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The opera house on Place de la Comédie, Montpellier
MontpellierThe opera house on Place de la Comédie
Taipei 101 and the skyline from Elephant Mountain, Taipei
TaipeiTaipei 101 and the skyline from Elephant Mountain

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

Montpellier 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 Montpellier for

  • beaches
  • day trips
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Taipei for

  • wellness
  • food and drink
  • shopping

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. Montpellier 64, Taipei 40: Montpellier leads by 24 points.
Food & drink. Montpellier 64, Taipei 88: Taipei leads by 24 points.
Culture & sights. Montpellier 60, Taipei 68: Taipei leads by 8 points.
Nightlife. Montpellier 56, Taipei 58: Taipei leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Montpellier 72, Taipei 78: Taipei leads by 6 points.
Day trips. Montpellier 85, Taipei 76: Montpellier leads by 9 points.
Good for families. Montpellier 62, Taipei 72: Taipei leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Montpellier 74, Taipei 86: Taipei leads by 12 points.
Shopping & style. Montpellier 47, Taipei 70: Taipei leads by 23 points.
Affordability. Montpellier 50, Taipei 66: Taipei leads by 16 points.
Live music & performing arts. Montpellier 63, Taipei 55: Montpellier leads by 8 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Montpellier 42, Taipei 80: Taipei leads by 38 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Montpellier and Taipei.

Your match

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

Montpellier
62match

Wins on beaches and day trips 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.

Montpellier in July

30 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
17 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
21 °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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MontpellierTaipei

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. Montpellier: 1991-2020 normals, Montpellier (7.8 km from centre). Taipei: 1992-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Sungshan / Taipei (3.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMontpellierTaipei
Official languageFrenchTaiwanese 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)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzAB110 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+8
Emergency number112110 or 112 or 119
Elevation7 m10 m
Main airportMontpellier-Méditerranée Airport (MPL)8 km from centre41 non-stop destinationsTaiwan Taoyuan International Airport (TPE)33 km from centre
Public holidays this year11 days-

By the numbers

MeasureMontpellierTaipei
City population310,2402,429,429
People per km²5,4528,938
Museums within 10 km1469
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
Swim season, months above 21 °C2 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). 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.