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Taipei 101 and the skyline from Elephant Mountain, Taipei
TaipeiTaipei 101 and the skyline from Elephant Mountain
The Great Mosque with the mountains behind, Tirana
TiranaThe Great Mosque with the mountains behind

Photos: Taipei by Another Believer, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Tirana by Bjørn Christian Tørrissen, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Taipei or Tirana?

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

  • wellness
  • shopping
  • families

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

Choose Tirana for

  • prices
  • beaches

What lies behind each score is written up on Tirana’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. Taipei 40, Tirana 46: Tirana leads by 6 points.
Food & drink. Taipei 88, Tirana 57: Taipei leads by 31 points.
Culture & sights. Taipei 68, Tirana 42: Taipei leads by 26 points.
Nightlife. Taipei and Tirana are level on 58.
Nature & outdoors. Taipei 78, Tirana 62: Taipei leads by 16 points.
Day trips. Taipei 76, Tirana 64: Taipei leads by 12 points.
Good for families. Taipei 72, Tirana 40: Taipei leads by 32 points.
Getting around. Taipei 86, Tirana 54: Taipei leads by 32 points.
Shopping & style. Taipei 70, Tirana 32: Taipei leads by 38 points.
Affordability. Taipei 66, Tirana 76: Tirana leads by 10 points.
Live music & performing arts. Taipei 55, Tirana 32: Taipei leads by 23 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Taipei 80, Tirana 27: Taipei leads by 53 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Taipei and Tirana.

Your match

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

Taipei
Best match
70match

Wins on wellness and shopping with your weighting.

Tirana
49match

Wins on prices and beaches with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

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

Tirana in July

31 °Cdaytime high
17 °Cnight-time low
43 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
24 °Csea
15 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. Taipei: 1992-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Sungshan / Taipei (3.5 km from centre). Tirana: 1961-1990 normals, Tirana (3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureTaipeiTirana
Official languageTaiwanese 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 dialectAlbanian
CurrencyNew Taiwan Dollar (TWD)Lek (ALL)
SocketsAB110 V, 60 HzCF220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+8UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number110 or 112 or 119112
Elevation10 m110 m
Main airportTaiwan Taoyuan International Airport (TPE)33 km from centreTirana International Airport Mother Teresa (TIA)13 km from centre121 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-14 days

By the numbers

MeasureTaipeiTirana
City population2,429,429389,323
People per km²8,9389,314
Museums within 10 km6911
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C8 months5 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). Currency from the ISO 4217 register maintained by SIX, cross-checked against country data from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Time zones from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0); clock offsets computed from the IANA time zone database. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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. Price level from World Bank open data (PPP conversion factor for private consumption and official exchange rate), CC BY 4.0. 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.