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Bratislava Castle, Bratislava
BratislavaBratislava Castle
The Anshun Bridge over the Jin River, Chengdu
ChengduThe Anshun Bridge over the Jin River

Photos: Bratislava by C.Stadler/Bwag, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Chengdu by TurnOnTheNight, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Bratislava 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 Bratislava for

  • beaches

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

Choose Chengdu for

  • food and drink
  • shopping
  • 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. Bratislava 15, Chengdu 5: Bratislava leads by 10 points.
Food & drink. Bratislava 42, Chengdu 86: Chengdu leads by 44 points.
Culture & sights. Bratislava 45, Chengdu 60: Chengdu leads by 15 points.
Nightlife. Bratislava 40, Chengdu 68: Chengdu leads by 28 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bratislava 55, Chengdu 68: Chengdu leads by 13 points.
Day trips. Bratislava 78, Chengdu 80: Chengdu leads by 2 points.
Good for families. Bratislava 40, Chengdu 65: Chengdu leads by 25 points.
Getting around. Bratislava 68, Chengdu 74: Chengdu leads by 6 points.
Shopping & style. Bratislava 35, Chengdu 64: Chengdu leads by 29 points.
Affordability. Bratislava 62, Chengdu 80: Chengdu leads by 18 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bratislava 48, Chengdu 50: Chengdu leads by 2 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bratislava 36, Chengdu 58: Chengdu leads by 22 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bratislava and Chengdu.

Your match

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

Bratislava
47match

Wins on beaches with your weighting.

Chengdu
Best match
63match

Wins on food and drink and shopping with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Bratislava in July

27 °Cdaytime high
17 °Cnight-time low
82 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
16 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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Where the figures come from

Bratislava 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.

Bratislava's sunshine is measured 56 km from the centre, at Wien / Hohe Warte.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Bratislava: 1991-2020 normals, Bratislava Ivanka (8.6 km from centre). Chengdu: 1991-2020 normals, Chengdu (4.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBratislavaChengdu
Official languageSlovakPutonghua
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Yuan Renminbi (CNY)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzACI220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+8
Emergency number112Police 110, ambulance 120, fire 119
Elevation152 m500 m
Main airportM. R. Štefánik Airport (BTS)8 km from centre68 non-stop destinationsChengdu Shuangliu International Airport (CTU)16 km from centre77 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days6 days

By the numbers

MeasureBratislavaChengdu
City population480,90220,937,757
People per km²1,3081,456
Museums within 10 km2210
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20

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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. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). 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. 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. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.