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The Anshun Bridge over the Jin River, Chengdu
ChengduThe Anshun Bridge over the Jin River
The Old Town Clock on Citadel Hill, Halifax
HalifaxThe Old Town Clock on Citadel Hill

Photos: Chengdu by TurnOnTheNight, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Halifax by Danieljmacdonald, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Chengdu or Halifax?

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
  • food and drink
  • wellness

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

Choose Halifax for

  • beaches

What lies behind each score is written up on Halifax’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, Halifax 32: Halifax leads by 27 points.
Food & drink. Chengdu 86, Halifax 50: Chengdu leads by 36 points.
Culture & sights. Chengdu 60, Halifax 42: Chengdu leads by 18 points.
Nightlife. Chengdu 68, Halifax 46: Chengdu leads by 22 points.
Nature & outdoors. Chengdu 68, Halifax 62: Chengdu leads by 6 points.
Day trips. Chengdu 80, Halifax 63: Chengdu leads by 17 points.
Good for families. Chengdu 65, Halifax 55: Chengdu leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Chengdu 74, Halifax 48: Chengdu leads by 26 points.
Shopping & style. Chengdu 64, Halifax 35: Chengdu leads by 29 points.
Affordability. Chengdu 80, Halifax 38: Chengdu leads by 42 points.
Live music & performing arts. Chengdu 50, Halifax 46: Chengdu leads by 4 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Chengdu 58, Halifax 28: Chengdu leads by 30 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Chengdu and Halifax.

Your match

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

Chengdu
Best match
63match

Wins on prices and food and drink with your weighting.

Halifax
45match

Wins on beaches 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

Halifax in July

22 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
101 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
14 °Csea
15 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. Chengdu: 1991-2020 normals, Chengdu (4.5 km from centre). Halifax: 1991-2020 normals, Shearwater Airport (6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureChengduHalifax
Official languagePutonghuaFrench, English
CurrencyYuan Renminbi (CNY)Canadian Dollar (CAD)
SocketsACI220 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+8UTC-4, UTC-3 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 110, ambulance 120, fire 119911
Elevation500 m28 m
Main airportChengdu Shuangliu International Airport (CTU)16 km from centre77 non-stop destinationsHalifax / Stanfield International Airport (YHZ)26 km from centre40 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year6 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureChengduHalifax
City population20,937,757440,072
People per km²1,45680
Museums within 10 km1015
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
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. 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.