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The Anshun Bridge over the Jin River, Chengdu
ChengduThe Anshun Bridge over the Jin River
Hot-air balloons over Cappadocia at sunrise, Goreme
GoremeHot-air balloons over Cappadocia at sunrise

Photos: Chengdu by TurnOnTheNight, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Goreme by Guerrero De la Luz, Pexels License.

Chengdu or Goreme?

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

  • food and drink
  • nightlife
  • shopping

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

Choose Goreme for

  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Goreme’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, Goreme 3: Chengdu leads by 2 points.
Food & drink. Chengdu 86, Goreme 20: Chengdu leads by 66 points.
Culture & sights. Chengdu 60, Goreme 45: Chengdu leads by 15 points.
Nightlife. Chengdu 68, Goreme 5: Chengdu leads by 63 points.
Nature & outdoors. Chengdu 68, Goreme 74: Goreme leads by 6 points.
Day trips. Chengdu 80, Goreme 70: Chengdu leads by 10 points.
Good for families. Chengdu 65, Goreme 40: Chengdu leads by 25 points.
Getting around. Chengdu 74, Goreme 40: Chengdu leads by 34 points.
Shopping & style. Chengdu 64, Goreme 22: Chengdu leads by 42 points.
Affordability. Chengdu 80, Goreme 58: Chengdu leads by 22 points.
Live music & performing arts. Chengdu 50, Goreme 10: Chengdu leads by 40 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Chengdu 58, Goreme 42: Chengdu leads by 16 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Chengdu and Goreme.

Your match

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

Chengdu
Best match
63match

Wins on food and drink and nightlife with your weighting.

Goreme
36match

Wins on nature and the outdoors 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
14 hdaylight a day

Goreme in July

30 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
13 mmrain in the month
13 hsunshine a day
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Goreme's station stands 160 m above the city centre, so the centre is likely a little warmer than the figures say.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Chengdu: 1991-2020 normals, Chengdu (4.5 km from centre). Goreme: 1991-2020 normals, Nevsehir (10.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureChengduGoreme
Official languagePutonghuaTurkish
CurrencyYuan Renminbi (CNY)Turkish Lira (TRY)
SocketsACI220 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+8UTC+3
Emergency numberPolice 110, ambulance 120, fire 119112
Elevation500 m1,100 m
Main airportChengdu Shuangliu International Airport (CTU)16 km from centre77 non-stop destinationsKayseri Erkilet International Airport (ASR)60 km from centre22 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year6 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureChengduGoreme
City population20,937,7572,000
People per km²1,45620
Museums within 10 km105
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01

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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. 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.