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The Anshun Bridge over the Jin River, Chengdu
ChengduThe Anshun Bridge over the Jin River
Hobart below kunanyi/Mount Wellington, Hobart
HobartHobart below kunanyi/Mount Wellington

Photos: Chengdu by TurnOnTheNight, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Hobart by Gary Houston, CC0.

Chengdu or Hobart?

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
  • nightlife
  • getting around

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

Choose Hobart for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Hobart’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, Hobart 30: Hobart leads by 25 points.
Food & drink. Chengdu 86, Hobart 60: Chengdu leads by 26 points.
Culture & sights. Chengdu 60, Hobart 56: Chengdu leads by 4 points.
Nightlife. Chengdu 68, Hobart 30: Chengdu leads by 38 points.
Nature & outdoors. Chengdu 68, Hobart 85: Hobart leads by 17 points.
Day trips. Chengdu 80, Hobart 60: Chengdu leads by 20 points.
Good for families. Chengdu 65, Hobart 56: Chengdu leads by 9 points.
Getting around. Chengdu 74, Hobart 45: Chengdu leads by 29 points.
Shopping & style. Chengdu 64, Hobart 38: Chengdu leads by 26 points.
Affordability. Chengdu 80, Hobart 35: Chengdu leads by 45 points.
Live music & performing arts. Chengdu 50, Hobart 45: Chengdu leads by 5 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Chengdu 58, Hobart 40: Chengdu leads by 18 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Chengdu and Hobart.

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 nightlife with your weighting.

Hobart
48match

Wins on beaches and 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
No seasea
14 hdaylight a day

Hobart in July

13 °Cdaytime high
5 °Cnight-time low
42 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
13 °Csea
9 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). Hobart: 1991-2020 normals, Hobart (2.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureChengduHobart
Official languagePutonghuaEnglish
CurrencyYuan Renminbi (CNY)Australian Dollar (AUD)
SocketsACI220 V, 50 HzI230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+8UTC+10, UTC+11 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 110, ambulance 120, fire 119000
Elevation500 m54 m
Main airportChengdu Shuangliu International Airport (CTU)16 km from centre77 non-stop destinationsHobart International Airport (HBA)17 km from centre9 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year6 days9 days

By the numbers

MeasureChengduHobart
City population20,937,757197,451
People per km²1,456116
Museums within 10 km108
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C-None

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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.