First of all, the city is located in a basin amid surrounding hills, which makes it easy to collect heat--unlike Kaohsiung, which is cooled by sea winds during the day and a land breeze at night.
台北是個盆地，容易聚熱。不像位在台灣南端的另一大城高雄，晚上有風由陸地吹向海洋，白天有海風吹往陸地，送走不少高雄的暑氣。