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Skiers at the Albion base of the ski area, Alta, Utah
Alta, UtahSkiers at the Albion base of the ski area
The Anshun Bridge over the Jin River, Chengdu
ChengduThe Anshun Bridge over the Jin River

Photos: Alta, Utah by Sumanch, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Chengdu by TurnOnTheNight, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Alta, Utah 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 Alta, Utah for

  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Alta, Utah’s own page.

Choose Chengdu for

  • food and drink
  • prices
  • nightlife

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. Alta, Utah 3, Chengdu 5: Chengdu leads by 2 points.
Food & drink. Alta, Utah 15, Chengdu 86: Chengdu leads by 71 points.
Culture & sights. Alta, Utah 5, Chengdu 60: Chengdu leads by 55 points.
Nightlife. Alta, Utah 4, Chengdu 68: Chengdu leads by 64 points.
Nature & outdoors. Alta, Utah 90, Chengdu 68: Alta, Utah leads by 22 points.
Day trips. Alta, Utah 40, Chengdu 80: Chengdu leads by 40 points.
Good for families. Alta, Utah 30, Chengdu 65: Chengdu leads by 35 points.
Getting around. Alta, Utah 35, Chengdu 74: Chengdu leads by 39 points.
Shopping & style. Alta, Utah 4, Chengdu 64: Chengdu leads by 60 points.
Affordability. Alta, Utah 15, Chengdu 80: Chengdu leads by 65 points.
Live music & performing arts. Alta, Utah 3, Chengdu 50: Chengdu leads by 47 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Alta, Utah 35, Chengdu 58: Chengdu leads by 23 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Alta, Utah and Chengdu.

Your match

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

Alta, Utah
23match

Wins on nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Chengdu
Best match
63match

Wins on food and drink and prices with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Alta, Utah in July

22 °Cdaytime high
7 °Cnight-time low
27 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
15 hdaylight a day

Chengdu in July

31 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
177 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Alta, UtahChengdu

Where the figures come from

Alta, Utah has no weather station within reach, so its figures come from a gridded climate model rather than a measured record, and read a broad area rather than the city itself.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Alta, Utah: 1991-2020 normals, TerraClimate 4 km grid at the town, no weather station within 90 km. Chengdu: 1991-2020 normals, Chengdu (4.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAlta, UtahChengdu
Official language-Putonghua
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Yuan Renminbi (CNY)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzACI220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-7, UTC-6 in summerUTC+8
Emergency number911Police 110, ambulance 120, fire 119
Elevation2,610 m500 m
Main airportSalt Lake City International Airport (SLC)37 km from centre108 non-stop destinationsChengdu Shuangliu International Airport (CTU)16 km from centre77 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days6 days

By the numbers

MeasureAlta, UtahChengdu
City population22820,937,757
People per km²191,456
Museums within 10 km010
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00

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Sources

Structured data from Wikidata (CC0). Temperature and rainfall for destinations with no weather station are from the NASA POWER 2001-2020 climatology, derived from MERRA-2. 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. 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. Weather data by Meteostat. Meteorological data provided by NOAA, DWD and others. 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.