Editing Taipei (section)

==Geography==
[[File:Aerial panorama of Taipei's west from the perspective of Tamsui River.jpg|thumb|Aerial panorama of Taipei's west from the perspective of Tamsui River]]
[[File:2014-02-23 台北 Taipei from 貓空 01.jpg|thumb|The city of Taipei, as seen from [[Maokong]] in 2014]]
Taipei City is located in the [[Taipei Basin]] in northern [[Taiwan]].<ref name="taipeiprofile">{{cite web |url=http://www.travel.taipei/frontsite/en/cms/cmsAction.do?method=goCMSDetail&contentId=283&menuId=1030101 |title=About Taipei – Taipei Profile |publisher=Department of Information and Tourism, Taipei City Government |access-date=12 December 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220200603/http://www.travel.taipei/frontsite/en/cms/cmsAction.do?method=goCMSDetail&contentId=283&menuId=1030101 |archive-date=20 December 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref> It is bordered by the [[Xindian River]] on the south and the [[Tamsui River]] on the west. The generally low-lying terrain of the central areas on the western side of the municipality slopes upward to the south and east and especially to the north,<ref name="tcggeo" /> where it reaches the {{cvt|1120|m|adj=on|sp=us}}-tall [[Qixing Mountain (Taipei)|Qixing Mountain]], the highest (dormant) [[volcano]] in Taiwan in [[Yangmingshan National Park]]. The northern districts of [[Shilin District|Shilin]] and [[Beitou District|Beitou]] extend north of the [[Keelung River]] and are bordered by Yangmingshan National Park. The Taipei city limits cover an area of {{cvt|271.7997|km2|abbr=on}},<ref>{{cite web |url=http://english.gov.taipei/ct.asp?xItem=11490755&CtNode=49684&mp=100002 |title=Geographical Overview |website=Taipei City Government |access-date=12 December 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220213621/http://english.gov.taipei/ct.asp?xItem=11490755&CtNode=49684&mp=100002 |archive-date=20 December 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref> ranking sixteenth of twenty-five among [[List of Taiwanese counties and cities by area|all counties and cities in Taiwan]].

Two peaks, Qixing Mountain and Mt. Datun, rise to the northeast of the city.<ref name="geopop">{{cite web |url=http://english.taipei.gov.tw/TCG/index.jsp?recordid=116 |title=Geography/Population |publisher=Taipei City Government |date=29 March 2004 |access-date=11 August 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050127015838/http://english.taipei.gov.tw/TCG/index.jsp?recordid=116 |archive-date=27 January 2005}}</ref> Qixing Mountain is located on the [[Tatun Volcanic Group]]; its {{cvt|1120|m|adj=on|sp=us}}-high main peak renders it the tallest mountain at the rim of the Taipei Basin; {{cvt|1092|m|adj=on|sp=us}}-high Mt. Datun is a close runner up. These former volcanoes make up the western section of Yangmingshan National Park, extending from Mt. Datun northward to Mt. Caigongkeng ({{lang|zh-hant|菜公坑山}}). Located on a broad saddle between two mountains, the area also contains the marshy Datun Pond.

To the southeast of the city lie the Songshan Hills and the Qingshui Ravine, which form a barrier of lush woods.<ref name="geopop" />

===Climate===
{{climate chart
| Taipei
|14.4|19.6|93.8
|14.7|20.7|129.4
|16.2|22.9|157.8
|19.4|26.7|151.4
|22.8|30.1|245.2
|25.3|32.9|354.6
|26.8|35.0|214.2
|26.6|34.4|336.5
|25.2|31.6|336.8
|22.6|27.8|162.6
|19.8|24.9|89.3
|16.1|21.1|96.9
|units = metric
|float = right
|clear = both }}

