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The Anshun Bridge over the Jin River, Chengdu
ChengduThe Anshun Bridge over the Jin River
The Elbphilharmonie from the water, Hamburg
HamburgThe Elbphilharmonie from the water

Photos: Chengdu by TurnOnTheNight, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Hamburg by Wolfgang Weiser, Pexels License.

Chengdu or Hamburg?

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
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Hamburg for

  • live music and the arts
  • beaches
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Hamburg’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, Hamburg 28: Hamburg leads by 23 points.
Food & drink. Chengdu 86, Hamburg 55: Chengdu leads by 31 points.
Culture & sights. Chengdu 60, Hamburg 62: Hamburg leads by 2 points.
Nightlife. Chengdu 68, Hamburg 76: Hamburg leads by 8 points.
Nature & outdoors. Chengdu 68, Hamburg 52: Chengdu leads by 16 points.
Day trips. Chengdu 80, Hamburg 70: Chengdu leads by 10 points.
Good for families. Chengdu 65, Hamburg 74: Hamburg leads by 9 points.
Getting around. Chengdu 74, Hamburg 80: Hamburg leads by 6 points.
Shopping & style. Chengdu 64, Hamburg 65: Hamburg leads by 1 points.
Affordability. Chengdu 80, Hamburg 38: Chengdu leads by 42 points.
Live music & performing arts. Chengdu 50, Hamburg 80: Hamburg leads by 30 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Chengdu 58, Hamburg 44: Chengdu leads by 14 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Chengdu and Hamburg.

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.

Hamburg
60match

Wins on live music and the arts and 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
14 hdaylight a day

Hamburg in July

23 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
82 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
17 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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ChengduHamburg

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Chengdu: 1991-2020 normals, Chengdu (4.5 km from centre). Hamburg: 1991-2020 normals, Hamburg Airport (9.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureChengduHamburg
Official languagePutonghuaGerman
CurrencyYuan Renminbi (CNY)Euro (EUR)
SocketsACI220 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+8UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 110, ambulance 120, fire 119112
Elevation500 m6 m
Main airportChengdu Shuangliu International Airport (CTU)16 km from centre77 non-stop destinationsHamburg Helmut Schmidt Airport (HAM)9 km from centre120 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year6 days10 days

By the numbers

MeasureChengduHamburg
City population20,937,7571,869,473
People per km²1,4562,476
Museums within 10 km1077
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01

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. 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.