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The steamboat Natchez on the Mississippi, New Orleans
New OrleansThe steamboat Natchez on the Mississippi
Taipei 101 and the skyline from Elephant Mountain, Taipei
TaipeiTaipei 101 and the skyline from Elephant Mountain

Photos: New Orleans by Bernard Spragg, CC0; Taipei by Another Believer, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

New Orleans 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 New Orleans for

  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Taipei for

  • wellness
  • nature and the outdoors
  • 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. New Orleans 14, Taipei 40: Taipei leads by 26 points.
Food & drink. New Orleans 84, Taipei 88: Taipei leads by 4 points.
Culture & sights. New Orleans 67, Taipei 68: Taipei leads by 1 points.
Nightlife. New Orleans 85, Taipei 58: New Orleans leads by 27 points.
Nature & outdoors. New Orleans 42, Taipei 78: Taipei leads by 36 points.
Day trips. New Orleans 52, Taipei 76: Taipei leads by 24 points.
Good for families. New Orleans 55, Taipei 72: Taipei leads by 17 points.
Getting around. New Orleans 55, Taipei 86: Taipei leads by 31 points.
Shopping & style. New Orleans 54, Taipei 70: Taipei leads by 16 points.
Affordability. New Orleans 40, Taipei 66: Taipei leads by 26 points.
Live music & performing arts. New Orleans 80, Taipei 55: New Orleans leads by 25 points.
Wellness & relaxation. New Orleans 25, Taipei 80: Taipei leads by 55 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: New Orleans and Taipei.

Your match

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

New Orleans
54match

Wins on nightlife and live music and the arts with your weighting.

Taipei
Best match
70match

Wins on wellness and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

New Orleans in July

33 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
169 mmrain in the month
30 °Csea
14 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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New OrleansTaipei

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. New Orleans: 1991-2020 normals, New Orleans Airport (2.7 km from centre). Taipei: 1992-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Sungshan / Taipei (3.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureNew OrleansTaipei
Official language-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
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)New Taiwan Dollar (TWD)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzAB110 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-6, UTC-5 in summerUTC+8
Emergency number911110 or 112 or 119
Elevation-2 m10 m
Main airportLouis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport (MSY)18 km from centre51 non-stop destinationsTaiwan Taoyuan International Airport (TPE)33 km from centre
Public holidays this year14 days-

By the numbers

MeasureNew OrleansTaipei
City population383,9972,429,429
People per km²4238,938
Museums within 10 km1669
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C7 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). 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.