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The Guggenheim Museum on the river, Bilbao
BilbaoThe Guggenheim Museum on the river
Taipei 101 and the skyline from Elephant Mountain, Taipei
TaipeiTaipei 101 and the skyline from Elephant Mountain

Photos: Bilbao by José Ligero Loarte, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Taipei by Another Believer, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Bilbao or Taipei?

Our verdict in twelve categories, each scored against the same fixed benchmark cities, and the climate month by month, so you can choose for your trip.

Choose Bilbao for

  • beaches
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Bilbao’s own page.

Choose Taipei for

  • wellness
  • shopping
  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Taipei’s own page.

Scoreboard

Twelve categories on one fixed scale from 0 to 100. The shaded stretch is the gap between the two.

Beaches & swimming. Bilbao 45, Taipei 40: Bilbao leads by 5 points.
Food & drink. Bilbao 81, Taipei 88: Taipei leads by 7 points.
Culture & sights. Bilbao 62, Taipei 68: Taipei leads by 6 points.
Nightlife. Bilbao 54, Taipei 58: Taipei leads by 4 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bilbao 75, Taipei 78: Taipei leads by 3 points.
Day trips. Bilbao 78, Taipei 76: Bilbao leads by 2 points.
Good for families. Bilbao 55, Taipei 72: Taipei leads by 17 points.
Getting around. Bilbao 79, Taipei 86: Taipei leads by 7 points.
Shopping & style. Bilbao 47, Taipei 70: Taipei leads by 23 points.
Affordability. Bilbao 44, Taipei 66: Taipei leads by 22 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bilbao 53, Taipei 55: Taipei leads by 2 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bilbao 33, Taipei 80: Taipei leads by 47 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bilbao and Taipei.

Your match

Pick a travel style or drag the sliders, and both match scores follow your weighting.

Bilbao
59match

Wins on beaches and day trips with your weighting.

Taipei
Best match
70match

Wins on wellness and shopping with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Bilbao in July

25 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
54 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
21 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Taipei in July

35 °Cdaytime high
27 °Cnight-time low
288 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
29 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Taipei has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Bilbao: 1991-2020 normals, Bilbao / Sondica (4.1 km from centre). Taipei: 1992-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Sungshan / Taipei (3.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBilbaoTaipei
Official languageSpanishTaiwanese Sign Language, Amis, Taiwanese Hokkien, Rukai, Bunun, Kanakanavu, Standard Taiwanese Mandarin, Paiwan, Yami, Atayal, Saaroa, Kavalan, Tsou, Seediq, Puyuma, Saisiyat, Sakizaya, Taiwanese Hakka, Truku, Matsu dialect, Kinmen dialect, Wuqiu dialect
CurrencyEuro (EUR)New Taiwan Dollar (TWD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB110 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+8
Emergency number112110 or 112 or 119
Elevation19 m10 m
Main airportBilbao Airport (BIO)5 km from centre73 non-stop destinationsTaiwan Taoyuan International Airport (TPE)33 km from centre
Public holidays this year13 days-

By the numbers

MeasureBilbaoTaipei
City population351,1242,429,429
People per km²8,4408,938
Museums within 10 km1769
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
Swim season, months above 21 °C1 month8 months

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Sources

Structured data from Wikidata (CC0). Weather data by Meteostat. Meteorological data provided by NOAA, DWD and others. Rainfall where no rain gauge is within 25 km is from the TerraClimate 1991-2020 climatology (Abatzoglou et al. 2018, Scientific Data), read at the city. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). Non-stop route lists from the "Airlines and destinations" tables on English Wikipedia airport articles, by Wikipedia contributors, reused under CC BY-SA 4.0. Currency from the ISO 4217 register maintained by SIX, cross-checked against country data from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Price level from World Bank open data (PPP conversion factor for private consumption and official exchange rate), CC BY 4.0. Time zones from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0); clock offsets computed from the IANA time zone database. Daylight hours computed from each destination's latitude using the NOAA solar position algorithm. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates.

Category scores are our editorial verdict under rubric v3, each placed against the same fixed benchmark cities; the climate figures are measured. How the scores are set. Snapshot generated 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.