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The Story Bridge from Howard Smith Wharves, Brisbane
BrisbaneThe Story Bridge from Howard Smith Wharves
Taipei 101 and the skyline from Elephant Mountain, Taipei
TaipeiTaipei 101 and the skyline from Elephant Mountain

Photos: Brisbane by Kgbo, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Taipei by Another Believer, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Brisbane 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 Brisbane for

  • beaches
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Brisbane’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. Brisbane 55, Taipei 40: Brisbane leads by 15 points.
Food & drink. Brisbane 60, Taipei 88: Taipei leads by 28 points.
Culture & sights. Brisbane 42, Taipei 68: Taipei leads by 26 points.
Nightlife. Brisbane 55, Taipei 58: Taipei leads by 3 points.
Nature & outdoors. Brisbane 74, Taipei 78: Taipei leads by 4 points.
Day trips. Brisbane 50, Taipei 76: Taipei leads by 26 points.
Good for families. Brisbane 78, Taipei 72: Brisbane leads by 6 points.
Getting around. Brisbane 62, Taipei 86: Taipei leads by 24 points.
Shopping & style. Brisbane 45, Taipei 70: Taipei leads by 25 points.
Affordability. Brisbane 33, Taipei 66: Taipei leads by 33 points.
Live music & performing arts. Brisbane and Taipei are level on 55.
Wellness & relaxation. Brisbane 40, Taipei 80: Taipei leads by 40 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Brisbane and Taipei.

Your match

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

Brisbane
54match

Wins on beaches and families 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.

Brisbane in July

22 °Cdaytime high
10 °Cnight-time low
27 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
20 °Csea
11 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. Brisbane: 1991-2020 normals, Brisbane (4.5 km from centre). Taipei: 1992-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Sungshan / Taipei (3.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBrisbaneTaipei
Official languageEnglishTaiwanese 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
CurrencyAustralian Dollar (AUD)New Taiwan Dollar (TWD)
SocketsI230 V, 50 HzAB110 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+10UTC+8
Emergency number000110 or 112 or 119
Elevation0 m10 m
Main airportBrisbane International Airport (BNE)13 km from centre88 non-stop destinationsTaiwan Taoyuan International Airport (TPE)33 km from centre
Public holidays this year11 days-

By the numbers

MeasureBrisbaneTaipei
City population2,706,9662,429,429
People per km²1718,938
Museums within 10 km1669
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C9 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). 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.