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The Dzhumaya Mosque, Plovdiv
PlovdivThe Dzhumaya Mosque
Taipei 101 and the skyline from Elephant Mountain, Taipei
TaipeiTaipei 101 and the skyline from Elephant Mountain

Photos: Plovdiv by Ad Meskens, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Taipei by Another Believer, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Plovdiv 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 Plovdiv for

  • prices

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

Choose Taipei for

  • food and drink
  • shopping
  • wellness

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. Plovdiv 7, Taipei 40: Taipei leads by 33 points.
Food & drink. Plovdiv 50, Taipei 88: Taipei leads by 38 points.
Culture & sights. Plovdiv 66, Taipei 68: Taipei leads by 2 points.
Nightlife. Plovdiv 42, Taipei 58: Taipei leads by 16 points.
Nature & outdoors. Plovdiv 68, Taipei 78: Taipei leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Plovdiv 70, Taipei 76: Taipei leads by 6 points.
Good for families. Plovdiv 40, Taipei 72: Taipei leads by 32 points.
Getting around. Plovdiv 65, Taipei 86: Taipei leads by 21 points.
Shopping & style. Plovdiv 33, Taipei 70: Taipei leads by 37 points.
Affordability. Plovdiv 78, Taipei 66: Plovdiv leads by 12 points.
Live music & performing arts. Plovdiv 42, Taipei 55: Taipei leads by 13 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Plovdiv 44, Taipei 80: Taipei leads by 36 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Plovdiv and Taipei.

Your match

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

Plovdiv
50match

Wins on prices with your weighting.

Taipei
Best match
70match

Wins on food and drink and shopping with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Plovdiv in July

31 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
44 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
No seasea
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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Where the figures come from

Plovdiv 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.

Plovdiv's sunshine is measured 75 km from the centre, at Kurdjali.

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. Plovdiv: 1997-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Plovdiv (1.2 km from centre). Taipei: 1992-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Sungshan / Taipei (3.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePlovdivTaipei
Official languageBulgarianTaiwanese 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)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB110 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC+8
Emergency number112110 or 112 or 119
Elevation172 m10 m
Main airportPlovdiv International Airport (PDV)12 km from centre8 non-stop destinationsTaiwan Taoyuan International Airport (TPE)33 km from centre
Public holidays this year15 days-

By the numbers

MeasurePlovdivTaipei
City population333,9942,429,429
People per km²3,2748,938
Museums within 10 km1869
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). 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. 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.