Following a particularly deadly 2025 Typhoon Season, 2026 was much less dramatic, with only three major Typhoons and no landfalls. In many ways, it was a great Typhoon year; the reservoirs are mostly full, and there was minimal damage, which is a very good thing. In this blog, we will present a brief summary of this somewhat forgettable Typhoon season.
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- Best time to visit: March-May, and October – November when the temperatures are nice and there is not as much rain
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In this blog, we will list the major typhoons and storms that affected Taiwan in chronological order.
Basic Summary of the 2025 Typhoon Season:
- Number of Typhoon landfalls: 0 (1 if you count Typhoon Champi)
- Total amount of rain (from the storms below): 3900 mm (3.9 meters, 12.7 feet)
- Number of fatalities: Only 1 in Taiwan, but 47 total in other countries from the Typhoons below
- Number of injuries: over 600
- Agricultural Damage costs: over NT$260 million (US$8.5 million)
- Reservoirs: Mostly Full
Typhoon Bavi (2026) 颱風巴威
Typhoon Bavi was the ninth named tropical storm, third typhoon, and second super typhoon of the 2026 Pacific Typhoon Season. It made landfall in the Northern Marianna Islands and China, but also ravaged Guam and dumped rain on Taiwan and the Philippines. In this blog, we will share some memories of this storm and its impact on Taiwan. In this blog, I detail some of the major events and overall situation in Taiwan during the Typhoon, as well as my own experience during this typhoon and past typhoons in Taiwan.
Basic Summary of the Typhoon 颱風巴威大概的狀況
Typhoon Bavi became a depression on July 1, 2026, and was upgraded to a tropical storm and then a Typhoon the next day. Bavi was the second Super Typhoon of the season. Over 23 people were killed due to the storm, but none in Taiwan. Highest winds were clocked at 205 km/h.
Check out our full blog post on Typhoon Bavi here.
Typhoon Dolphin (2026) 颱風白海豚
Typhoon Dolphin was the thirteenth storm, fifth typhoon, and third violent typhoon of the 2026 Pacific typhoon season. It made landfall in China and dumped rain onto Northern Taiwan before dissipating into oblivion. In this blog, we will share some memories of this storm and its impact on Taiwan. In this blog, we will share some memories of this storm and its impact on Taiwan.
Storm Formation and Path
Typhoon Dolphin became a depression on July 26th, 2026. On July 28th, it strengthened into a Typhoon and quickly intensified to a Category 4 Typhoon. 14 people were killed due to the storm, but none in Taiwan.
Check out our full blog on Typhoon Doilphin here.
Typhoon Saudel 強烈颱風沙德爾
Typhoon Saudel was the sixth Typhoon of the 2026 typhoon season. It did not make landfall in Taiwan, but brought southerly winds that dumped rain in southern Taiwan.
The storm then resurrected itself after passing over China and dumped a little bit more rain on Taiwan.
Tropical Depression #24, Tropical Storm Gaenari (Neneng)
TD #24 affected Taiwan around August 26th and dumped over a meter of rain on southern Taiwan.
Kaohsiung and Pingtung saw up to 1500 mm of rain!
Super Typhoon Champi (2026) 強烈颱風薔琵
Super Typhoon Champi was the thirteenth Typhoon and the fourth violent typhoon of the 2026 Pacific typhoon season. It made landfall in Japan and came very close to Northern Taiwan, looping off the northeast coast, before dissipating into oblivion. In this blog, we will share some memories of this storm and its impact on Taiwan. In this blog, we will share some memories of this storm and its impact on Taiwan.
Basic Summary of the Typhoon 強烈颱風薔琵大概的狀況
Typhoon Champi became a depression on October 11, 2026. On October 16th, it strengthened into a Typhoon and quickly intensified to a Category 5 Super Typhoon. 1 person on Xiaoliuqiu was killed due to the storm: a young man surnamed Lin, who died while freediving at Beauty Cave and was swept away by rip currents. Over 600 others were injured by the storm.
Check out our full blog post on Champi here.
Conclusion
The 2026 Typhoon season was great because of the low fatalities but lots of rain. However, other than that, this Typhoon season was pretty average and forgettable without much damage at all. Also, Taipei did get a Typhoon day off from work and school to make a four-day weekend!
Safety Precautions During a Typhoon
- If you live on the first floor of a flood-prone area, move as many valuables and important objects to higher floors as possible.
- Secure loose outside objects
- Park your car/scooter on high ground
- Avoid going outside for your safety
- Stay out of the mountains
- Stay away from the ocean
- Have enough dry food and water ready for three days (72 hours) in case water and electricity are cut off.
If you follow the above rules, most Typhoons in Taiwan will not be dangerous. Also, most buildings in Taiwan are built with reinforced concrete that can withstand even the strongest winds, so stay indoors, and you will be fine.
Check out our guide to the 2025 Taiwan typhoon season here and 2024 Taiwan typhoon season here.
For more information about Taiwan, check out our full Taiwan guide here.
