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Château Frontenac from Dufferin Terrace, Quebec City
Quebec CityChâteau Frontenac from Dufferin Terrace
Taipei 101 and the skyline from Elephant Mountain, Taipei
TaipeiTaipei 101 and the skyline from Elephant Mountain

Photos: Quebec City by Jeangagnon, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Taipei by Another Believer, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Quebec City 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 Quebec City for

  • culture and sights
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Taipei for

  • getting around
  • 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. Quebec City 18, Taipei 40: Taipei leads by 22 points.
Food & drink. Quebec City 57, Taipei 88: Taipei leads by 31 points.
Culture & sights. Quebec City 70, Taipei 68: Quebec City leads by 2 points.
Nightlife. Quebec City 42, Taipei 58: Taipei leads by 16 points.
Nature & outdoors. Quebec City 79, Taipei 78: Quebec City leads by 1 points.
Day trips. Quebec City 58, Taipei 76: Taipei leads by 18 points.
Good for families. Quebec City 64, Taipei 72: Taipei leads by 8 points.
Getting around. Quebec City 50, Taipei 86: Taipei leads by 36 points.
Shopping & style. Quebec City 45, Taipei 70: Taipei leads by 25 points.
Affordability. Quebec City 45, Taipei 66: Taipei leads by 21 points.
Live music & performing arts. Quebec City 52, Taipei 55: Taipei leads by 3 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Quebec City 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: Quebec City and Taipei.

Your match

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

Quebec City
53match

Wins on culture and sights and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Taipei
Best match
70match

Wins on getting around 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.

Quebec City in July

25 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
119 mmrain in the month
No seasea
16 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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Quebec CityTaipei

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. Quebec City: 1991-2020 normals, Beauport (3.2 km from centre). Taipei: 1992-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Sungshan / Taipei (3.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureQuebec CityTaipei
Official languageFrench, EnglishTaiwanese 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
CurrencyCanadian Dollar (CAD)New Taiwan Dollar (TWD)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzAB110 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC+8
Emergency number911110 or 112 or 119
Elevation98 m10 m
Main airportQuebec Jean Lesage International Airport (YQB)13 km from centre34 non-stop destinationsTaiwan Taoyuan International Airport (TPE)33 km from centre
Public holidays this year10 days-

By the numbers

MeasureQuebec CityTaipei
City population574,4822,429,429
People per km²1,1848,938
Museums within 10 km1669
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
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). 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. 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.

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.