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Taipei 101 and the skyline from Elephant Mountain, Taipei
TaipeiTaipei 101 and the skyline from Elephant Mountain
The Riverwalk and the Cape Fear Memorial Bridge, Wilmington
WilmingtonThe Riverwalk and the Cape Fear Memorial Bridge

Photos: Taipei by Another Believer, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Wilmington by Unexpected Snacks, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Taipei or Wilmington?

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

  • getting around
  • wellness
  • food and drink

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

Choose Wilmington for

  • beaches

What lies behind each score is written up on Wilmington’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, Wilmington 73: Wilmington leads by 33 points.
Food & drink. Taipei 88, Wilmington 48: Taipei leads by 40 points.
Culture & sights. Taipei 68, Wilmington 40: Taipei leads by 28 points.
Nightlife. Taipei 58, Wilmington 40: Taipei leads by 18 points.
Nature & outdoors. Taipei 78, Wilmington 58: Taipei leads by 20 points.
Day trips. Taipei 76, Wilmington 45: Taipei leads by 31 points.
Good for families. Taipei 72, Wilmington 62: Taipei leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Taipei 86, Wilmington 28: Taipei leads by 58 points.
Shopping & style. Taipei 70, Wilmington 33: Taipei leads by 37 points.
Affordability. Taipei 66, Wilmington 42: Taipei leads by 24 points.
Live music & performing arts. Taipei 55, Wilmington 40: Taipei leads by 15 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Taipei 80, Wilmington 33: Taipei leads by 47 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Taipei and Wilmington.

Your match

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

Taipei
Best match
70match

Wins on getting around and wellness with your weighting.

Wilmington
45match

Wins on 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

Wilmington in July

32 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
174 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
27 °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. Taipei: 1992-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Sungshan / Taipei (3.5 km from centre). Wilmington: 1991-2020 normals, Wilmington / The Palms Mobile Home Park (5.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureTaipeiWilmington
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 dialect-
CurrencyNew Taiwan Dollar (TWD)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsAB110 V, 60 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+8UTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number110 or 112 or 119911
Elevation10 m9 m
Main airportTaiwan Taoyuan International Airport (TPE)33 km from centreWilmington International Airport (ILM)5 km from centre25 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-14 days

By the numbers

MeasureTaipeiWilmington
City population2,429,429115,451
People per km²8,938839
Museums within 10 km692
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C8 months6 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. 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. 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.

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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.