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Bodrum Castle and gulets in the harbour, Bodrum
BodrumBodrum Castle and gulets in the harbour
Taipei 101 and the skyline from Elephant Mountain, Taipei
TaipeiTaipei 101 and the skyline from Elephant Mountain

Photos: Bodrum by Serhio Magpie, CC BY 4.0, cropped; Taipei by Another Believer, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Bodrum 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 Bodrum for

  • beaches
  • nightlife

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

Choose Taipei for

  • getting around
  • food and drink
  • 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. Bodrum 80, Taipei 40: Bodrum leads by 40 points.
Food & drink. Bodrum 60, Taipei 88: Taipei leads by 28 points.
Culture & sights. Bodrum 45, Taipei 68: Taipei leads by 23 points.
Nightlife. Bodrum 65, Taipei 58: Bodrum leads by 7 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bodrum 60, Taipei 78: Taipei leads by 18 points.
Day trips. Bodrum 72, Taipei 76: Taipei leads by 4 points.
Good for families. Bodrum 66, Taipei 72: Taipei leads by 6 points.
Getting around. Bodrum 42, Taipei 86: Taipei leads by 44 points.
Shopping & style. Bodrum 45, Taipei 70: Taipei leads by 25 points.
Affordability. Bodrum 38, Taipei 66: Taipei leads by 28 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bodrum 32, Taipei 55: Taipei leads by 23 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bodrum 52, Taipei 80: Taipei leads by 28 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bodrum and Taipei.

Your match

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

Bodrum
55match

Wins on beaches and nightlife with your weighting.

Taipei
Best match
70match

Wins on getting around and food and drink with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Bodrum in July

31 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
2 mmrain in the month
24 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Taipei in July

35 °Cdaytime high
27 °Cnight-time low
288 mmrain in the month
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

Bodrum's temperatures are measured 43 km from the centre, at Kos Airport.

Bodrum 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.

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. Bodrum: 1993-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Kos Airport (42.7 km from centre). Taipei: 1992-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Sungshan / Taipei (3.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBodrumTaipei
Official languageTurkishTaiwanese 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
CurrencyTurkish Lira (TRY)New Taiwan Dollar (TWD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB110 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+3UTC+8
Emergency number112110 or 112 or 119
Elevation10 m10 m
Main airportMilas Bodrum International Airport (BJV)32 km from centre83 non-stop destinationsTaiwan Taoyuan International Airport (TPE)33 km from centre
Public holidays this year14 days-

By the numbers

MeasureBodrumTaipei
City population175,0002,429,429
People per km²3148,938
Museums within 10 km469
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 months8 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). Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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.

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.