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The Anshun Bridge over the Jin River, Chengdu
ChengduThe Anshun Bridge over the Jin River
Huntington Beach Pier on a summer day, Huntington Beach
Huntington BeachHuntington Beach Pier on a summer day

Photos: Chengdu by TurnOnTheNight, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Huntington Beach by Stephen Leonardi, Pexels License.

Chengdu or Huntington Beach?

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

  • getting around
  • prices
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Huntington Beach for

  • beaches
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Huntington Beach’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, Huntington Beach 70: Huntington Beach leads by 65 points.
Food & drink. Chengdu 86, Huntington Beach 46: Chengdu leads by 40 points.
Culture & sights. Chengdu 60, Huntington Beach 14: Chengdu leads by 46 points.
Nightlife. Chengdu 68, Huntington Beach 38: Chengdu leads by 30 points.
Nature & outdoors. Chengdu 68, Huntington Beach 58: Chengdu leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Chengdu 80, Huntington Beach 63: Chengdu leads by 17 points.
Good for families. Chengdu 65, Huntington Beach 82: Huntington Beach leads by 17 points.
Getting around. Chengdu 74, Huntington Beach 20: Chengdu leads by 54 points.
Shopping & style. Chengdu 64, Huntington Beach 42: Chengdu leads by 22 points.
Affordability. Chengdu 80, Huntington Beach 28: Chengdu leads by 52 points.
Live music & performing arts. Chengdu 50, Huntington Beach 33: Chengdu leads by 17 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Chengdu 58, Huntington Beach 36: Chengdu leads by 22 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Chengdu and Huntington Beach.

Your match

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

Chengdu
Best match
63match

Wins on getting around and prices with your weighting.

Huntington Beach
44match

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

Huntington Beach in July

26 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
20 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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ChengduHuntington Beach

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Chengdu: 1991-2020 normals, Chengdu (4.5 km from centre). Huntington Beach: 1991-2020 normals, Santa Ana / Paularino (12.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureChengduHuntington Beach
Official languagePutonghua-
CurrencyYuan Renminbi (CNY)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsACI220 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+8UTC-8, UTC-7 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 110, ambulance 120, fire 119911
Elevation500 m12 m
Main airportChengdu Shuangliu International Airport (CTU)16 km from centre77 non-stop destinationsJohn Wayne Orange County International Airport (SNA)12 km from centre53 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year6 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureChengduHuntington Beach
City population20,937,757198,711
People per km²1,4562,406
Museums within 10 km103
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.