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The wharf at Queenstown with the Remarkables behind, Queenstown
QueenstownThe wharf at Queenstown with the Remarkables behind
Taipei 101 and the skyline from Elephant Mountain, Taipei
TaipeiTaipei 101 and the skyline from Elephant Mountain

Photos: Queenstown by Robert Linsdell, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Taipei by Another Believer, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Queenstown 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 Queenstown for

  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Taipei for

  • culture and sights
  • prices
  • 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. Queenstown 20, Taipei 40: Taipei leads by 20 points.
Food & drink. Queenstown 45, Taipei 88: Taipei leads by 43 points.
Culture & sights. Queenstown 12, Taipei 68: Taipei leads by 56 points.
Nightlife. Queenstown 42, Taipei 58: Taipei leads by 16 points.
Nature & outdoors. Queenstown 97, Taipei 78: Queenstown leads by 19 points.
Day trips. Queenstown 50, Taipei 76: Taipei leads by 26 points.
Good for families. Queenstown 60, Taipei 72: Taipei leads by 12 points.
Getting around. Queenstown 45, Taipei 86: Taipei leads by 41 points.
Shopping & style. Queenstown 28, Taipei 70: Taipei leads by 42 points.
Affordability. Queenstown 20, Taipei 66: Taipei leads by 46 points.
Live music & performing arts. Queenstown 14, Taipei 55: Taipei leads by 41 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Queenstown 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: Queenstown and Taipei.

Your match

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

Queenstown
40match

Wins on nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Taipei
Best match
70match

Wins on culture and sights and prices with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Queenstown in July

6 °Cdaytime high
-1 °Cnight-time low
115 mmrain in the month
No seasea
9 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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QueenstownTaipei

Where the figures come from

Queenstown 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. Queenstown: 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

MeasureQueenstownTaipei
Official languageEnglish, New Zealand Sign Language, MāoriTaiwanese 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
CurrencyNew Zealand Dollar (NZD)New Taiwan Dollar (TWD)
SocketsI230 V, 50 HzAB110 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+12, UTC+13 in summerUTC+8
Emergency number111110 or 112 or 119
Elevation324 m10 m
Main airportQueenstown Airport (ZQN)7 km from centre7 non-stop destinationsTaiwan Taoyuan International Airport (TPE)33 km from centre
Public holidays this year12 days-

By the numbers

MeasureQueenstownTaipei
City population29,0002,429,429
People per km²-8,938
Museums within 10 km069
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C-8 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. 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. 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.