Taichung
24.1439° N, 120.6794° E
91 m
Asia/Taipei
2,850,285
Emergency & Transport Infrastructure
Surrounding Localities in Taiwan
Climate by Month
Hottest: July (29 °C avg high); Wettest: August (449 mm).
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High °C | 19° | 20° | 23° | 26° | 28° | 29° | 29° | 29° | 28° | 27° | 24° | 22° |
| Low °C | 13° | 13° | 16° | 19° | 21° | 23° | 23° | 23° | 23° | 21° | 18° | 15° |
| Rain mm | 69 | 86 | 139 | 166 | 234 | 271 | 361 | 449 | 254 | 80 | 37 | 51 |
Normals: Taichung (0 km away).
Natural Hazard Calendar & History
5-Year Hazard Calendar (100 km Radius)
| Hazard | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Floods | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Tropical Cyclones | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| Earthquakes (M5.5+) | 1 | — | 4 | 13 | 3 | 2 | — | 1 | 6 | 1 | — | 2 |
Most earthquake events within 100 km of Taichung happened in April (13 of 33 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
Significant Earthquakes (USGS M5.5+ within 150 km)
33 major seismic events recorded within 150 km over the past 5 years.
- Largest: M7.4 on 2 Apr 2024 (99 km away) — USGS details
- Most recent: M6.6 on 27 Dec 2025 (150 km away) — USGS details
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