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Keelung
ℹ️Practical info — Keelung
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🌤 Weather — 5 days
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💡 Tips
- Known as the 'Rainy Port', carrying an umbrella or raincoat is absolutely essential year-round.
- The local buses are a great way to reach coastal spots, but an EasyCard is needed for convenient payment.
- Avoid the weekend crowds at Miaokou Night Market by visiting on a weekday or arriving right when stalls open around 5 PM.
- For the best view of the harbor and the giant KEELUNG sign, head up to Heping Island Park or Zhongzheng Park.
- Trains from Taipei are frequent and cheap, making Keelung a very easy day trip.
🍽 Food
A signature Keelung dish made of flat rice noodles in a rich pork and seafood broth, famous at Miaokou Night Market.
Don't miss this local oddity at Miaokou: a deep-fried bun stuffed with ham, egg, tomatoes, and sweet mayonnaise.
Head to the Bisha Fishing Port seafood market to pick your own live catch and have it cooked by nearby restaurants.
🛍 Shopping · 🧘 Quiet spots
Beyond food, the streets branching off sell cheap clothing, accessories, and local souvenirs.
Buy Lee Hu Cake Store's famous pineapple cakes and curry meat pastries near the market.
A beautifully scenic, green coastal valley offering peaceful hiking trails and memorable ocean views.
Walk along the coast here for striking rock formations and a relaxing sea breeze, especially beautiful at dusk.
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Keelung is the premier port city in northern Taiwan, strategically positioned around a natural deep-water harbor on the East China Sea. Often referred to as the 'Rainy Port' due to its high annual precipitation, the city is characterized by lush green hills and a rugged coastline. Its history is deeply tied to its strategic value, having been contested by Spanish, Dutch, and French forces over several centuries, leaving behind military heritage sites like Ershawan Fort. Today, Keelung is a bustling commercial center with a population of approximately 360,000 and serves as a major gateway for international cruise liners. The Miaokou Night Market is widely considered one of the best in Taiwan, renowned for its incredible variety of seafood and traditional local snacks. Geographically, the city is constrained by mountains, leading to a unique vertical urban development. Nearby attractions like Heping Island Park feature dramatic rock formations shaped by coastal erosion, while the offshore Keelung Islet remains a prominent nautical landmark.
- Location: Taiwan
- Top sights: Takasago park Site · Hongdanshan · Qing An Temple
- Nearby: Yehliu (7 km)
- Population: ~362.487 (2025)
Best time to visit & climate
The most pleasant time to visit is Apr, Oct, Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °C | 14 | 15 | 17 | 21 | 24 | 26 | 28 | 27 | 26 | 23 | 20 | 16 |
| Rain mm | 95 | 88 | 127 | 122 | 227 | 270 | 169 | 263 | 243 | 109 | 107 | 96 |
Geography
Facts
- Keelung is the second-largest seaport in Taiwan after Kaohsiung.
- The city receives an average annual rainfall of approximately 3,700 mm.
- Ershawan Fort was originally constructed in 1840 during the Opium War.
- The Miaokou Night Market is centered around the historic Dianji Temple.
- The city's population stands at approximately 361,000 residents.
- Heping Island was the site of the Spanish Fort San Salvador, built in 1626.
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