Taichung — time and weather
Taichung is a city in Taiwan, in the Asia/Taipei time zone. This page shows the current local time in Taichung and the current weather: temperature, precipitation and wind speed.
About the time in Taichung
Local time in Taichung is based on the Asia/Taipei time zone. Daylight saving time, where it applies in this region, is handled automatically. The current offset from Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) is shown next to the clock. The time on this page updates every second and is synced with your device clock.
About the country and city
Taiwan is an island state in East Asia off the coast of mainland China, separated by the Taiwan Strait. A mountainous island with dense forests and a tropical south, it is also home to one of the world's most advanced economies, producing a large share of global semiconductors (TSMC and others). Taiwan is known for its night markets, as the birthplace of bubble tea, for its democratic freedoms and for its complex political history with the PRC.
More about the country: Taiwan →What to see in Taichung
Sights and historical places
- Rainbow Village is a former veterans' settlement turned by self-taught painter Huang Yung-fu into a vivid quarter covered in bright murals.
- The National Taichung Theatre, designed by Toyo Ito, is a contemporary building with cave-like flowing interiors and a symbol of the city's new face.
- Fengjia Park and the eponymous night market form Taiwan's largest night market with thousands of stalls, particularly popular with students.
- The old Lin Family Mansion at Wufeng and the Jixian Garden are an example of classic Qing-dynasty architecture in the outskirts of Taichung.
Museums
- The National Museum of Natural Science is one of Taiwan's most visited museums, with dinosaurs, a botanical garden and a planetarium.
- The National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts (NTMoFA) holds the country's largest collection of contemporary Taiwanese art in a spacious building set among parks.
- The Museum of Prehistory (Tainan branch) and the Museum of Literature tell the story of prehistoric Formosa and the island's literary tradition.
Where to spend time
- A walk along the Calligraphy Greenway — a green corridor through the city centre with fountains, bike lanes and art installations.
- Gaomei Wetlands on the ocean coast offer mudflats full of crabs, herons and spectacular sunsets, best seen from the wooden boardwalk.
- A bubble-tea pilgrimage: try boba at Chun Shui Tang in Taichung, the café that invented the drink in the 1980s.
Local cuisine
Taichung is the birthplace of bubble tea: try the original pearl milk tea at Chun Shui Tang and the local «sun cakes» (suncakes) that traditionally accompany it.