Photos: Taipei by Another Believer, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Tallinn by Jorge Franganillo, CC BY 2.0, cropped.
Taipei or Tallinn?
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 Taipei for
- food and drink
- shopping
- wellness
What lies behind each score is written up on Taipei’s own page.
Choose Tallinn for
Tallinn does not lead in any category we score.
What lies behind each score is written up on Tallinn’s own page.
Scoreboard
Twelve categories on one fixed scale from 0 to 100. The shaded stretch is the gap between the two.
What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Taipei and Tallinn.
Your match
Pick a travel style or drag the sliders, and both match scores follow your weighting.
Wins on food and drink and shopping with your weighting.
Has no clear advantage with the weighting you have chosen.
What matters to you?
When should you go?
Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.
Taipei in July
Tallinn in July
Daytime high, °C
Rainfall in the month, mm
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. Taipei: 1992-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Sungshan / Taipei (3.5 km from centre). Tallinn: 1991-2020 normals, Tallin / Harku (10.9 km from centre).
Before you go
| Measure | Taipei | Tallinn |
|---|---|---|
| Official language | Taiwanese 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 | Estonian |
| Currency | New Taiwan Dollar (TWD) | Euro (EUR) |
| Sockets | AB110 V, 60 Hz | CF230 V, 50 Hz |
| Driving side | Right | Right |
| Time zone | UTC+8 | UTC+2, UTC+3 in summer |
| Emergency number | 110 or 112 or 119 | 112 |
| Elevation | 10 m | 28 m |
| Main airport | Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport (TPE)33 km from centre | Lennart Meri Tallinn Airport (TLL)6 km from centre56 non-stop destinations |
| Public holidays this year | - | 12 days |
By the numbers
| Measure | Taipei | Tallinn |
|---|---|---|
| City population | 2,429,429 | 457,572 |
| People per km² | 8,938 | 2,871 |
| Museums within 10 km | 69 | 16 |
| UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km | 0 | 1 |
| Swim season, months above 21 °C | 8 months | None |
Where else could you go?
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