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The beach and the bay with the mountains behind, Nuevo Vallarta
Nuevo VallartaThe beach and the bay with the mountains behind
Taipei 101 and the skyline from Elephant Mountain, Taipei
TaipeiTaipei 101 and the skyline from Elephant Mountain

Photos: Nuevo Vallarta by Harpqueen, Public domain; Taipei by Another Believer, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Nuevo Vallarta 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 Nuevo Vallarta for

  • beaches
  • families

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

Choose Taipei for

  • culture and sights
  • getting around
  • food and drink

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. Nuevo Vallarta 84, Taipei 40: Nuevo Vallarta leads by 44 points.
Food & drink. Nuevo Vallarta 40, Taipei 88: Taipei leads by 48 points.
Culture & sights. Nuevo Vallarta 6, Taipei 68: Taipei leads by 62 points.
Nightlife. Nuevo Vallarta 16, Taipei 58: Taipei leads by 42 points.
Nature & outdoors. Nuevo Vallarta 75, Taipei 78: Taipei leads by 3 points.
Day trips. Nuevo Vallarta 58, Taipei 76: Taipei leads by 18 points.
Good for families. Nuevo Vallarta 73, Taipei 72: Nuevo Vallarta leads by 1 points.
Getting around. Nuevo Vallarta 25, Taipei 86: Taipei leads by 61 points.
Shopping & style. Nuevo Vallarta 22, Taipei 70: Taipei leads by 48 points.
Affordability. Nuevo Vallarta 45, Taipei 66: Taipei leads by 21 points.
Live music & performing arts. Nuevo Vallarta 18, Taipei 55: Taipei leads by 37 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Nuevo Vallarta 55, Taipei 80: Taipei leads by 25 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Nuevo Vallarta and Taipei.

Your match

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

Nuevo Vallarta
43match

Wins on beaches and families with your weighting.

Taipei
Best match
70match

Wins on culture and sights and getting around with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Nuevo Vallarta in July

34 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
206 mmrain in the month
30 °Csea
13 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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Where the figures come from

Nuevo Vallarta has no weather station within reach, so its figures come from a gridded climate model rather than a measured record, and read a broad area rather than the city itself.

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. Nuevo Vallarta: 1991-2020 normals, TerraClimate 4 km grid at the town, no weather station within 90 km. Taipei: 1992-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Sungshan / Taipei (3.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureNuevo VallartaTaipei
Official languageSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec MayaTaiwanese 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
CurrencyMexican Peso (MXN)New Taiwan Dollar (TWD)
SocketsAB127 V, 60 HzAB110 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-6UTC+8
Emergency number911110 or 112 or 119
Elevation3 m10 m
Main airportPuerto Vallarta International Airport (PVR)4 km from centre52 non-stop destinationsTaiwan Taoyuan International Airport (TPE)33 km from centre
Public holidays this year9 days-

By the numbers

MeasureNuevo VallartaTaipei
City population1,3012,429,429
People per km²-8,938
Museums within 10 km069
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months8 months

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Sources

Ground elevations sampled from the Mapzen terrain tiles via OpenTopoData, merging SRTM, ASTER, NED, EU-DEM and national sources. Structured data from Wikidata (CC0). Temperature and rainfall for destinations with no weather station are from the NASA POWER 2001-2020 climatology, derived from MERRA-2. 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. Weather data by Meteostat. Meteorological data provided by NOAA, DWD and others. 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.