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The Anshun Bridge over the Jin River, Chengdu
ChengduThe Anshun Bridge over the Jin River
Nyhavn, Copenhagen
CopenhagenNyhavn

Photos: Chengdu by TurnOnTheNight, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Copenhagen by Jakub Hałun, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Chengdu or Copenhagen?

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 Chengdu for

  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors
  • food and drink

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

Choose Copenhagen for

  • beaches
  • families
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Copenhagen’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. Chengdu 5, Copenhagen 40: Copenhagen leads by 35 points.
Food & drink. Chengdu 86, Copenhagen 76: Chengdu leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Chengdu 60, Copenhagen 72: Copenhagen leads by 12 points.
Nightlife. Chengdu 68, Copenhagen 60: Chengdu leads by 8 points.
Nature & outdoors. Chengdu 68, Copenhagen 45: Chengdu leads by 23 points.
Day trips. Chengdu 80, Copenhagen 72: Chengdu leads by 8 points.
Good for families. Chengdu 65, Copenhagen 85: Copenhagen leads by 20 points.
Getting around. Chengdu 74, Copenhagen 85: Copenhagen leads by 11 points.
Shopping & style. Chengdu 64, Copenhagen 70: Copenhagen leads by 6 points.
Affordability. Chengdu 80, Copenhagen 18: Chengdu leads by 62 points.
Live music & performing arts. Chengdu 50, Copenhagen 68: Copenhagen leads by 18 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Chengdu 58, Copenhagen 55: Chengdu leads by 3 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Chengdu and Copenhagen.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Chengdu
63match

Wins on prices and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Copenhagen
62match

Wins on beaches and families with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

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

Copenhagen in July

23 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
59 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
17 °Csea
17 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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ChengduCopenhagen

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Chengdu: 1991-2020 normals, Chengdu (4.5 km from centre). Copenhagen: 1991-2020 normals, Koebenhavn / Landbohoejskolen (2.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureChengduCopenhagen
Official languagePutonghuaDanish
CurrencyYuan Renminbi (CNY)Danish Krone (DKK)
SocketsACI220 V, 50 HzCEFK230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+8UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 110, ambulance 120, fire 119112
Elevation500 m14 m
Main airportChengdu Shuangliu International Airport (CTU)16 km from centre77 non-stop destinationsCopenhagen Kastrup Airport (CPH)8 km from centre196 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year6 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureChengduCopenhagen
City population20,937,757667,099
People per km²1,4567,339
Museums within 10 km1072
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km05
Swim season, months above 21 °C-None

Where else could you go?

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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). 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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.