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A cobbled street of painted houses in the old town, San Miguel de Allende
San Miguel de AllendeA cobbled street of painted houses in the old town
Taipei 101 and the skyline from Elephant Mountain, Taipei
TaipeiTaipei 101 and the skyline from Elephant Mountain

Photos: San Miguel de Allende by Russ Bowling, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Taipei by Another Believer, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

San Miguel de Allende 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 Miguel de Allende for

  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on San Miguel de Allende’s own page.

Choose Taipei for

  • families
  • nature and the outdoors
  • getting around

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 Miguel de Allende 4, Taipei 40: Taipei leads by 36 points.
Food & drink. San Miguel de Allende 62, Taipei 88: Taipei leads by 26 points.
Culture & sights. San Miguel de Allende 62, Taipei 68: Taipei leads by 6 points.
Nightlife. San Miguel de Allende 38, Taipei 58: Taipei leads by 20 points.
Nature & outdoors. San Miguel de Allende 40, Taipei 78: Taipei leads by 38 points.
Day trips. San Miguel de Allende 77, Taipei 76: San Miguel de Allende leads by 1 points.
Good for families. San Miguel de Allende 32, Taipei 72: Taipei leads by 40 points.
Getting around. San Miguel de Allende 48, Taipei 86: Taipei leads by 38 points.
Shopping & style. San Miguel de Allende 55, Taipei 70: Taipei leads by 15 points.
Affordability. San Miguel de Allende 50, Taipei 66: Taipei leads by 16 points.
Live music & performing arts. San Miguel de Allende 40, Taipei 55: Taipei leads by 15 points.
Wellness & relaxation. San Miguel de Allende 66, Taipei 80: Taipei leads by 14 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: San Miguel de Allende and Taipei.

Your match

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

San Miguel de Allende
48match

Wins on day trips with your weighting.

Taipei
Best match
70match

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

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

San Miguel de Allende in July

29 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
132 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
No seasea
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

San Miguel de Allende's temperatures are measured 54 km from the centre, at Guanajuato, Gto..

San Miguel de Allende 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.

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 Miguel de Allende: 1991-2020 normals, Guanajuato, Gto. (53.7 km from centre). Taipei: 1992-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Sungshan / Taipei (3.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSan Miguel de AllendeTaipei
Official languageSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec MayaTaiwanese 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
CurrencyMexican Peso (MXN)New Taiwan Dollar (TWD)
SocketsAB127 V, 60 HzAB110 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-6UTC+8
Emergency number911110 or 112 or 119
Elevation1,900 m10 m
Main airportGuanajuato International Airport (BJX)77 km from centre22 non-stop destinationsTaiwan Taoyuan International Airport (TPE)33 km from centre
Public holidays this year9 days-

By the numbers

MeasureSan Miguel de AllendeTaipei
City population69,8112,429,429
People per km²-8,938
Museums within 10 km269
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.