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The Anshun Bridge over the Jin River, Chengdu
ChengduThe Anshun Bridge over the Jin River
La Paz

Photos: Chengdu by TurnOnTheNight, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Chengdu or La Paz?

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

  • families
  • wellness
  • day trips

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

Choose La Paz for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on La Paz’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, La Paz 3: Chengdu leads by 2 points.
Food & drink. Chengdu 86, La Paz 50: Chengdu leads by 36 points.
Culture & sights. Chengdu 60, La Paz 52: Chengdu leads by 8 points.
Nightlife. Chengdu 68, La Paz 38: Chengdu leads by 30 points.
Nature & outdoors. Chengdu 68, La Paz 82: La Paz leads by 14 points.
Day trips. Chengdu 80, La Paz 40: Chengdu leads by 40 points.
Good for families. Chengdu 65, La Paz 10: Chengdu leads by 55 points.
Getting around. Chengdu 74, La Paz 45: Chengdu leads by 29 points.
Shopping & style. Chengdu 64, La Paz 45: Chengdu leads by 19 points.
Affordability. Chengdu 80, La Paz 92: La Paz leads by 12 points.
Live music & performing arts. Chengdu 50, La Paz 35: Chengdu leads by 15 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Chengdu 58, La Paz 12: Chengdu leads by 46 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Chengdu and La Paz.

Your match

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

Chengdu
Best match
63match

Wins on families and wellness with your weighting.

La Paz
42match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and prices 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

La Paz in July

13 °Cdaytime high
-2 °Cnight-time low
16 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
11 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

La Paz has no weather station within reach, so its figures come from a gridded climate model rather than a measured record, and read a broad area rather than the city itself.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Chengdu: 1991-2020 normals, Chengdu (4.5 km from centre). La Paz: 2001-2020 normals, NASA POWER reanalysis grid, no weather station within 90 km.

Before you go

MeasureChengduLa Paz
Official languagePutonghuaSpanish, Aymara, Quechua, Guarani
CurrencyYuan Renminbi (CNY)Boliviano (BOB)
SocketsACI220 V, 50 HzAC50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+8UTC-4
Emergency numberPolice 110, ambulance 120, fire 119911
Elevation500 m3,640 m
Main airportChengdu Shuangliu International Airport (CTU)16 km from centre77 non-stop destinationsEl Alto International Airport (LPB)6 km from centre12 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year6 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureChengduLa Paz
City population20,937,757755,732
People per km²1,4561,601
Museums within 10 km1021
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01

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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. Temperature and rainfall for destinations with no weather station are from the NASA POWER 2001-2020 climatology, derived from MERRA-2. 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.