Plugs and voltage
Taiwan uses Type A sockets; Type B is also found. Mains supply is 110 V at 60 Hz.
Older buildings often have two-pin Type A sockets only.
At 110 V, devices from 220–240 V countries that are not dual-voltage will run weakly or not at all. Chargers labelled “100–240V” work fine with just a plug adapter.
Adapter guides: from United States · from Japan
Money
$ New Taiwan Dollar TWD
Language
- Chineseofficial95%
- Min Nan Chineseofficial57%
- Hakka Chineseofficial11%
Bars show the share of the population that speaks each language (CLDR estimates).
Time
Taiwan is on UTC+8, with no daylight saving time.
Driving
Traffic in Taiwan drives on the right, so the steering wheel is on the left.
Public holidays in the next 12 months
22 national public holidays from 2 November 2026. Banks, offices and many shops close; regional holidays are not shown. Dates marked “estimated” follow a lunar calendar and can move by a day.
December 2026
- Constitution Day
January 2027
- Founding Day of the Republic of China
February 2027
- Chinese New Year's Eve
- Chinese New Year's Eve
- Chinese New Year
- Chinese New Year
- Chinese New Year
- Chinese New Year (observed)
- Chinese New Year (observed)
- Peace Memorial Day
March 2027
- Peace Memorial Day (observed)
April 2027
- Children's Day
- Tomb-Sweeping Day
- Children's Day (observed)
- Labor Day (observed)
May 2027
- Labor Day
June 2027
- Dragon Boat Festival
September 2027
- Mid-Autumn Festival
- Confucius' Birthday
October 2027
- National Day
- National Day (observed)
- Taiwan Restoration and Guningtou Victory Memorial Day
Travel advisories
United States · State Department
Level 1 Exercise normal precautions
Read the full advisory. Checked 2026-11-02.
United Kingdom · FCDO
No warnings The FCDO does not advise against travel to Taiwan.
Updated 2026-08-28. Read the full advice. Checked 2026-11-02.
Advisories are written for each government's own citizens and change without notice: read the original before you travel.
Other practical facts
- Calling code
- +886
- Internet domain
- .tw
- Measurement
- Metric
- Paper size
- A4
- Week starts on
- Sunday
- Read more
- Wikipedia
More in Eastern Asia
Flag: Flag of the Republic of China.svg, Public domain. Arms: National Emblem of the Republic of China.svg, Public domain. Electricity: resolved by intl.life from three sources, see methodology.
