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The cathedral of Santa Marta, Santa Marta
Santa MartaThe cathedral of Santa Marta
Taipei 101 and the skyline from Elephant Mountain, Taipei
TaipeiTaipei 101 and the skyline from Elephant Mountain

Photos: Santa Marta by Oliver H, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Taipei by Another Believer, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Santa Marta 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 Santa Marta for

  • beaches
  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Taipei for

  • wellness
  • getting around
  • 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. Santa Marta 70, Taipei 40: Santa Marta leads by 30 points.
Food & drink. Santa Marta 44, Taipei 88: Taipei leads by 44 points.
Culture & sights. Santa Marta 34, Taipei 68: Taipei leads by 34 points.
Nightlife. Santa Marta 50, Taipei 58: Taipei leads by 8 points.
Nature & outdoors. Santa Marta 84, Taipei 78: Santa Marta leads by 6 points.
Day trips. Santa Marta 38, Taipei 76: Taipei leads by 38 points.
Good for families. Santa Marta 40, Taipei 72: Taipei leads by 32 points.
Getting around. Santa Marta 38, Taipei 86: Taipei leads by 48 points.
Shopping & style. Santa Marta 27, Taipei 70: Taipei leads by 43 points.
Affordability. Santa Marta 80, Taipei 66: Santa Marta leads by 14 points.
Live music & performing arts. Santa Marta 17, Taipei 55: Taipei leads by 38 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Santa Marta 30, Taipei 80: Taipei leads by 50 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Santa Marta and Taipei.

Your match

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

Santa Marta
46match

Wins on beaches and prices 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.

Santa Marta in July

32 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
59 mmrain in the month
8 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. Santa Marta: 1991-2020 normals, Santa Marta / Simon Bolivar (11.9 km from centre). Taipei: 1992-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Sungshan / Taipei (3.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSanta MartaTaipei
Official languageSpanishTaiwanese 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
CurrencyColombian Peso (COP)New Taiwan Dollar (TWD)
SocketsAB110 V, 60 HzAB110 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5UTC+8
Emergency number123110 or 112 or 119
Elevation8 m10 m
Main airportSimón Bolívar International Airport (SMR)13 km from centre6 non-stop destinationsTaiwan Taoyuan International Airport (TPE)33 km from centre
Public holidays this year19 days-

By the numbers

MeasureSanta MartaTaipei
City population505,9152,429,429
People per km²1,7238,938
Museums within 10 km369
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
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). 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. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates.

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.