Photos: Gold Coast by Kgbo, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Taipei by Another Believer, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.
Gold Coast 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 Gold Coast for
- beaches
- families
- nature and the outdoors
What lies behind each score is written up on Gold Coast’s own page.
Choose Taipei for
- culture and sights
- food and drink
- getting around
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.
What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Gold Coast and Taipei.
Your match
Pick a travel style or drag the sliders, and both match scores follow your weighting.
Wins on beaches and families with your weighting.
Wins on culture and sights 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.
Gold Coast in July
Taipei in July
Daytime high, °C
Rainfall in the month, mm
Where the figures come from
Gold Coast's sunshine is measured 75 km from the centre, at Brisbane Airport.
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. Gold Coast: 1991-2020 normals, Gold Coast Seaway (13 km from centre). Taipei: 1992-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Sungshan / Taipei (3.5 km from centre).
Before you go
| Measure | Gold Coast | Taipei |
|---|---|---|
| Official language | English | Taiwanese 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 |
| Currency | Australian Dollar (AUD) | New Taiwan Dollar (TWD) |
| Sockets | I230 V, 50 Hz | AB110 V, 60 Hz |
| Driving side | Left | Right |
| Time zone | UTC+10 | UTC+8 |
| Emergency number | 000 | 110 or 112 or 119 |
| Elevation | 12 m | 10 m |
| Main airport | Gold Coast Airport (OOL)20 km from centre19 non-stop destinations | Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport (TPE)33 km from centre |
| Public holidays this year | 11 days | - |
By the numbers
| Measure | Gold Coast | Taipei |
|---|---|---|
| City population | 607,665 | 2,429,429 |
| People per km² | 433 | 8,938 |
| Museums within 10 km | 2 | 69 |
| UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km | 1 | 0 |
| Swim season, months above 21 °C | 12 months | 8 months |
Where else could you go?
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