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Taipei 101 and the skyline from Elephant Mountain, Taipei
TaipeiTaipei 101 and the skyline from Elephant Mountain
A painted funicular on the hillside, Valparaiso
ValparaisoA painted funicular on the hillside

Photos: Taipei by Another Believer, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Valparaiso by Maclemo, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Taipei or Valparaiso?

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
  • getting around
  • shopping

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

Choose Valparaiso for

Valparaiso does not lead in any category we score.

What lies behind each score is written up on Valparaiso’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, Valparaiso 36: Taipei leads by 4 points.
Food & drink. Taipei 88, Valparaiso 50: Taipei leads by 38 points.
Culture & sights. Taipei 68, Valparaiso 62: Taipei leads by 6 points.
Nightlife. Taipei 58, Valparaiso 56: Taipei leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Taipei 78, Valparaiso 60: Taipei leads by 18 points.
Day trips. Taipei 76, Valparaiso 63: Taipei leads by 13 points.
Good for families. Taipei 72, Valparaiso 33: Taipei leads by 39 points.
Getting around. Taipei 86, Valparaiso 44: Taipei leads by 42 points.
Shopping & style. Taipei 70, Valparaiso 30: Taipei leads by 40 points.
Affordability. Taipei 66, Valparaiso 60: Taipei leads by 6 points.
Live music & performing arts. Taipei 55, Valparaiso 38: Taipei leads by 17 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Taipei 80, Valparaiso 18: Taipei leads by 62 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Taipei and Valparaiso.

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 getting around with your weighting.

Valparaiso
46match

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

35 °Cdaytime high
27 °Cnight-time low
288 mmrain in the month
29 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Valparaiso in July

15 °Cdaytime high
7 °Cnight-time low
71 mmrain in the month
13 °Csea
10 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.

Valparaiso 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). Valparaiso: 2010-2025 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Viña Del Mar / Montemar (17 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureTaipeiValparaiso
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 dialectSpanish
CurrencyNew Taiwan Dollar (TWD)Chilean Peso (CLP)
SocketsAB110 V, 60 HzCL220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+8UTC-4, UTC-3 in summer
Emergency number110 or 112 or 119Police 133/134, ambulance 131, fire 132
Elevation10 m21 m
Main airportTaiwan Taoyuan International Airport (TPE)33 km from centreComodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport (SCL)87 km from centre67 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-16 days

By the numbers

MeasureTaipeiValparaiso
City population2,429,429296,655
People per km²8,9386,180
Museums within 10 km6917
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C8 monthsNone

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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. 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.