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Botero sculptures on Plaza Botero, Medellin
MedellinBotero sculptures on Plaza Botero
Taipei 101 and the skyline from Elephant Mountain, Taipei
TaipeiTaipei 101 and the skyline from Elephant Mountain

Photos: Medellin by Steffen Schmitz, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Taipei by Another Believer, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Medellin 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 Medellin for

  • nightlife
  • prices

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

Choose Taipei for

  • wellness
  • beaches
  • 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.

Beaches & swimming. Medellin 5, Taipei 40: Taipei leads by 35 points.
Food & drink. Medellin 58, Taipei 88: Taipei leads by 30 points.
Culture & sights. Medellin 42, Taipei 68: Taipei leads by 26 points.
Nightlife. Medellin 76, Taipei 58: Medellin leads by 18 points.
Nature & outdoors. Medellin 66, Taipei 78: Taipei leads by 12 points.
Day trips. Medellin 58, Taipei 76: Taipei leads by 18 points.
Good for families. Medellin 50, Taipei 72: Taipei leads by 22 points.
Getting around. Medellin 55, Taipei 86: Taipei leads by 31 points.
Shopping & style. Medellin 45, Taipei 70: Taipei leads by 25 points.
Affordability. Medellin 80, Taipei 66: Medellin leads by 14 points.
Live music & performing arts. Medellin 42, Taipei 55: Taipei leads by 13 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Medellin 30, Taipei 80: Taipei leads by 50 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Medellin and Taipei.

Your match

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

Medellin
51match

Wins on nightlife and prices with your weighting.

Taipei
Best match
70match

Wins on wellness 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.

Medellin in July

29 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
133 mmrain in the month
No seasea
12 hdaylight a day

Taipei in July

35 °Cdaytime high
27 °Cnight-time low
288 mmrain in the month
29 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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MedellinTaipei

Where the figures come from

Medellin 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. Medellin: 1958-2025 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Medellin / Olaya Herrera (5.2 km from centre). Taipei: 1992-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Sungshan / Taipei (3.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMedellinTaipei
Official languageSpanishTaiwanese 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
CurrencyColombian Peso (COP)New Taiwan Dollar (TWD)
SocketsAB110 V, 60 HzAB110 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5UTC+8
Emergency number123110 or 112 or 119
Elevation1,405 m10 m
Main airportJose Maria Córdova International Airport (MDE)19 km from centre41 non-stop destinationsTaiwan Taoyuan International Airport (TPE)33 km from centre
Public holidays this year19 days-

By the numbers

MeasureMedellinTaipei
City population2,529,4032,429,429
People per km²6,6448,938
Museums within 10 km1469
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
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). 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.