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The Anshun Bridge over the Jin River, Chengdu
ChengduThe Anshun Bridge over the Jin River
The Cloth Hall on the Main Square, Krakow
KrakowThe Cloth Hall on the Main Square

Photos: Chengdu by TurnOnTheNight, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Krakow by Jakub Hałun, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Chengdu or Krakow?

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

  • food and drink
  • wellness
  • shopping

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

Choose Krakow for

  • culture and sights
  • live music and the arts
  • beaches

What lies behind each score is written up on Krakow’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, Krakow 9: Krakow leads by 4 points.
Food & drink. Chengdu 86, Krakow 55: Chengdu leads by 31 points.
Culture & sights. Chengdu 60, Krakow 77: Krakow leads by 17 points.
Nightlife. Chengdu and Krakow are level on 68.
Nature & outdoors. Chengdu 68, Krakow 62: Chengdu leads by 6 points.
Day trips. Chengdu 80, Krakow 76: Chengdu leads by 4 points.
Good for families. Chengdu 65, Krakow 58: Chengdu leads by 7 points.
Getting around. Chengdu and Krakow are level on 74.
Shopping & style. Chengdu 64, Krakow 48: Chengdu leads by 16 points.
Affordability. Chengdu 80, Krakow 72: Chengdu leads by 8 points.
Live music & performing arts. Chengdu 50, Krakow 55: Krakow leads by 5 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Chengdu 58, Krakow 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 Krakow.

Your match

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

Chengdu
Best match
63match

Wins on food and drink and wellness with your weighting.

Krakow
58match

Wins on culture and sights and live music and the arts 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

Krakow in July

25 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
100 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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ChengduKrakow

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Chengdu: 1991-2020 normals, Chengdu (4.5 km from centre). Krakow: 1991-2020 normals, Krakow (10.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureChengduKrakow
Official languagePutonghuaPolish
CurrencyYuan Renminbi (CNY)Zloty (PLN)
SocketsACI220 V, 50 HzCE50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+8UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 110, ambulance 120, fire 119112
Elevation500 m219 m
Main airportChengdu Shuangliu International Airport (CTU)16 km from centre77 non-stop destinationsKraków John Paul II International Airport (KRK)11 km from centre132 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year6 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureChengduKrakow
City population20,937,757804,237
People per km²1,4562,459
Museums within 10 km10113
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km04

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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.