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Galway Cathedral from the River Corrib, Galway
GalwayGalway Cathedral from the River Corrib
Taipei 101 and the skyline from Elephant Mountain, Taipei
TaipeiTaipei 101 and the skyline from Elephant Mountain

Photos: Galway by Dieglop, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Taipei by Another Believer, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Galway 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 Galway for

  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Taipei for

  • wellness
  • food and drink
  • 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. Galway 28, Taipei 40: Taipei leads by 12 points.
Food & drink. Galway 45, Taipei 88: Taipei leads by 43 points.
Culture & sights. Galway 33, Taipei 68: Taipei leads by 35 points.
Nightlife. Galway 50, Taipei 58: Taipei leads by 8 points.
Nature & outdoors. Galway and Taipei are level on 78.
Day trips. Galway 56, Taipei 76: Taipei leads by 20 points.
Good for families. Galway 42, Taipei 72: Taipei leads by 30 points.
Getting around. Galway 58, Taipei 86: Taipei leads by 28 points.
Shopping & style. Galway 38, Taipei 70: Taipei leads by 32 points.
Affordability. Galway 28, Taipei 66: Taipei leads by 38 points.
Live music & performing arts. Galway 57, Taipei 55: Galway leads by 2 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Galway 28, Taipei 80: Taipei leads by 52 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Galway and Taipei.

Your match

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

Galway
45match

Wins on live music and the arts with your weighting.

Taipei
Best match
70match

Wins on wellness and food and drink with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Galway in July

20 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
91 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
16 °Csea
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

Galway's temperatures are measured 64 km from the centre, at Shannon Airport.

Galway 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.

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. Galway: 1991-2020 normals, Shannon Airport (64.2 km from centre). Taipei: 1992-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Sungshan / Taipei (3.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGalwayTaipei
Official languageEnglish, IrishTaiwanese 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)
SocketsG230 V, 50 HzAB110 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC+8
Emergency number112110 or 112 or 119
Elevation25 m10 m
Main airportShannon Airport (SNN)64 km from centre39 non-stop destinationsTaiwan Taoyuan International Airport (TPE)33 km from centre
Public holidays this year11 days-

By the numbers

MeasureGalwayTaipei
City population83,4562,429,429
People per km²1,5638,938
Museums within 10 km469
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). 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. 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.