Is Tainan safe? Taiwan travel risk
Is Tainan safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Tainan scores 30/100 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.
Tainan scores 30/100 (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 Tainan: nearest emergency and transport facilities, local climate normals, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: natural hazards (63/100) and health and medical access (38/100).
A score of 30 is higher than the scores of 32% of the 241 countries we cover.
Consult the Taiwan travel risk page for nationwide security advisories, entry protocols, and consular warnings.
Geographic & Regional Coordinates
Coordinates 22.9833° N, 120.1833° E place Tainan within Tainan at an elevation of 26 meters. Heading to Taipei: 267.9 km NNE.
Tainan
22.9833° N, 120.1833° E
26 m
Asia/Taipei
1,856,642
Emergency & Aviation Access
Nearby Towns & Settlements in Taiwan
Climate by Month
Hottest: July (31 °C avg high); Wettest: July (385 mm).
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High °C | 22° | 23° | 26° | 28° | 30° | 30° | 31° | 30° | 30° | 28° | 26° | 24° |
| Low °C | 15° | 16° | 19° | 22° | 24° | 25° | 26° | 25° | 24° | 23° | 20° | 17° |
| Rain mm | 33 | 31 | 60 | 110 | 236 | 317 | 385 | 345 | 205 | 85 | 29 | 28 |
Normals: Kaohsiung (42.6 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 | — | — | — |
| Tropical Cyclones | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — |
| Earthquakes (M5.5+) | 1 | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | 6 | — | — | 1 |
Most earthquake events within 100 km of Tainan happened in September (6 of 10 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
Significant Earthquakes (USGS M5.5+ within 150 km)
10 major seismic events recorded within 150 km over the past 5 years.
- Largest: M6.9 on 18 Sep 2022 (120 km away) — USGS details
- Most recent: M6.0 on 24 Dec 2025 (110 km away) — USGS details
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