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The Three Graces at Pier Head, Liverpool
LiverpoolThe Three Graces at Pier Head
Taipei 101 and the skyline from Elephant Mountain, Taipei
TaipeiTaipei 101 and the skyline from Elephant Mountain

Photos: Liverpool by Marathon, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Taipei by Another Believer, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Liverpool 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 Liverpool for

  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife

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

Choose Taipei for

  • wellness
  • food and drink
  • nature and the outdoors

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. Liverpool 22, Taipei 40: Taipei leads by 18 points.
Food & drink. Liverpool 48, Taipei 88: Taipei leads by 40 points.
Culture & sights. Liverpool 64, Taipei 68: Taipei leads by 4 points.
Nightlife. Liverpool 66, Taipei 58: Liverpool leads by 8 points.
Nature & outdoors. Liverpool 52, Taipei 78: Taipei leads by 26 points.
Day trips. Liverpool 64, Taipei 76: Taipei leads by 12 points.
Good for families. Liverpool 55, Taipei 72: Taipei leads by 17 points.
Getting around. Liverpool 68, Taipei 86: Taipei leads by 18 points.
Shopping & style. Liverpool 52, Taipei 70: Taipei leads by 18 points.
Affordability. Liverpool 50, Taipei 66: Taipei leads by 16 points.
Live music & performing arts. Liverpool 66, Taipei 55: Liverpool leads by 11 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Liverpool 22, Taipei 80: Taipei leads by 58 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Liverpool and Taipei.

Your match

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

Liverpool
52match

Wins on live music and the arts and nightlife 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.

Liverpool in July

21 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
67 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
16 °Csea
17 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

Liverpool's temperatures are measured 47 km from the centre, at Manchester Airport.

Liverpool 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. Liverpool: 1991-2020 normals, Manchester Airport (47.4 km from centre). Taipei: 1992-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Sungshan / Taipei (3.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLiverpoolTaipei
Official languageEnglishTaiwanese 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
CurrencyPound Sterling (GBP)New Taiwan Dollar (TWD)
SocketsG230 V, 50 HzAB110 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC+8
Emergency number112 or 999110 or 112 or 119
Elevation70 m10 m
Main airportLiverpool John Lennon Airport (LPL)12 km from centre75 non-stop destinationsTaiwan Taoyuan International Airport (TPE)33 km from centre
Public holidays this year8 days-

By the numbers

MeasureLiverpoolTaipei
City population513,4412,429,429
People per km²4,5928,938
Museums within 10 km3169
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
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). 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.