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Nyhavn, Copenhagen
CopenhagenNyhavn
Taipei 101 and the skyline from Elephant Mountain, Taipei
TaipeiTaipei 101 and the skyline from Elephant Mountain

Photos: Copenhagen by Jakub Hałun, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Taipei by Another Believer, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Copenhagen 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 Copenhagen for

  • families
  • live music and the arts
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Taipei for

  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors
  • wellness

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. Copenhagen and Taipei are level on 40.
Food & drink. Copenhagen 76, Taipei 88: Taipei leads by 12 points.
Culture & sights. Copenhagen 72, Taipei 68: Copenhagen leads by 4 points.
Nightlife. Copenhagen 60, Taipei 58: Copenhagen leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Copenhagen 45, Taipei 78: Taipei leads by 33 points.
Day trips. Copenhagen 72, Taipei 76: Taipei leads by 4 points.
Good for families. Copenhagen 85, Taipei 72: Copenhagen leads by 13 points.
Getting around. Copenhagen 85, Taipei 86: Taipei leads by 1 points.
Shopping & style. Copenhagen and Taipei are level on 70.
Affordability. Copenhagen 18, Taipei 66: Taipei leads by 48 points.
Live music & performing arts. Copenhagen 68, Taipei 55: Copenhagen leads by 13 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Copenhagen 55, Taipei 80: Taipei leads by 25 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Copenhagen and Taipei.

Your match

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

Copenhagen
62match

Wins on families and live music and the arts with your weighting.

Taipei
Best match
70match

Wins on prices and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Copenhagen in July

23 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
59 mmrain in the month
17 °Csea
17 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

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. Copenhagen: 1991-2020 normals, Koebenhavn / Landbohoejskolen (2.4 km from centre). Taipei: 1992-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Sungshan / Taipei (3.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCopenhagenTaipei
Official languageDanishTaiwanese 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
CurrencyDanish Krone (DKK)New Taiwan Dollar (TWD)
SocketsCEFK230 V, 50 HzAB110 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+8
Emergency number112110 or 112 or 119
Elevation14 m10 m
Main airportCopenhagen Kastrup Airport (CPH)8 km from centre196 non-stop destinationsTaiwan Taoyuan International Airport (TPE)33 km from centre
Public holidays this year14 days-

By the numbers

MeasureCopenhagenTaipei
City population667,0992,429,429
People per km²7,3398,938
Museums within 10 km7269
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km50
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). 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.