Taipei has a [[humid subtropical climate]] ([[Köppen climate classification|Köppen]]: ''Cfa'').<ref>[http://tigp.sinica.edu.tw/taipei_taiwan.html Taipei City] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130402140952/https://tigp.sinica.edu.tw/taipei_taiwan.html |date=2 April 2013 }} - Academia Sinica</ref><ref>[http://web.mtc.ntnu.edu.tw/mtcweb/index.php?option=com_guoyu&task=show_information&id=84&menuid=74&lang=en Living in Taipei] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120217224937/http://web.mtc.ntnu.edu.tw/mtcweb/index.php?option=com_guoyu&task=show_information&id=84&menuid=74&lang=en |date=17 February 2012 }} - Mandarin Training Center, a subsidiary of National Taiwan Normal University</ref><ref>[http://sistercities.lacity.org/html/14.htm Taipei, Taiwan; the sister city of Los Angeles] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130120135157/http://sistercities.lacity.org/html/14.htm |date=20 January 2013 }} - Los Angeles City Council</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://koeppen-geiger.vu-wien.ac.at/ |title=Köppen−Geiger Climate Classification |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100906034159/http://koeppen-geiger.vu-wien.ac.at/ |archive-date=6 September 2010}}</ref> Summers are long-lasting, very hot and humid, and accompanied by occasional heavy rainstorms and typhoons; while winters are short, generally warm and generally very [[fog]]gy due to the northeasterly winds from the vast [[Siberian High]] being intensified by the pooling of this cooler air in the Taipei Basin. As in the rest of Northern Taiwan, daytime temperatures of Taipei can often peak above {{cvt|26|C}} during a warm winter day, while they can dip below that same level during afternoon showers and thunderstorms in the summer. Occasional cold fronts during the winter months can drop the daily temperature by {{cvt|3|to|5|C-change}}, though temperatures rarely drop below {{cvt|10|C}}.<ref>{{cite web |title=Weather History for Sungshan, Taiwan |url=http://www.wunderground.com/history/airport/RCSS/2014/1/1/MonthlyHistory.html |website=Wunderground |access-date=29 June 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150505163640/http://www.wunderground.com/history/airport/RCSS/2014/1/1/MonthlyHistory.html |archive-date=5 May 2015 |url-status=live}}</ref> Extreme temperatures ranged from {{cvt|−0.2|C}} on 13 February 1901 to {{cvt|39.7|C}} on 24 July 2020, while snow has never been recorded in the city besides on mountains located within the city limit such as [[Yangmingshan]]. Due to Taiwan's location in the Pacific Ocean, it is affected by the [[Pacific typhoon]] season, which occurs between June and October.
{{Weather box
|width = auto
|collapsed = Y
|location = Taipei (normals 1991&ndash;2020, extremes 1896&ndash;present)
|metric first = y
|single line = y
|Jan record high C = 33.8
|Feb record high C = 31.8
|Mar record high C = 35.0
|Apr record high C = 36.2
|May record high C = 38.2
|Jun record high C = 38.9
|Jul record high C = 39.7
|Aug record high C = 39.3
|Sep record high C = 38.6
|Oct record high C = 36.8
|Nov record high C = 34.3
|Dec record high C = 31.5

|Jan high C = 19.6
|Feb high C = 20.7
|Mar high C = 22.9
|Apr high C = 26.7
|May high C = 30.1
|Jun high C = 32.9
|Jul high C = 35.0
|Aug high C = 34.4
|Sep high C = 31.6
|Oct high C = 27.8
|Nov high C = 24.9
|Dec high C = 21.1
|year high C = 27.3

|Jan mean C = 16.6
|Feb mean C = 17.2
|Mar mean C = 19.0
|Apr mean C = 22.5
|May mean C = 25.8
|Jun mean C = 28.3
|Jul mean C = 30.1
|Aug mean C = 29.7
|Sep mean C = 27.8
|Oct mean C = 24.7
|Nov mean C = 22.0
|Dec mean C = 18.2

|Jan low C = 14.4
|Feb low C = 14.7
|Mar low C = 16.2
|Apr low C = 19.4
|May low C = 22.8
|Jun low C = 25.3
|Jul low C = 26.8
|Aug low C = 26.6
|Sep low C = 25.2
|Oct low C = 22.6
|Nov low C = 19.8
|Dec low C = 16.1
|year low C = 20.8

|Jan record low C = −0.1
|Feb record low C = −0.2
|Mar record low C =  1.4
|Apr record low C =  4.7
|May record low C = 10.0
|Jun record low C = 15.6
|Jul record low C = 19.5
|Aug record low C = 18.9
|Sep record low C = 13.5
|Oct record low C = 10.2
|Nov record low C =  1.1
|Dec record low C =  1.8

|precipitation colour=green
|Jan precipitation mm = 93.8
|Feb precipitation mm = 129.4
|Mar precipitation mm = 157.8
|Apr precipitation mm = 151.4
|May precipitation mm = 245.2
|Jun precipitation mm = 354.6
|Jul precipitation mm = 214.2
|Aug precipitation mm = 336.5
|Sep precipitation mm = 336.8
|Oct precipitation mm = 162.6
|Nov precipitation mm = 89.3
|Dec precipitation mm = 96.9

