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The pyramids of Giza, Cairo
CairoThe pyramids of Giza
Taipei 101 and the skyline from Elephant Mountain, Taipei
TaipeiTaipei 101 and the skyline from Elephant Mountain

Photos: Cairo by Ricardo Liberato, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Taipei by Another Believer, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Cairo 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 Cairo for

  • prices
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Taipei for

  • wellness
  • getting around
  • nature and the outdoors

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. Cairo 10, Taipei 40: Taipei leads by 30 points.
Food & drink. Cairo 60, Taipei 88: Taipei leads by 28 points.
Culture & sights. Cairo 96, Taipei 68: Cairo leads by 28 points.
Nightlife. Cairo 48, Taipei 58: Taipei leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cairo 30, Taipei 78: Taipei leads by 48 points.
Day trips. Cairo 66, Taipei 76: Taipei leads by 10 points.
Good for families. Cairo 32, Taipei 72: Taipei leads by 40 points.
Getting around. Cairo 35, Taipei 86: Taipei leads by 51 points.
Shopping & style. Cairo 58, Taipei 70: Taipei leads by 12 points.
Affordability. Cairo 95, Taipei 66: Cairo leads by 29 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cairo 50, Taipei 55: Taipei leads by 5 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cairo 15, Taipei 80: Taipei leads by 65 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cairo and Taipei.

Your match

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

Cairo
50match

Wins on prices and culture and sights with your weighting.

Taipei
Best match
70match

Wins on wellness and getting around with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Cairo in July

36 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
No seasea
14 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. Cairo: 1991-2020 normals, Helwan (21.9 km from centre). Taipei: 1992-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Sungshan / Taipei (3.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCairoTaipei
Official languageArabicTaiwanese 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
CurrencyEgyptian Pound (EGP)New Taiwan Dollar (TWD)
SocketsCF220 V, 50 HzAB110 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC+8
Emergency numberPolice 122, ambulance 123, fire 180110 or 112 or 119
Elevation23 m10 m
Main airportCairo International Airport (CAI)17 km from centre127 non-stop destinationsTaiwan Taoyuan International Airport (TPE)33 km from centre
Public holidays this year15 days-

By the numbers

MeasureCairoTaipei
City population9,801,5362,429,429
People per km²18,5648,938
Museums within 10 km4869
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
Swim season, months above 21 °C-8 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. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). 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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. 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.