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A cobbled street of painted houses in Old San Juan, San Juan
San JuanA cobbled street of painted houses in Old San Juan
Taipei 101 and the skyline from Elephant Mountain, Taipei
TaipeiTaipei 101 and the skyline from Elephant Mountain

Photos: San Juan by Mohan Nannapaneni, Pexels License; Taipei by Another Believer, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

San Juan 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 San Juan for

  • beaches
  • nightlife

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

Choose Taipei for

  • getting around
  • wellness
  • prices

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. San Juan 84, Taipei 40: San Juan leads by 44 points.
Food & drink. San Juan 66, Taipei 88: Taipei leads by 22 points.
Culture & sights. San Juan 64, Taipei 68: Taipei leads by 4 points.
Nightlife. San Juan 70, Taipei 58: San Juan leads by 12 points.
Nature & outdoors. San Juan 74, Taipei 78: Taipei leads by 4 points.
Day trips. San Juan 52, Taipei 76: Taipei leads by 24 points.
Good for families. San Juan 58, Taipei 72: Taipei leads by 14 points.
Getting around. San Juan 38, Taipei 86: Taipei leads by 48 points.
Shopping & style. San Juan 50, Taipei 70: Taipei leads by 20 points.
Affordability. San Juan 38, Taipei 66: Taipei leads by 28 points.
Live music & performing arts. San Juan and Taipei are level on 55.
Wellness & relaxation. San Juan 40, Taipei 80: Taipei leads by 40 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: San Juan and Taipei.

Your match

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

San Juan
57match

Wins on beaches and nightlife with your weighting.

Taipei
Best match
70match

Wins on getting around and wellness with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

San Juan in July

32 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
153 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
28 °Csea
13 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. San Juan: 1991-2020 normals, San Juan / Int., Puerto Rico (12.8 km from centre). Taipei: 1992-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Sungshan / Taipei (3.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSan JuanTaipei
Official languageSpanish, 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
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)New Taiwan Dollar (TWD)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzAB110 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-4UTC+8
Emergency number911110 or 112 or 119
Elevation3 m10 m
Main airportLuis Munoz Marin International Airport (SJU)12 km from centre59 non-stop destinationsTaiwan Taoyuan International Airport (TPE)33 km from centre
Public holidays this year21 days-

By the numbers

MeasureSan JuanTaipei
City population342,2592,429,429
People per km²2,8478,938
Museums within 10 km1869
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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.