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Ferries off the Kordon promenade, Izmir
IzmirFerries off the Kordon promenade
Taipei 101 and the skyline from Elephant Mountain, Taipei
TaipeiTaipei 101 and the skyline from Elephant Mountain

Photos: Izmir by Toygar Par, Pexels License; Taipei by Another Believer, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Izmir 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 Izmir for

  • beaches
  • day trips
  • nightlife

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

Choose Taipei for

  • getting around
  • wellness
  • families

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. Izmir 62, Taipei 40: Izmir leads by 22 points.
Food & drink. Izmir 72, Taipei 88: Taipei leads by 16 points.
Culture & sights. Izmir 55, Taipei 68: Taipei leads by 13 points.
Nightlife. Izmir 60, Taipei 58: Izmir leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Izmir 66, Taipei 78: Taipei leads by 12 points.
Day trips. Izmir 86, Taipei 76: Izmir leads by 10 points.
Good for families. Izmir 55, Taipei 72: Taipei leads by 17 points.
Getting around. Izmir 63, Taipei 86: Taipei leads by 23 points.
Shopping & style. Izmir 55, Taipei 70: Taipei leads by 15 points.
Affordability. Izmir and Taipei are level on 66.
Live music & performing arts. Izmir 48, Taipei 55: Taipei leads by 7 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Izmir 57, Taipei 80: Taipei leads by 23 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Izmir and Taipei.

Your match

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

Izmir
62match

Wins on beaches and day trips with your weighting.

Taipei
Best match
70match

Wins on getting around and wellness with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Izmir in July

34 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
13 hsunshine a day
23 °Csea
15 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. Izmir: 1991-2020 normals, Izmir (3.4 km from centre). Taipei: 1992-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Sungshan / Taipei (3.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureIzmirTaipei
Official languageTurkishTaiwanese 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
CurrencyTurkish Lira (TRY)New Taiwan Dollar (TWD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB110 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+3UTC+8
Emergency number112110 or 112 or 119
Elevation2 m10 m
Main airportAdnan Menderes International Airport (ADB)13 km from centre120 non-stop destinationsTaiwan Taoyuan International Airport (TPE)33 km from centre
Public holidays this year14 days-

By the numbers

MeasureIzmirTaipei
City population4,493,2422,429,429
People per km²4,7608,938
Museums within 10 km2969
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 months8 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.