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The Römer, the old city hall, Frankfurt
FrankfurtThe Römer, the old city hall
Taipei 101 and the skyline from Elephant Mountain, Taipei
TaipeiTaipei 101 and the skyline from Elephant Mountain

Photos: Frankfurt by Thomas Wolf, CC BY-SA 3.0 DE, cropped; Taipei by Another Believer, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Frankfurt 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 Frankfurt for

  • live music and the arts
  • day trips

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

Choose Taipei for

  • food and drink
  • beaches
  • 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. Frankfurt 8, Taipei 40: Taipei leads by 32 points.
Food & drink. Frankfurt 52, Taipei 88: Taipei leads by 36 points.
Culture & sights. Frankfurt 60, Taipei 68: Taipei leads by 8 points.
Nightlife. Frankfurt 52, Taipei 58: Taipei leads by 6 points.
Nature & outdoors. Frankfurt 58, Taipei 78: Taipei leads by 20 points.
Day trips. Frankfurt 86, Taipei 76: Frankfurt leads by 10 points.
Good for families. Frankfurt 62, Taipei 72: Taipei leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Frankfurt 78, Taipei 86: Taipei leads by 8 points.
Shopping & style. Frankfurt 56, Taipei 70: Taipei leads by 14 points.
Affordability. Frankfurt 38, Taipei 66: Taipei leads by 28 points.
Live music & performing arts. Frankfurt 68, Taipei 55: Frankfurt leads by 13 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Frankfurt 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: Frankfurt and Taipei.

Your match

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

Frankfurt
56match

Wins on live music and the arts and day trips with your weighting.

Taipei
Best match
70match

Wins on food and drink and beaches with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Frankfurt in July

26 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
68 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
No seasea
16 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. Frankfurt: 1991-2020 normals, Frankfurt Westend (2 km from centre). Taipei: 1992-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Sungshan / Taipei (3.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFrankfurtTaipei
Official languageGermanTaiwanese 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
CurrencyEuro (EUR)New Taiwan Dollar (TWD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB110 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+8
Emergency number112110 or 112 or 119
Elevation101 m10 m
Main airportFrankfurt Main Airport (FRA)13 km from centre281 non-stop destinationsTaiwan Taoyuan International Airport (TPE)33 km from centre
Public holidays this year10 days-

By the numbers

MeasureFrankfurtTaipei
City population760,6562,429,429
People per km²3,0638,938
Museums within 10 km5369
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km40
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). Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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.