What's on in Kenting (Hengchun), Taiwan through the year

Peak crowds — Lunar New Year, Winter break (around Chinese New Year) in Taiwan

• Holiday

  Lunar New Year

  25 Jan – 25 Feb · usuallyCrowdedBook early

  Taiwan drives south for the holiday week and the single road through the strip stops moving. Rooms are booked months out and cost two or three times the usual. Source ↗

Still on: Luoshanfeng, the downslope wind (1 Oct – 15 Apr (usually))

Peak crowds — Lunar New Year, Winter break (around Chinese New Year) in Taiwan

Nothing new starts in February.

Still on: Lunar New Year (25 Jan – 25 Feb (usually)), Luoshanfeng, the downslope wind (1 Oct – 15 Apr (usually))

Busy — school holidays in 2 of the markets that fill it, one of its best months for weather

Nothing new starts in March.

Still on: Luoshanfeng, the downslope wind (1 Oct – 15 Apr (usually))

Busy — school holidays in 3 of the markets that fill it, one of its best months for weather

• Season

  Calm sea season

  1 Apr – 30 Sep · usuallySea warm enough

  The water here is warm all year; what changes is the wind. From April the swell drops, the dive boats run out to the reef off Houbihu, and the beaches are actually usable.

Still on: Luoshanfeng, the downslope wind (1 Oct – 15 Apr (usually))

Shoulder season — school holidays in 2 of the markets that fill it, an ordinary month

Nothing new starts in May.

Still on: Calm sea season (1 Apr – 30 Sep (usually))

Quiet — school holidays in 3 of the markets that fill it, one of its worst months for weather

Nothing new starts in June.

Still on: Calm sea season (1 Apr – 30 Sep (usually))

Peak crowds — Taiwanese summer holidays, Summer break in Taiwan

• Holiday

  Taiwanese summer holidays

  1 Jul – 31 AugSchool holidaysCrowdedBook early

  Beaches, the Kenting Street night market and every room on the strip run at capacity most weekends. A weekday in June or September buys the same sea for half the money. Source ↗

• Hazard

  Typhoon season

  1 Jul – 15 Oct · usuallyClosures

  The southern tip of Taiwan takes storms head-on. Everything on the strip boards up, the buses from Kaohsiung stop, and being stuck for two days is a normal outcome. Source ↗

Still on: Calm sea season (1 Apr – 30 Sep (usually))

Peak crowds — Taiwanese summer holidays, Summer break in Taiwan

Nothing new starts in August.

Still on: Calm sea season (1 Apr – 30 Sep (usually)), Taiwanese summer holidays (1 Jul – 31 Aug), Typhoon season (1 Jul – 15 Oct (usually))

Shoulder season — school holidays in 3 of the markets that fill it, an ordinary month

• Nature

  Raptor migration

  25 Sep – 25 Oct · usuallyWildlife season

  Something like a quarter of a million raptors funnel over the peninsula each autumn. Grey-faced buzzards drop into the Manzhou forest in the afternoon and leave over the sea from Sheding before eight. Source ↗

Still on: Calm sea season (1 Apr – 30 Sep (usually)), Typhoon season (1 Jul – 15 Oct (usually))

Shoulder season — school holidays in 3 of the markets that fill it, an ordinary month

• Season

  Luoshanfeng, the downslope wind

  1 Oct – 15 Apr · usuallyWind seasonRisk

  The northeast monsoon pours over the mountain range and hits the peninsula at close to typhoon strength on the worst days. Scooters get blown off line and the exposed beaches are out.

Still on: Typhoon season (1 Jul – 15 Oct (usually)), Raptor migration (25 Sep – 25 Oct (usually))

Shoulder season — an ordinary month

Nothing new starts in November.

Still on: Luoshanfeng, the downslope wind (1 Oct – 15 Apr (usually))

Shoulder season — school holidays in 5 of the markets that fill it, an ordinary month

Nothing new starts in December.

Still on: Luoshanfeng, the downslope wind (1 Oct – 15 Apr (usually))