|Jan humidity = 77.2
|Feb humidity = 77.8
|Mar humidity = 76.1
|Apr humidity = 74.9
|May humidity = 74.7
|Jun humidity = 75.3
|Jul humidity = 70.2
|Aug humidity = 72.1
|Sep humidity = 73.9
|Oct humidity = 74.4
|Nov humidity = 75.0
|Dec humidity = 75.9
|year humidity = 74.8

|unit precipitation days = 0.1 mm
|Jan precipitation days = 13.6
|Feb precipitation days = 12.0
|Mar precipitation days = 14.1
|Apr precipitation days = 14.5
|May precipitation days = 14.5
|Jun precipitation days = 15.7
|Jul precipitation days = 11.8
|Aug precipitation days = 14.6
|Sep precipitation days = 13.8
|Oct precipitation days = 12.8
|Nov precipitation days = 12.5
|Dec precipitation days = 13.1

|Jan sun = 76.1
|Feb sun = 79.3
|Mar sun = 95.1
|Apr sun = 96.9
|May sun = 113.6
|Jun sun = 114.8
|Jul sun = 176.9
|Aug sun = 182.8
|Sep sun = 151.7
|Oct sun = 114.7
|Nov sun = 93.3
|Dec sun = 78.6

| Jan percentsun = 23
| Feb percentsun = 25
| Mar percentsun = 26
| Apr percentsun = 25
| May percentsun = 27
| Jun percentsun = 28
| Jul percentsun = 42
| Aug percentsun = 45
| Sep percentsun = 41
| Oct percentsun = 32
| Nov percentsun = 29
| Dec percentsun = 24
| year percentsun =

|source 1 = Central Weather Bureau<ref name= CWB>{{cite web |url=https://www.cwb.gov.tw/V8/C/C/Statistics/monthlymean.html |title=Monthly Mean |publisher=[[Central Weather Bureau]] |access-date=19 January 2021 |archive-date=9 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221209115926/https://www.cwb.gov.tw/V8/C/C/Statistics/monthlymean.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=CWBrecordhighs1>{{cite web |url=https://www.cwb.gov.tw/Data/climate/Statistics/pdf/sort_18.pdf |title=氣象站各月份最高氣溫統計 |publisher=Central Weather Bureau |language=zh |access-date=5 November 2021 |archive-date=17 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221017235559/https://www.cwb.gov.tw/Data/climate/Statistics/pdf/sort_18.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=CWBrecordhighs2>{{cite web |url=https://www.cwb.gov.tw/Data/climate/Statistics/pdf/sort_19.pdf |title=氣象站各月份最高氣溫統計(續) |publisher=Central Weather Bureau |language=zh |access-date=5 November 2021 |archive-date=17 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221017235603/https://www.cwb.gov.tw/Data/climate/Statistics/pdf/sort_19.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=CWBrecordlows1>{{cite web |url=https://www.cwb.gov.tw/Data/climate/Statistics/pdf/sort_20.pdf |title=氣象站各月份最低氣溫統計 |publisher=Central Weather Bureau |language=zh |access-date=5 November 2021 |archive-date=19 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220219233031/https://www.cwb.gov.tw/Data/climate/Statistics/pdf/sort_20.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=CWBrecordlow2>{{cite web |url=https://www.cwb.gov.tw/Data/climate/Statistics/pdf/sort_21.pdf |title=氣象站各月份最低氣溫統計(續) |publisher=Central Weather Bureau |language=zh |access-date=5 November 2021 |archive-date=19 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221219055306/https://www.cwb.gov.tw/Data/climate/Statistics/pdf/sort_21.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>
}}

===Air quality===
In comparison to other [[Asia]]n cities, Taipei has "excellent" capabilities for managing [[air quality]] in the city.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/news/13786.html |title=Pollution is a major threat for Asian cities, says new report |publisher=EarthTimes |date=14 December 2006 |access-date=22 July 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120918040929/http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/news/13786.html |archive-date=18 September 2012 |url-status=live}}</ref> Its rainy climate, location near the coast, and strong environmental regulations have prevented air pollution from becoming a substantial health issue, at least compared to cities in southeast Asia and industrial China. However, smog is extremely common and there is poor visibility throughout the city after rainless days.

Motor vehicle engine exhaust, particularly from motor scooters, is a source of [[air pollution]] in Taipei. There are higher levels of fine [[particulate]] matter and [[polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon]]s in the mornings because of less air movement; sunlight reduces some pollution.<ref>{{cite news |last=Oung |first=Angelica |url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2007/05/04/2003359365 |title=Taipei air pollution alarming: scientists |newspaper=[[The Taipei Times]] |date=4 May 2007 |access-date=27 July 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090705014955/http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2007/05/04/2003359365 |archive-date=5 July 2009 |url-status=live}}</ref>