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The cathedral from the Torre Tavira, Cadiz
CadizThe cathedral from the Torre Tavira
The Anshun Bridge over the Jin River, Chengdu
ChengduThe Anshun Bridge over the Jin River

Photos: Cadiz by Bronch, CC BY-SA 3.0 ES, cropped; Chengdu by TurnOnTheNight, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Cadiz 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 Cadiz for

  • beaches
  • culture and sights
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Chengdu for

  • shopping
  • nightlife
  • prices

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. Cadiz 80, Chengdu 5: Cadiz leads by 75 points.
Food & drink. Cadiz 68, Chengdu 86: Chengdu leads by 18 points.
Culture & sights. Cadiz 62, Chengdu 60: Cadiz leads by 2 points.
Nightlife. Cadiz 45, Chengdu 68: Chengdu leads by 23 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cadiz 66, Chengdu 68: Chengdu leads by 2 points.
Day trips. Cadiz and Chengdu are level on 80.
Good for families. Cadiz 60, Chengdu 65: Chengdu leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Cadiz 70, Chengdu 74: Chengdu leads by 4 points.
Shopping & style. Cadiz 35, Chengdu 64: Chengdu leads by 29 points.
Affordability. Cadiz 58, Chengdu 80: Chengdu leads by 22 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cadiz 52, Chengdu 50: Cadiz leads by 2 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cadiz 42, Chengdu 58: Chengdu leads by 16 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cadiz and Chengdu.

Your match

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

Cadiz
60match

Wins on beaches and culture and sights with your weighting.

Chengdu
Best match
63match

Wins on shopping and nightlife with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Cadiz in July

28 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
23 °Csea
14 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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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Cadiz: 1991-2020 normals, Cadiz Bay / Puntales (5.2 km from centre). Chengdu: 1991-2020 normals, Chengdu (4.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCadizChengdu
Official languageSpanishPutonghua
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Yuan Renminbi (CNY)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzACI220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+8
Emergency number112Police 110, ambulance 120, fire 119
Elevation11 m500 m
Main airportJerez Airport (XRY)31 km from centre25 non-stop destinationsChengdu Shuangliu International Airport (CTU)16 km from centre77 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days6 days

By the numbers

MeasureCadizChengdu
City population109,95020,937,757
People per km²9,0871,456
Museums within 10 km1110
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C3 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). 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.