Taiwan international travel guide in 2023

Taiwan 🇹🇼

Taiwan is part of Asia with main city at Taipei. It's usually 🌤️ 13.85 °C in Taiwan with a rainfall of 🌧 92.31 mm. Tipping is usually not expected in Taiwan. Internet speed in Taiwan is on average 12.9 Mbps. In Taiwan you drive on the right side. Its Developed country with a population of 24M people. The main currency is New Taiwan dollar. The languages spoken are Chinese. Current travel safety advice is Exercise a high degree of caution. Get other useful information like socket plugs, SIM cards and emergency numbers.

👍 Developed 🌤️ ~13.85 °C 🌧 ~92.31 mm 👨‍👩‍👦‍👦 24M people

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Advice

🛡️ Travel safety

Exercise a high degree of caution

Taiwanese citizens, Alien Resident Certificate (ARC) holders, and transit passengers are exempt from having to do a PCR test before departing for Taiwan. If you don’t fall into these categories and you're able to enter Taiwan, you'll still need to a present a negative COVID-19 (PCR) test result. The test must be taken within 2 days of your scheduled departure. International transits at Taiwan's airports are permitted. Entry restrictions to Taiwan have changed to allow certain categories of short-term visitors (including interns and those visiting for language study or international exchanges) to enter Taiwan. (See 'Travel'). We advise: Exercise a high degree of caution in Taiwan due to the impacts of COVID-19.

Issue date: August 2, 2022

Weather

🌤️ Temperature

🌧 Rainfall

General

🔌 Sockets

Taiwan uses 110V, 60Hz with sockets and plugs Type A and Type B.

🌐 Languages

The languages that are typically spoken are Chinese

Money

💱 Currencies Used

Taiwan uses the New Taiwan dollar (symbol: $), code TWD.Banknotes come in denominations of 2000, 1000, 500, 200 and 100 dollars. Dollar is subdivided into 100 cents. Coins come in denominations of 50, 20, 10, 5 and 1 dollars.

💁‍♂️ Tipping

Not expected, but can leave extra tip Tipping is usually not expected in Taiwan. However, if you are satisfied with the service provided you can show your appreciation by leaving a small ‘extra’ tip. Receipts usually include a service charge. If there is a service charge there is no need to tip.

Calling

📡 Internet

Internet speed in Taiwan is on average 12.9 Mbps. WiFi coverage in Taiwan is moderate. It's relatively easy to find one when needed.

📞 Calling

To call Taiwan, dial +, then 886 (the country code for Taiwan), then the area code (without the initial 0) and the local number. For local calls within Taiwan, start with the area code (with the initial 0). In the case above area code is 2 .

Driving

🛣️ Road rules

In Taiwan you drive on the right side. Most cars have manual transmission (stick). Unless otherwise posted, the speed limits for cars and motorcycles are as follows: 100-110 km/h (62-68 mph) on motorways, 100-110 km/h (62-68 mph) on expressways, 40-60 km/h (24-37 mph) in all built-up areas and 50-80 km/h (31-49 mph) on undivided highways.