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The Anshun Bridge over the Jin River, Chengdu
ChengduThe Anshun Bridge over the Jin River
A skier in powder among snow-covered firs at Marmot Basin, Jasper
JasperA skier in powder among snow-covered firs at Marmot Basin

Photos: Chengdu by TurnOnTheNight, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Jasper by Marmot Basin, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Chengdu or Jasper?

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

  • day trips
  • food and drink
  • prices

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

Choose Jasper for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • beaches

What lies behind each score is written up on Jasper’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, Jasper 25: Jasper leads by 20 points.
Food & drink. Chengdu 86, Jasper 22: Chengdu leads by 64 points.
Culture & sights. Chengdu 60, Jasper 10: Chengdu leads by 50 points.
Nightlife. Chengdu 68, Jasper 14: Chengdu leads by 54 points.
Nature & outdoors. Chengdu 68, Jasper 95: Jasper leads by 27 points.
Day trips. Chengdu 80, Jasper 8: Chengdu leads by 72 points.
Good for families. Chengdu 65, Jasper 42: Chengdu leads by 23 points.
Getting around. Chengdu 74, Jasper 18: Chengdu leads by 56 points.
Shopping & style. Chengdu 64, Jasper 12: Chengdu leads by 52 points.
Affordability. Chengdu 80, Jasper 20: Chengdu leads by 60 points.
Live music & performing arts. Chengdu 50, Jasper 7: Chengdu leads by 43 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Chengdu 58, Jasper 46: Chengdu leads by 12 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Chengdu and Jasper.

Your match

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

Chengdu
Best match
63match

Wins on day trips and food and drink with your weighting.

Jasper
27match

Wins on nature and the outdoors 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

Jasper in July

24 °Cdaytime high
7 °Cnight-time low
50 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

-10°0°10°20°30°40°JFMAMJJASOND

Rainfall in the month, mm

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ChengduJasper

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Chengdu: 1991-2020 normals, Chengdu (4.5 km from centre). Jasper: 1991-2020 normals, Jasper Warden (7.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureChengduJasper
Official languagePutonghuaFrench, English
CurrencyYuan Renminbi (CNY)Canadian Dollar (CAD)
SocketsACI220 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+8UTC-7, UTC-6 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 110, ambulance 120, fire 119911
Elevation500 m1,060 m
Main airportChengdu Shuangliu International Airport (CTU)16 km from centre77 non-stop destinationsEdmonton International Airport (YEG)304 km from centre52 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year6 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureChengduJasper
City population20,937,7574,738
People per km²1,4565
Museums within 10 km101
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00

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. 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.