Taipei Marathon

Name: Taipei Marathon
Start: 2026-12-20
End: 2026-12-21
Location: Taipei, Taiwan

42K

Distances21K

BonusesScenic

Dec 20, 2026 – Dec 21, 2026 · 2 days🇹🇼 Taipei, Taiwan

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The 2026 Taipei Marathon is a World Athletics Gold Label race held on December 20, 2026, starting at Taipei City Hall Plaza beneath Taipei 101 and finishing inside Taipei Municipal Stadium. The course is almost entirely flat, with long riverside stretches along the Keelung River, making it one of Asia's faster big-city courses. The marathon has a field size of about 9,000 runners and a 5-hour 30-minute cutoff.

Why attend here

December in Taipei brings cool, crisp air—ideal for a flat, fast marathon—and the city's winter streets are alive with festive lights and night markets. After crossing the finish line at Taipei Municipal Stadium, warm up with a bowl of beef noodle soup or peppery scallion pancakes from a nearby stall, then soak in a hot spring in Beitou to ease tired legs. Between the towering glass of Taipei 101 and the riverside parks, you'll get a unique, low-humidity view of this vibrant capital that summer runners miss.

Distance from you

From Columbus, US to Taipei, TW

~15.4h · 12,352 km

Taipei

typical Dec weather · 2025

20 Sat

25°18°

0.6mm2.9 m/s

21 Sun

20°17°

2mm5.2 m/s

Event Details

Elevation

40m

Course

The course starts at Taipei City Hall Plaza beneath Taipei 101, heads west through the central Renai and Zhongzheng districts, then runs long out-and-back stretches along the Keelung River riverside parks before finishing inside Taipei Municipal Stadium. It is almost entirely flat with only gentle undulations, and the riverside out-and-back sections are exposed.