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The city from Hallgrímskirkja, Reykjavik
ReykjavikThe city from Hallgrímskirkja
Taipei 101 and the skyline from Elephant Mountain, Taipei
TaipeiTaipei 101 and the skyline from Elephant Mountain

Photos: Reykjavik by Atlantic Ambience, Pexels License; Taipei by Another Believer, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Reykjavik 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 Reykjavik for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • wellness

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

Choose Taipei for

  • prices
  • 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. Reykjavik 12, Taipei 40: Taipei leads by 28 points.
Food & drink. Reykjavik 42, Taipei 88: Taipei leads by 46 points.
Culture & sights. Reykjavik 25, Taipei 68: Taipei leads by 43 points.
Nightlife. Reykjavik 45, Taipei 58: Taipei leads by 13 points.
Nature & outdoors. Reykjavik 92, Taipei 78: Reykjavik leads by 14 points.
Day trips. Reykjavik 35, Taipei 76: Taipei leads by 41 points.
Good for families. Reykjavik 55, Taipei 72: Taipei leads by 17 points.
Getting around. Reykjavik 55, Taipei 86: Taipei leads by 31 points.
Shopping & style. Reykjavik 25, Taipei 70: Taipei leads by 45 points.
Affordability. Reykjavik 6, Taipei 66: Taipei leads by 60 points.
Live music & performing arts. Reykjavik 45, Taipei 55: Taipei leads by 10 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Reykjavik 88, Taipei 80: Reykjavik leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Reykjavik and Taipei.

Your match

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

Reykjavik
44match

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

Taipei
Best match
70match

Wins on prices 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.

Reykjavik in July

15 °Cdaytime high
9 °Cnight-time low
50 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
11 °Csea
20 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

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. Reykjavik: 1991-2020 normals, Reykjavik (2.3 km from centre). Taipei: 1992-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Sungshan / Taipei (3.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureReykjavikTaipei
Official languageIcelandicTaiwanese 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
CurrencyIceland Krona (ISK)New Taiwan Dollar (TWD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB110 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTCUTC+8
Emergency number112110 or 112 or 119
Elevation8 m10 m
Main airportKeflavik International Airport (KEF)37 km from centre88 non-stop destinationsTaiwan Taoyuan International Airport (TPE)33 km from centre
Public holidays this year16 days-

By the numbers

MeasureReykjavikTaipei
City population138,7722,429,429
People per km²5698,938
Museums within 10 km2369
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone8 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). Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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.