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Plan your Taipei swim for June to August, the three best months of summer. All five hotels on our list have a rooftop pool, and none sells day passes. Hotel Proverbs says its pool is for guests only. The other four don't publish who can swim.
Our first pick is Hotel Proverbs: an open-air 15m roof pool with posted hours of 06:30 to 21:00 daily. You need a room to use it. For a second option with a published schedule, Renaissance Shihlin posts its pool hours, though you should ask the hotel who can swim.
Only pool on our list with published hours and size
5-star hotel, rated 4.4 on Google (662 reviews)
Sample photo, not Hotel Proverbs. Alexandre Ultré, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
Rooftopfloor not published
Who can swim
Hotel guests only
Day pass
No
Heated
Not published
Season
Not published
Why it's here. Book here for a pool with a posted schedule: open daily 06:30 to 21:00, 15m long, open-air on the roof, with views of Taipei's East District. It is guests only, so you need a room to swim.
The pool is an open-air rooftop pool in Da'an District, 15m long, 2.7m wide and 125cm deep. It looks over Taipei's East District. The hotel doesn't publish the floor, and only guests can use it.
Best forGuests who want a clear, early-to-evening swim window on the roof.
Skip it ifYou won't hold a room, since the pool is for guests only and no day pass is listed.
Rooftop pool garden built around Taipei city lights at night
4-star hotel, rated 4.5 on Google (817 reviews)
Sample photo, not Parkview Taipei. Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
Rooftopfloor not published
Who can swim
Access not published
Day pass
No
Heated
Not published
Season
Not published
Why it's here. Pick Parkview for the evening view. The hotel describes a rooftop pool garden with a Southeast Asian island feel and Taipei city lights below. Who can swim and when isn't published, so confirm before you book.
The pool sits in a rooftop garden in Zhongshan District, and the hotel points to the night view of Taipei's city lights. It gives the pool a Southeast Asian island feel. The catch is that access, hours and floor aren't published.
Best forGuests who care more about a night view over the city than about pool length.
Skip it ifYou need confirmed hours, size or day-pass rules before you book.
Large central hotel with a pool but few published details
5-star hotel, rated 4.3 on Google (15,048 reviews)
Sample photo, not Sheraton Grand Taipei. Hu Totya, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
Rooftopfloor not published
Who can swim
Access not published
Day pass
No
Heated
Not published
Season
Seasonal, per third-party listing
Why it's here. Consider Sheraton Grand if the brand or location already decides your stay. The hotel publishes no pool access, hours, size or floor, so you'd be booking on trust and should ask first.
Sheraton Grand Taipei is in Zhongzheng District, on Zhongxiao East Road. Its pool floor, size, hours and access rules go unstated, and no day pass is listed.
Best forTravelers who are choosing this hotel anyway and want written confirmation of the pool.
Skip it ifYou're booking for the pool and need hours or size in advance.
Smaller 104-room hotel in Shilin with a posted pool schedule
5-star hotel, rated 4.3 on Google (3,124 reviews)
Sample photo, not Renaissance Shihlin. Jvhertum, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
Rooftopfloor not published
Who can swim
Access not published
Day pass
No
Heated
Not published
Season
Not published
Why it's here. Renaissance Shihlin suits a stay in Shilin District, away from the central hotels. It is a ten-storey, 104-room hotel and posts a pool hours schedule, but who can swim isn't published.
The hotel is in Shilin District, on Lane 470, Section 5, Zhongshan North Road. It opened in August 2018 and has ten storeys and 104 guestrooms. The hotel posts a pool hours schedule, but the floor and access rules aren't published.
Best forGuests basing themselves in Shilin who want a smaller hotel with a pool schedule.
Skip it ifYou want a central base or need confirmed day-pass access.
Zhongshan District hotel where pool details need checking first
4-star hotel, rated 4.3 on Google (1,398 reviews)
Sample photo, not Aloft Taipei Zhongshan. Ori Ackerman, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
Rooftopfloor not published
Who can swim
Access not published
Day pass
No
Heated
Not published
Season
Seasonal; closed for the season during enSquared's cold-weather visit
Why it's here. Aloft Taipei Zhongshan comes last because the hotel publishes the least about its pool. Access, hours, floor and season aren't stated, so check that the pool is open before you book for it.
The hotel is in Zhongshan District, on Shuangcheng Street. Floor, size, hours, season and access go unstated, and no day pass is listed.
Best forSummer travelers who like Zhongshan District and will confirm the pool by email.
Skip it ifYou're visiting between November and February and need a pool you know is open.
June to August are the best three months for a rooftop swim in Taipei. Only Hotel Proverbs among the five publishes daily hours, 06:30 to 21:00. Check the others before you plan around a pool.
Winter swims are a gamble. Average highs are 24.8°C in November, 21°C in December and 19.4°C in January, and none of the five hotels publishes that its pool is heated. We have no event weeks to flag for Taipei.
Average daily highs: November 25°C (77°F), December 21°C (70°F), January 19°C (67°F). The warmest stretch for swimming is Jun–Aug.
Hotels you might expect here, and why they're not
Grand Victoria Hotel Taipei is one hotel people expect to find here, but its outdoor pool sits on the 4th floor rather than the roof, and it is guests only.
Grand Victoria Hotel Taipei. The hotel's own facility page places the outdoor pool on the 4th floor (entry from 5th), not the roof or a stated top floor. One line on that page and the closure notice refer to a "5th floor" pool; the hotel's own page is the fuller statement, so I used 4th floor. The pool is guests-only, and no day pass is mentioned.
Taipei rooftop pools: questions people ask
Which Taipei hotels let non-guests swim on the roof?
None that is published. No hotel here sells day passes. Hotel Proverbs states that its pool is guests only, and Parkview Taipei, Sheraton Grand Taipei, Renaissance Shihlin and Aloft Taipei Zhongshan don't publish who can swim, so ask before you go.
Are any Taipei rooftop pools heated or open in winter?
No hotel on our list publishes that its pool is heated. Average highs are 24.8°C in November, 21°C in December and 19.4°C in January, so check with the hotel that the pool is open before you book for it.
Which Taipei hotel has the highest rooftop pool?
We can't say. No hotel on our list publishes its pool floor. Hotel Proverbs is the one with the most published detail: open-air on the roof, 15m long, with views of Taipei's East District.
Which Taipei hotel pool has the clearest opening hours?
Hotel Proverbs, open daily 06:30 to 21:00. Renaissance Shihlin also posts a pool hours schedule. Aloft Taipei Zhongshan and Sheraton Grand Taipei publish no hours.
How can I swim at a Taipei rooftop pool for the least money?
We have no published prices for any of the five pools, and none sells a day pass. The route in is a room at a hotel on our list, with Hotel Proverbs the one that clearly states the pool is for guests.
Is there an adults-only or family-friendly rooftop pool in Taipei?
No hotel on our list publishes an age policy for its pool. Ask the hotel directly, especially at Parkview Taipei and Sheraton Grand Taipei, where little else about the pool is published.
