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Painted colonial houses in the Pelourinho, Salvador
SalvadorPainted colonial houses in the Pelourinho
Taipei 101 and the skyline from Elephant Mountain, Taipei
TaipeiTaipei 101 and the skyline from Elephant Mountain

Photos: Salvador by Paul R. Burley, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Taipei by Another Believer, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Salvador 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 Salvador for

  • beaches
  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Taipei for

  • wellness
  • getting around
  • families

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. Salvador 84, Taipei 40: Salvador leads by 44 points.
Food & drink. Salvador 66, Taipei 88: Taipei leads by 22 points.
Culture & sights. Salvador 74, Taipei 68: Salvador leads by 6 points.
Nightlife. Salvador 70, Taipei 58: Salvador leads by 12 points.
Nature & outdoors. Salvador 52, Taipei 78: Taipei leads by 26 points.
Day trips. Salvador 56, Taipei 76: Taipei leads by 20 points.
Good for families. Salvador 42, Taipei 72: Taipei leads by 30 points.
Getting around. Salvador 42, Taipei 86: Taipei leads by 44 points.
Shopping & style. Salvador 42, Taipei 70: Taipei leads by 28 points.
Affordability. Salvador 70, Taipei 66: Salvador leads by 4 points.
Live music & performing arts. Salvador 63, Taipei 55: Salvador leads by 8 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Salvador 32, Taipei 80: Taipei leads by 48 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Salvador and Taipei.

Your match

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

Salvador
58match

Wins on beaches and nightlife with your weighting.

Taipei
Best match
70match

Wins on wellness 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.

Salvador in July

27 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
201 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
26 °Csea
11 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. Salvador: 1991-2020 normals, Salvador (4.5 km from centre). Taipei: 1992-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Sungshan / Taipei (3.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSalvadorTaipei
Official languagePortugueseTaiwanese 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
CurrencyBrazilian Real (BRL)New Taiwan Dollar (TWD)
SocketsCN60 HzAB110 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-3UTC+8
Emergency numberPolice 190, ambulance 192, fire 193110 or 112 or 119
Elevation8 m10 m
Main airportDeputado Luiz Eduardo Magalhães International Airport (SSA)20 km from centre31 non-stop destinationsTaiwan Taoyuan International Airport (TPE)33 km from centre
Public holidays this year14 days-

By the numbers

MeasureSalvadorTaipei
City population2,417,6782,429,429
People per km²3,4898,938
Museums within 10 km4969
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months8 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). 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.