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The beach with the bay and the skyline behind, Acapulco
AcapulcoThe beach with the bay and the skyline behind
The Anshun Bridge over the Jin River, Chengdu
ChengduThe Anshun Bridge over the Jin River

Photos: Acapulco by Felicia Navarrete, Pexels License; Chengdu by TurnOnTheNight, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Acapulco or Chengdu?

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 Acapulco for

  • beaches

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

Choose Chengdu for

  • day trips
  • getting around
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Chengdu’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. Acapulco 80, Chengdu 5: Acapulco leads by 75 points.
Food & drink. Acapulco 55, Chengdu 86: Chengdu leads by 31 points.
Culture & sights. Acapulco 28, Chengdu 60: Chengdu leads by 32 points.
Nightlife. Acapulco 64, Chengdu 68: Chengdu leads by 4 points.
Nature & outdoors. Acapulco 50, Chengdu 68: Chengdu leads by 18 points.
Day trips. Acapulco 15, Chengdu 80: Chengdu leads by 65 points.
Good for families. Acapulco 45, Chengdu 65: Chengdu leads by 20 points.
Getting around. Acapulco 30, Chengdu 74: Chengdu leads by 44 points.
Shopping & style. Acapulco 32, Chengdu 64: Chengdu leads by 32 points.
Affordability. Acapulco 74, Chengdu 80: Chengdu leads by 6 points.
Live music & performing arts. Acapulco 26, Chengdu 50: Chengdu leads by 24 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Acapulco 32, Chengdu 58: Chengdu leads by 26 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Acapulco and Chengdu.

Your match

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

Acapulco
44match

Wins on beaches with your weighting.

Chengdu
Best match
63match

Wins on day trips 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.

Acapulco in July

34 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
226 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
30 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Chengdu in July

31 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
177 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
No seasea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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AcapulcoChengdu

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Acapulco: 1991-2020 normals, Acapulco, Gro. (5.9 km from centre). Chengdu: 1991-2020 normals, Chengdu (4.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAcapulcoChengdu
Official languageSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec MayaPutonghua
CurrencyMexican Peso (MXN)Yuan Renminbi (CNY)
SocketsAB127 V, 60 HzACI220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-6UTC+8
Emergency number911Police 110, ambulance 120, fire 119
Elevation18 m500 m
Main airportGeneral Juan N. Álvarez International Airport (ACA)18 km from centre10 non-stop destinationsChengdu Shuangliu International Airport (CTU)16 km from centre77 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days6 days

By the numbers

MeasureAcapulcoChengdu
City population658,60920,937,757
People per km²3501,456
Museums within 10 km310
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 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). 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. 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.

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.