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The Anshun Bridge over the Jin River, Chengdu
ChengduThe Anshun Bridge over the Jin River
The Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas sign, Las Vegas
Las VegasThe Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas sign

Photos: Chengdu by TurnOnTheNight, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Las Vegas by Christian David, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Chengdu or Las Vegas?

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
  • prices
  • families

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

Choose Las Vegas for

  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife
  • beaches

What lies behind each score is written up on Las Vegas’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, Las Vegas 10: Las Vegas leads by 5 points.
Food & drink. Chengdu 86, Las Vegas 68: Chengdu leads by 18 points.
Culture & sights. Chengdu 60, Las Vegas 25: Chengdu leads by 35 points.
Nightlife. Chengdu 68, Las Vegas 88: Las Vegas leads by 20 points.
Nature & outdoors. Chengdu and Las Vegas are level on 68.
Day trips. Chengdu 80, Las Vegas 25: Chengdu leads by 55 points.
Good for families. Chengdu 65, Las Vegas 25: Chengdu leads by 40 points.
Getting around. Chengdu 74, Las Vegas 38: Chengdu leads by 36 points.
Shopping & style. Chengdu and Las Vegas are level on 64.
Affordability. Chengdu 80, Las Vegas 35: Chengdu leads by 45 points.
Live music & performing arts. Chengdu 50, Las Vegas 78: Las Vegas leads by 28 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Chengdu 58, Las Vegas 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 Las Vegas.

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 prices with your weighting.

Las Vegas
47match

Wins on live music and the arts and nightlife 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

Las Vegas in July

40 °Cdaytime high
27 °Cnight-time low
9 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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ChengduLas Vegas

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Chengdu: 1991-2020 normals, Chengdu (4.5 km from centre). Las Vegas: 1991-2020 normals, McCarran International Airport (8.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureChengduLas Vegas
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 m610 m
Main airportChengdu Shuangliu International Airport (CTU)16 km from centre77 non-stop destinationsHarry Reid International Airport (LAS)4 km from centre159 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year6 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureChengduLas Vegas
City population20,937,757641,903
People per km²1,4561,843
Museums within 10 km1021
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00

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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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.