🌤️ Taipei Weather Dashboard

The warning tiers: CWA issues a sea warning first (shipping/coastal alert, land still normal), then a land warning if the storm's track holds — that's the one that matters for you. Land warning doesn't automatically mean closures; it means county/city governments start deciding.

停班停課 (work/school closure): Decided city-by-city, not nationally — Taipei City can close while New Taipei stays open, or vice versa. Under national guidance, a city can call it if the typhoon's edge is expected within 4 hours. Announcements land the night before or by early morning (~5:30–6am) via news, the CWA site, and local news apps — there's no push alert to a foreign phone, so check the news yourself.

MRT: Elevated/surface sections suspend around sustained winds of Beaufort 7 (~50–61 km/h) or gusts hitting Beaufort 10 — underground sections run longer. In practice: if it's bad enough to close offices, assume the MRT is at least partially down.

THSR / TRA (the Yingge/Daxi day trip's train line): Both cut schedules or suspend outright in a land warning; TRA typically announces the next block of service by ~9pm the night before. If Sep 5 has a system anywhere nearby, check thsrc.com.tw before heading to the station, not after.

Flights: Airlines usually announce cancellations 24–48hrs ahead of a direct hit. Given the trip's tight Sapporo connection window, a typhoon near either UA1593/UA871 (arrival) or the BR166 Taipei→Sapporo leg is the one scenario worth actually pricing into a plan — check the airline app directly, don't wait for an email.

Xinyi (Week 1): Taipei 101 Mall + observation deck, Shin Kong Mitsukoshi A11 food floors, Fubon Art Museum (Old Masters exhibit, Jul 18–Oct 19), ATT4FUN.

Nangang (Week 2): LaLaport Nangang (full food court + shops), CITYLINK Nangang, Taipei Music Center's Cultural Cube exhibitions (indoor, Sep 1–30) — all reachable without leaving cover from the Courtyard.

City-wide, MRT-reachable if underground lines hold: National Palace Museum, Songshan Cultural and Creative Park, any of the big mall food courts (Breeze, SOGO).

Sapporo/Hakodate equivalent: Tanukikoji covered shopping arcade (7 blocks, fully indoors), Sapporo Beer Museum, Nijo Market's covered stalls, Hakodate's Kanemori Red Brick Warehouses.

Temperature: 27–35°C (81–95°F) · Hot and humid
Humidity: 70–85% average · Feels hotter than the number
Rain: Frequent afternoon thunderstorms (30–60 min, then clears). Carry an umbrella daily.
UV Index: Very high (8–11). Sunscreen is essential, even on cloudy days.
Sunrise/Sunset: ~5:30 AM / ~6:15 PM (shortening through September)
What to wear: Light, breathable clothing. Layers for aggressive AC indoors.