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The Massachusetts State House, Boston
BostonThe Massachusetts State House
Taipei 101 and the skyline from Elephant Mountain, Taipei
TaipeiTaipei 101 and the skyline from Elephant Mountain

Photos: Boston by Ajay Suresh, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Taipei by Another Believer, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Boston 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 Boston for

  • live music and the arts
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Taipei for

  • wellness
  • prices
  • food and drink

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. Boston 35, Taipei 40: Taipei leads by 5 points.
Food & drink. Boston 64, Taipei 88: Taipei leads by 24 points.
Culture & sights. Boston 72, Taipei 68: Boston leads by 4 points.
Nightlife. Boston 47, Taipei 58: Taipei leads by 11 points.
Nature & outdoors. Boston 60, Taipei 78: Taipei leads by 18 points.
Day trips. Boston 72, Taipei 76: Taipei leads by 4 points.
Good for families. Boston and Taipei are level on 72.
Getting around. Boston 70, Taipei 86: Taipei leads by 16 points.
Shopping & style. Boston 55, Taipei 70: Taipei leads by 15 points.
Affordability. Boston 18, Taipei 66: Taipei leads by 48 points.
Live music & performing arts. Boston 72, Taipei 55: Boston leads by 17 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Boston 30, Taipei 80: Taipei leads by 50 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Boston and Taipei.

Your match

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

Boston
56match

Wins on live music and the arts and culture and sights with your weighting.

Taipei
Best match
70match

Wins on wellness and prices with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Boston in July

28 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
82 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
18 °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. Boston: 1991-2020 normals, Boston Logan International (3.5 km from centre). Taipei: 1992-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Sungshan / Taipei (3.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBostonTaipei
Official language-Taiwanese 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
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)New Taiwan Dollar (TWD)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzAB110 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC+8
Emergency number911110 or 112 or 119
Elevation43 m10 m
Main airportBoston Logan International Airport (BOS)4 km from centre144 non-stop destinationsTaiwan Taoyuan International Airport (TPE)33 km from centre
Public holidays this year12 days-

By the numbers

MeasureBostonTaipei
City population675,6472,429,429
People per km²2,9108,938
Museums within 10 km5169
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone8 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). 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.