#1 in TainanVerify schedule
Garden Night Market
花園夜市
Best overall and best for first-time visitors
- Days
- Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun
- Hours
- 17:00-00:00
Check the day before anything else
Tainan night markets
Garden is the flagship on its scheduled nights. Dadong owns Monday and Tuesday, Wusheng is the traditional local pick, Xiaobei Chenggong is the low-crowd alternative, and Siaobei is the daily, rain-proof fallback.
Editorial ranking
The top five in Tainan
Ranked for visitor usefulness, food reputation, access, distinctiveness, schedule reliability, and current review signals. How we rank night markets explains each one.
#2 in TainanVerify schedule
Dadong Night Market and Dadong East Night Market
大東夜市／大東東夜市
Best Monday or Tuesday option and best for food plus family games
- Days
- Mon, Tue, Fri
- Hours
- 18:00-01:00
#3 in TainanVerify schedule
Wusheng Night Market
武聖夜市
Best traditional local night-market experience
- Days
- Wed, Fri, Sat
- Hours
- 17:00-00:00
#4 in TainanVerify schedule
Xiaobei Chenggong Night Market
小北成功夜市
Best smaller rotating market and best lower-crowd local option
- Days
- Tue, Fri
- Hours
- 17:00-00:00
#5 in Tainan
Siaobei Tourist Night Market
小北觀光夜市
Best daily and rainy-day fallback
- Days
- Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun
- Hours
- 12:00-00:00
Beyond the top five
More Tainan night markets
Worth a trip when you have seen the top five, or when one of these is closer to where you are staying.
More in Tainan
Xin Yonghua Night Market
新永華夜市
Best for visitors already in Anping who want a relaxed, local two-night market
- Days
- Thu, Sun
- Hours
- 17:00-23:30
Operating-day overview
| Market | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Garden Night Market | Closed · | Closed · | Closed · | Open ● | Open ● | Open ● | Open ● |
| Dadong Night Market and Dadong East Night Market | Open ● | Open ● | Closed · | Closed · | Open ● | Closed · | Closed · |
| Wusheng Night Market | Closed · | Closed · | Open ● | Closed · | Open ● | Open ● | Closed · |
| Xiaobei Chenggong Night Market | Closed · | Open ● | Closed · | Closed · | Open ● | Closed · | Closed · |
| Siaobei Tourist Night Market | Open ● | Open ● | Open ● | Open ● | Open ● | Open ● | Open ● |
| Xin Yonghua Night Market | Closed · | Closed · | Closed · | Open ● | Closed · | Closed · | Open ● |
City-specific notes
- Many Tainan night markets open only on certain days of the week, so check the Open tonight page before you pick one.
- Dadong and Dadong East are separate markets side by side, and we treat them as one visit.
- Xiaobei Chenggong Night Market and Siaobei Tourist Night Market are different places with similar names. Check the name in your map app.
- Garden Night Market added Friday in October 2025, and some older listings still leave it out. Check on the day.
Planning the rest of a Tainan trip? Inside Tainan’s itineraries cover the city beyond its night markets, and its beef soup guide explains Tainan’s early-morning breakfast tradition.